City Commission Approves Cost Share Reduction Request

Valley City (CSi) Valley City officials on Thursday will meet with North Dakota Water Commission officials to request a reduction in the the local share of costs for permanent flood protection projects

The current share is 25 percent local with the request to reduce the local share to 15 percent.

City Commissioner Mary Lee Nielson says the city will also ask the water commission to pick up the engineering costs of the permanent flood protection construction projects.

During Wednesday morning’s Special Valley City Commission meeting, commissioners approved making the request.