Hurley to use ARPA funds for water meters

By TOM LAVENTURE

tlaventure@yourdailyglobe.com

HURLEY — The Hurley City Council on Tuesday authorized the department of public works to transition the city from automatic meter reading systems to the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system.

The city council approved a finance committee recommendation of $246,967 to Dakota Supply Group for the AMI meters and another $70,560 to HydroCorp for installation, based on information from finance committee chair Joanne Bruneau at the meeting. The project will be funded from $150,000 in local fiscal recovery funds through the American Rescue Plan A...