Smithville aldermen approve low bid for pump station and pass three routine ordinances

City Administrator Melissa Wagner told the Smithville Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting that the city received a low, responsive bid just under $3,400,000 for the 140 Fourth Street pump station and that approval of that bid — and an associated electric-service cost with Evergy of roughly $100,000 — will be placed on the board agenda for March 18.

Why it matters: The pump station is a capital infrastructure project with a multi-million-dollar construction bid; the city will pay for the separate electric-service work outside the project contract. The aldermen also cleared three ordinances in unanimous votes that affect records retention, the fiscal-year budget and the local code for economic development oversight.

Wagner opened her report with meeting reminders and operations notes, including a reminder about a Proposition P information meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. the next evening at City Hall and that public works crews were…