Votes at a glance: Park City Council approves sewer/water improvements, wholesale water agreement, engineering contracts
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Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the council approved two improvement resolutions for North Park Industrial Addition, renewed a wholesale water agreement with Wichita, and authorized professional engineering contracts for Reserve B and streetscaping. All motions carried 7–0.
Park City — The Park City City Council on Jan. 28 approved multiple routine and project-related items by unanimous vote, including improvement resolutions for the North Park Industrial Addition, a wholesale water agreement with Wichita, and engineering contracts for Reserve B and streetscaping.
Key votes and outcomes:
- Resolution 1245-2025: Accept petition and approve resolution determining advisability of sanitary sewer main improvements for North Park Industrial Addition. Motion to accept the petition and approve resolution 1245-2025 was made by Brandy Bailey, seconded by Jim Schrader, and passed 7–0.
- Resolution 1246-2025: Accept petition and approve resolution determining advisability of water distribution improvements for North Park Industrial Addition (correction from initial title). Troy Hill moved to accept the petition and approve resolution 1246-2025, Jim Schrader seconded; the motion passed 7–0. The estimated cost noted in staff materials was $25,000 for the proposed water distribution improvements; the sewer improvement item shown earlier listed an estimated $90,000 for sanitary sewer main improvements.
- Wholesale water agreement (City of Wichita): The council approved renewing the wholesale water-service agreement with the City of Wichita and authorized the mayor to finalize and execute the contract. Jim Schrader moved and Charlie Davidson seconded; vote 7–0. The proposed contract includes a "take-or-pay" provision; staff described an initial example projection of 80,000,000 gallons with a conservative 50% take-or-pay level (40,000,000 gallons) and noted the city historically has used more than that amount over the last decade.
- Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) contracts: The council authorized contracts for design and construction engineering related to Reserve B and streetscaping in the Park Center addition. The combined not-to-exceed amounts presented were $92,500 for design and $125,600 for construction-phase services (total not to exceed $218,100) to be paid from the capital projects fund. Jim Schrader moved and Troy Hill seconded; the motion carried 7–0.
- Consent and routine items: The council approved the agenda and consent agenda and received and filed the BMX annual report and Sheldon Architecture presentation for the new senior center. Most procedural motions carried unanimously.
Ending: All listed motions passed without dissent. Council directed staff to proceed with outreach, final documents and procurement steps tied to the approved resolutions and contracts where applicable.
