Utilities Committee Meeting 06/11/2024 – Will Vote On Electronic Compliance Maintenance Annual Report, Revised Agreements For Stormwater Ponds, Equipment Purchase For Water Filtration Plant

The Utilities Committee is meeting 06/11/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a request to approve the Electronic Compliance Maintenance Annual Report for 2023. They will also be voting on revised agreements for the stormwater ponds at Memorial Park and Reid Golf Course. Finally, […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 05/21/2024 – Will Vote On Contract For Badger Avenue Storm Sewer Design And Modeling Support

The Utilities Committee is meeting 05/21/2024 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request for a single source contract for design and modeling support pertaining to Badger Avenue as well as software training for city staff for a […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 05/07/2024 – Will Vote On Two Sole Source Items

The Utilities Committee is meeting 05/07/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on a question to accept $611,302 from the DNR’s Safe Drinking Water Loan Program. They will also be voting on two sole source items. The first is a $29,000 engineering services contract with […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 03/26/2024 – Will Vote On The Purchase Of Turbidity Meters And Auger Assembly Replacement Equipment

The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/26/2024 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to purchase turbidity meters for a total not to exceed $41,939.44. What is a turbidity meter? It is an instrument that measures the “cloudiness […]

Utilities Committee Approves 2024 Native Landscape Management Contract – Alderperson Del Toro Expresses Desire To Limit Herbicide Products Contractor Can Use To Non-Glyphosate Products

The Utilities Committee met 03/12/2024. The item which resulted in the most amount of discussion was the request to award a single source contract for 2024 native landscape management to NES Ecological Services. Alderperson Israel Del Toro (District 4) was concerned that the contract allowed […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 03/12/2024 – Will Receive 2023 Annual Stormwater Report To DNR, Receive Updates On City’s Lead And Galvanized Service Line Replacement Program

The Utilities Committee is meeting 03/12/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on three contract-related items, one to award the 2024 Native Landscape Management Contract, the 2024 Ash tree removal contract, and the water treatment facility clearwell repairs project base bid. Additionally, they will be […]

Utilities Committee Approves 3 Items Related To Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance, Including A Sole Source Engineering Contract And A Sole Source Purchase Request

The Utilities Committee met 01/23/2024. They took up three action items all related to maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant. I’ve prepared a transcript of the discussion for download: ITEM 1: Sole Source Engineering Services Contract to McMahon Associates as part of the 2024 Aeration […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 01/23/2024 – Will Vote On 3 Wastewater Treatment Plant Items, Receive Year End Reports

The Utilities Committee is meeting 01/23/2024 at 4:30PM. They will be voting on three items related to the wastewater treatment plant, a sole source engineering services contract, a final clarifier tank underdrain and tank drain rehabilitation contract, and a sole source purchase question for some […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 12/12/2023 – Will Vote On 2024 Stormwater Consulting Services Contracts

The Utilities Committee is meeting 12/12/2023 at 4:30PM. There are two action items on the agenda both of which are requests to award 2024 stormwater consulting services contracts, one to Brown and Caldwell for $50,000 and one to raSmith for $50,000. As an information item, […]

Utilities Committee Meeting 11/07/2023 – Will Vote On Whether City Will Participate In PFAS Class Action Lawsuit

The Utilities Committee is meeting 11/07/2023 at 4:30PM. They have two action items on the agenda. The first is a request to approve a single source contract for stormwater consulting services to raSmith for the Lightning Drive extension project. raSmith has been working on the […]