NORWAY — City officials Monday approved spending $19,250 to document the condition of Norway water system services to comply with a revised Michigan mandate.

GEI Consultants of Michigan will survey city plumbing and other water distribution components to collect data such as pipe materials and age. The report will be included in the city’s asset management plan and must be completed by January 2020.

The state requires a comprehensive inventory of water system services under its new Lead and Copper Rule, finalized in June by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The law, a revision of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1991, aims to reduce heavy metals in water. It comes in the wake of the Flint water crisis, when unsafe levels of lead were found to have leached from pipes into city drinking water.

While he did not fault GEI Consultants, council member Lee Meneghini expressed frustration with the state, saying, “if you mandate it, damn it, you pay for it.”

City Manager Ray Anderson was more optimistic, noting Norway water quality is among the highest in the area.

In other news, the council:

— Authorized $150,355 for the city’s ongoing wastewater treatment plant upgrade through the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Rural Development grants and loans. Anderson said the project is “99 percent complete.”

— Approved $36,600 for architectural and engineering firm Mead and Hunt Inc. to provide license compliance services. Norway must annually file license compliance forms for the Sturgeon Falls Hydroelectric Project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

— Tabled discussions on evaluating municipal utility poles. The council previously approved hiring Georgia-based company McLean Engineering to determine how much the city should charge for allowing wireless companies to attach equipment to electrical poles. The council will consider how to provide McLean the information necessary to calculate those rates.