Dam Repair

The City retained Mead and Hunt to perform a dam safety inspection. The Lake Mills dam is classified as a high hazard dam and is subject to compliance with Chapter 31 of the Wisconsin State Statutes and Wisconsin Administrative Code. Subsection 31.19(2) of Chapter 31 requires the owner of the dam to engage a professional engineer to inspect the dam at a frequency specified for high hazard dams. An inspection was performed by Warren Hayden, PE and Nick Reis. Their report was provided to the Council in the last packet.
The report provides some recommendations for rehabilitation and maintenance of the dam. The DNR has reviewed the inspection report provided by Mead and Hunt and they have established a directive for us to bring the dam into compliance with administrative code. The directive is included in the packet.