The Dundee City Council approved continuing engineering services agreements with two firms and established a $120,000 annual cap for work under those contracts.

Councilors voted to keep AKS for day‑to‑day engineering work and Henry James for water and sewer projects while authorizing the city to select either firm on a per‑project basis. City staff said the contracts let the city choose the most appropriate firm for each project without committing all work to a single company.

City staff described the contracts’ practical operation: individual engineers will bill at published hourly rates and supply time reports identifying work performed. Staff noted John Christensen (AKS) is listed at $225 per hour for certain work; councilors asked why rate sheets were marked confidential. Staff said the city could provide rate sheets but they had not been circulated in full at the meeting. Staff reiterated the council’s intent to avoid exceeding a $120,000 annual spending limit for each firm under the current authorization.

Councilors asked whether final approval could wait until the next meeting; staff said it was not urgent and could be delayed if the council preferred. The council approved the agreements by voice vote as part of the evening’s consent and business items.

Councilors and staff said the city will receive hourly logs from the firms showing who worked on which project; that reporting will be used to monitor spending against the $120,000 limit. No changes to contract language were reported at the meeting.

The council did not adopt amendments to the contracts at the meeting; staff said they would provide additional documentation, including rate sheets, if the council asked to review them at a later meeting.