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UPC accepts minutes, recommends Stantec for next rate calculation and approves consultant payments
Summary
The Utility Policy Committee approved the Jan. 9 minutes, recommended the City Commission authorize Stantec to perform the 2025 study for 2026 rates and approved payment requests to several consultants; the Stantec proposal was reported at about $109,000.
The Utility Policy Committee opened the Feb. 13 meeting by approving the Jan. 9, 2025 minutes and later voted to recommend that the City Commission approve a one-year proposal from Stantec for the 2025 rate study that will inform 2026 rates.
City staff told the committee Stantec’s proposal is roughly $109,000, down from about $117,000 in the prior-year proposal. The UPC’s role is to review and recommend; due to the dollar amount the formal contract award will be made by the City Commission. Committee members voted in favor of recommending that the City Commission enter a contract with Stantec to perform the rate calculation work for 2025 to inform 2026 rates; staff said the item will likely appear on a March City Commission agenda.
The committee also approved payment of consultant invoices during the meeting. Committee motions were made and approved to pay several invoices; the meeting record includes motions approving consultant payments but does not provide fully clear itemized amounts for every invoice in the public transcript. The UPC chair called for the ayes and the motions carried.
Votes at a glance - Acceptance of Jan. 9, 2025 UPC minutes — motion moved and supported; outcome: approved. - Recommendation to City Commission to accept Stantec proposal for 2025 rate calculation (for 2026 rates) — motion moved; outcome: approved (to be forwarded to City Commission for contract award). Stantec proposal amount discussed: approximately $109,000; prior-year proposal cited at about $117,000. - Approval of consultant invoice payments — motions moved and supported; outcome: approved. (Individual invoice amounts not fully specified in the audio transcript.)
Ending: Staff said it will notify the UPC when the item is scheduled on the City Commission agenda in March.
