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Utility committee recommends awarding 2025 private-property I&I dye‑testing contract; staff cites experienced bidder
Summary
The City of New Berlin Utility Committee voted to recommend the Common Council award a contract for private-property inflow and infiltration dye testing, with meeting materials listing $394,520.08 and staff identifying a similarly priced experienced bidder. Funding was noted as coming from an MMSD grant.
The City of New Berlin Utility Committee voted to recommend that the Common Council award a construction contract for the 2025 private-property inflow and infiltration (I&I) dye-testing program, with meeting materials listing a not-to-exceed cost of $394,520.08.
Committee members approved the recommendation by voice vote after staff described the work and the bids received. Committee members were told the work covers roughly 56,000 lineal feet of sanitary sewer in the city’s northeast area; the number of individual residences affected depends on how much infiltration is found during testing. Staff said the project is funded through an MMSD (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District) grant.
During discussion, a staff member identified the lowest responsive bid in the procurement materials as VisiSewers at about $394,000 and noted VisiSewers has performed the dye-testing portion of the city’s residential lateral replacement work in prior cycles. The meeting packet’s line identifying the recommended bidder reads as “Sewer Incorporated” with a total cost listed at $394,520.08; the committee approved the recommendation as presented and recommended the Common Council proceed with awarding the contract.
Aldermen and commissioners asked for location details for the work area; staff said the map included in the packet shows the project roughly bounded by 120th Street and Greenfield Avenue going south and west, and that the area lies northeast in the city around Elm Grove Road and Arcadian/Arcadian Subdivision.
The committee approved the minutes from its March 25, 2025 meeting and then approved the contract recommendation by voice vote.
No further conditions or amendments to the recommendation were recorded in open session.
Votes at a glance • Approval of minutes from March 25, 2025 — voice vote; motion passed. • Recommendation to Common Council to award contract for 2025 private-property I&I dye testing (packet lists bidder name “Sewer Incorporated,” amount $394,520.08) — voice vote; motion passed. (Meeting discussion identified VisiSewers as the apparent lowest responsive bidder at roughly $394,000; materials and staff statements differ.) • Motion to enter closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) — roll-call vote recorded as aye; motion approved.
The Common Council must still formally award the contract before work begins; staff identified R.A. Smith as the oversight consultant for the project in packet materials.
