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Council approves consent calendar including Park Hills storm-drain repair contract; engineering required for new basins
Summary
The Chehalis City Council approved the consent calendar June 29, 2025, which included award of a contract for the Park Hills storm-drain repair project. Staff explained engineering costs are included because the work requires engineered drawings and new catch basins to ensure proper flow across driveways and utilities.
The Chehalis City Council on June 29, 2025, approved its consent calendar, which among routine items included vouchers and transfers and the contract award for the Park Hills storm-drain repair project.
The consent calendar was read into the record and approved without separate roll call. When councilmembers asked about item No. 8 (the Park Hills storm-drain contract award), staff explained engineering fees are included because the city will not perform the work in-house and the contractor must build to engineered drawings: new basins must be set to the correct height so water flows properly across driveways and beneath existing surfaces.
Staff described the scope as replacing an existing line and installing new catch basins that require grading and connection across driveways, which is why engineering design and oversight are needed. Council approved the consent calendar and the contract award as presented.
The consent calendar reading also included voucher totals read at the meeting: accounts-payable vouchers of $382,969.70 and payroll vouchers read aloud by staff as $1,004,103,178.29 (as stated at the meeting). The council did not separately discuss the voucher totals before approving the consent calendar.
