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Council approves water chemical purchase, waives formal bidding; enters executive session on city manager review and bargaining
Summary
The council voted to waive formal bidding and authorize a Calgon Carbon purchase for powdered activated carbon and later voted to enter executive session under state law to discuss the city manager’s annual review and collective bargaining; the consent agenda also passed earlier in the meeting.
At the meeting’s business session, the Bloomington City Council approved a resolution waiving formal bidding and authorizing the purchase of powdered activated carbon (PAC) from Calgon Carbon Corporation and took procedural action to enter executive session to discuss personnel and collective bargaining matters.
Powdered activated carbon purchase
Council members voted to waive formal bidding requirements and to authorize the purchase of powdered activated carbon from Calgon Carbon Corporation in the amount of $556,800, as requested by the Water Department. Ed Andrews, the city’s water director,…
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