Mount Pleasant City Council approves minutes, field renaming, budget amendment and wastewater pay requests

Mount Pleasant City Council met March 18 and approved a set of routine and project items, including the renaming of Oak Lawn Softball Field to Jerry Walker Field, changes to city investment‑officer certifications, a budget amendment for the law‑enforcement education fund and contractor pay requests for two wastewater projects.

Council actions at a glance - Approval of minutes (03/18/2025): A motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded; the mayor recorded the motion as made by Council member Hinton and seconded by Council member Corbille. The mayor announced the vote as unanimous. - Rename Oak Lawn Softball Field to Jerry Walker Field: Council approved a motion to change the field name; the mayor recorded the motion as made by Council member Corbills and seconded by Council member Hegman. The council voted unanimously. - Resolution 2024-5 (investment officer change): The council approved Resolution 2024-5 authorizing removal of Greg Nijhoff as investment officer and adding Kimberly Mink as investment officer and signing authority for city accounts. A motion to approve was made by Council member Hinton and seconded by Council member Hagerman; the vote was unanimous. - Ordinance 20 25-10 (FY2025 budget amendment): Council approved an ordinance amending the fiscal year 2025 budget to allocate additional receipts to the law‑enforcement education fund. Staff said the fund pays for officer training and travel; the item was presented by finance staff and a motion to approve was made by Council member Hegeman and seconded by Council member Hinton. The council voted unanimous approval. - Authorized surplus property auction: Council authorized staff to send a surplus‑property list to the city’s online auctioneer for disposition. The motion (made by Council member Haikman and seconded by Council member Hennen) passed unanimously. - Pay request No. 22 — Heritage Construction LLC (Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant): Council approved pay request No. 22 in the amount of $374,554.61 for work that included headworks equipment installation, aeration basin work, backfill around an effluent lift station and electrical work. Staff reported the adjusted contract value of $41,012,657.85 and a completed‑to‑date cost of $29,612,156.25. Council member Hagerman moved the payment and Council member Redfern seconded; the motion passed unanimously. - Pay request No. 5 — Wicker Construction Inc. (West Loop wastewater collection): Council approved pay request No. 5 for $319,068.57 for recent installation work including 18‑inch sewer main and wet wells. Staff reported original contract $9,816,351.10 and prior payments of $3,168,031.10; pay request No. 5 was moved by Council member Redfern and seconded by Council member Carbell and approved unanimously.

City manager’s report and next steps City manager provided a short report noting the retirement of a longtime staff member and updates on Delwood Park planning and a recent successful pancake breakfast. Several items approved by council will be reflected in administrative files and the approved pay requests will be submitted to contractors per the city’s process.

Ending: All formal votes recorded at the meeting were announced as unanimous; no recorded dissents or abstentions were made on the items brought to vote that evening.