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Roscoe trustees hear engineering SOQs; firms outline CIP, grant work and on-site support
Summary
At a special meeting, three engineering firms presented statements of qualifications for general municipal engineering services. Trustees focused questions on communication, capital-improvement planning and grant-seeking; no firm was selected and no other formal action was taken.
The Roscoe Village Board heard presentations from three engineering firms about providing the village’s general engineering services and discussed capital-improvement planning and grant strategy during a special meeting. Seth Gronewold of Grama, Frank McCurran of R.H. Batterman (Batterman), and representatives from Hutchison each described team structure, fee approaches and how they would support day-to-day operations and larger capital projects.
Why it matters: The village’s choice of a general-services engineering firm shapes project timelines, permitting coordination, grant applications and how quickly street and utility projects move from planning to construction.
Gronewold emphasized local continuity and flexible fee options. "We'd like to have quarterly meetings," he said, describing a model that pairs an on-site engineer with off-site technical support. Gronewold outlined three fee options: a shared agreement with the city of South Beloit that yielded a lower average hourly charge and an illustrative annual cost in the documentation (about $87,000), a full…
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