Council approves SCADA support agreement; packet shows conflicting dollar figures

The Waukegan Finance & Purchasing Committee and full council approved an agreement to continue managed support of the water plant SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system with Concentric Integration, a vendor that the water department said has provided those services for years.

During the May 19 committee meeting staff described the procurement as a Section 2-4-58(i)(5) “high degree of skill” purchase and said funding will be charged to line item 555915524801.

Committee materials and spoken remarks included two different dollar figures in the record: the initial motion language in the committee meeting referred to an amount “not to exceed $26,510;” later in the same discussion a committee speaker referred to “$2,626,510 dollars.” The committee and the chair did not reconcile those two numbers on the record during the meeting. The roll call recorded affirmative votes by Aldermen Newsom, Florian, Hayes, Donnerworth and Guzman, and the chair stated “Motion carried.”

Public works staff explained during the committee that Concentric Integration is familiar with the city’s infrastructure because it has provided managed support for many years and that funds will come from the stated line item. The committee asked no additional technical questions about system scope during the public discussion recorded in the transcript.

Because the spoken record contains two different figures, the precise not-to-exceed contract amount cannot be confirmed from the meeting audio and transcript alone. Procurement documents and the contract or amendment itself (not read in full during the meeting) should be reviewed to confirm whether the intended amount is $26,510, $2,626,510, or another figure.

The committee’s paper packet and the roll-call vote show the item advanced; council action followed the committee approval with the same recorded ayes and no recorded dissents.