Brooksville council approves ordinance correction, engineering services and other routine items

The Brooksville City Council at its Oct. 20 meeting approved several routine but administrative items, including an ordinance correction, construction engineering services for a pump station, a piggyback contract for surplus auctions, an appointment to the beautification board and approval of the consent agenda.

Ordinance correction: Council adopted Ordinance No. 1,005 on second reading to amend Article V (Connection and service of water and sanitary sewer facilities) in Chapter 86 (Utilities) of the city code. City staff described the change as a codification correction — a misnomer introduced when the 2012 code was adopted — substituting references to “connection fee(s)” where the code previously used “impact fee(s).” The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote, 5-0.

Cortez Boulevard Pump Station: The council approved construction‑phase engineering services with Coastal Engineering Associates for the Cortez Boulevard Pump Station upgrade. Public works staff said the services — contract administration, on-site observation and project closeout — are needed to ensure contractors follow plans and to document field changes. The fee is $165,653 and will be paid from the wastewater enterprise fund; staff said $2.3 million remains in the project fund. The item passed 5-0.

Piggyback contract for surplus auctions: The council authorized the city to piggyback on a Pinellas County contract with Atkinson Realty and…