Director of Public Works Julius Hansen presented five action items the council approved during the Feb. 18 meeting, including equipment repairs, construction pay requests and professional-service agreements.

“We have 5 action items tonight. I’ll be brief,” Hansen said before the roll calls.

Votes at a glance
- Repair of three influent pumps at the East STP plant: approve repairs by Flight for an amount not to exceed $60,000. Motion carried (roll call: Dorel Jefferson; Claudia Gazelle; Tina Oberlin; Mark Sapidi; Nate Albert; Joe Cubaugh; Scott Dyke; John Fermeffin — all recorded “yes”).
- Change Order No. 4, Williams Brothers Construction — East Water Reclamation Facility phosphorus-removal upgrades: change order $161,000, adjusting the contract (presenter noted amended contract total rose to about $4,944,000). Motion carried (roll call recorded “yes” votes from council members present).
- Agreement with Strand Associates for on-call wastewater engineering services: not to exceed $25,000. Motion carried (roll call recorded “yes” votes from council members present).
- Pay Request No. 25 to Visserink Construction: request of $866,374.75 to be sent to the Illinois EPA for approval and disbursement. Motion carried (roll call recorded “yes” votes from council members present).
- Resolution approving proposal from M.E. Simpson Inc. for leak surveying, meter testing, valve assessment, hydrant assessment services and release of six frozen seized valves: total $111,390. Motion carried; recorded as Resolution 1288.

Hansen and other staff provided brief answers when council members asked for cost clarifications; for example, council members confirmed the change-order amount and were shown the cumulative contract total for the phosphorus upgrades. The pay request to Visserink will be forwarded to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for approval and disbursement as part of the project’s funding process.

Ending: All five items were approved by roll call without recorded dissent. Several council members later thanked public-works crews for snow response work during that week’s storms.