Committee approves long list of consent contracts, grants and service agreements

The Springfield Committee of the Whole on Tuesday approved a broad set of routine ordinances by consent, covering purchase contracts for the Office of Public Utilities, subreciprocal grant agreements for the Springfield Police Department, and a state grant for a city greenway project.

Items approved on consent included a two‑year quicklime purchase (Ordinance 2025018) with Mississippi Lime Company for an amount not to exceed $3,345,300; a three‑year bill‑printing and mail services contract with Infosend Inc. (UE‑2504) for up to $2,545,668.80; and a three‑year emergency boiler and equipment repair contract with Hayes Power Services LLC (UE‑2508) not to exceed $12,000,000. The committee also approved a professional services agreement with KSB Durbrick for a performance audit of Unit 4 boiler feed pumps for $26,422 and a one‑year extension of the city audit contract with Lauderback & Almond LLP under RFPCs 22‑28 (total not to exceed $236,280).

Several subreciprocal agreements tied to ICJIA grants for police services were approved as consent items: agreements with Springfield School District 186, Sojourn Shelter & Services, Solid Rock Youth Transitions Services Inc., Envision Unlimited, Washington Street Mission and the Mental Health Centers in Central Illinois. Per the agenda, those items carry the grant number 102‑501; individual payment amounts were listed on the dais for each ordinance (for example, $501,010; $708,104; $707,500; $235,000; $292,937; $501,010 respectively).

The council also approved a DCEO grant acceptance and supplemental appropriation of $1,300,000 (grant 25‑203392) for preliminary and design engineering services on the Third Street Greenway project and made a consent‑calendar approval for a professional services agreement with American Environmental Corporation to complete a Phase 2 report to the Illinois EPA for $49,368.50.

All consent items were adopted with the customary “aye” voice votes. No roll‑call tallies were read into the record during the consent sequence; where the transcript records only the customary “ayes have it,” the committee recorded passage by voice vote.

Votes at a glance (items listed on the meeting transcript as approved by consent): 2025018 (Mississippi Lime Company, quicklime purchase, ≤$3,345,300); UE‑2504 (Infosend Inc., bill printing/mail services, ≤$2,545,668.80); UE‑2508 (Hayes Power Services LLC, boiler repairs, ≤$12,000,000); 2025021 (KSB Durbrick, performance audit, $26,422); 2025025 (American Environmental Corp., Phase 2 report, $49,368.50); 2025206 (DCEO grant 25‑203392, $1,300,000 for Third Street Greenway); 2025023 (Project Cardinal large‑scale development plan); 2025024 (supplemental relocation expense, ≤$5,352.74 for parcel SR0135, 709 Barrett St.); and multiple police ICJIA subreciprocal agreements (2025208–2025033) and personnel/contract items (2025034–2025035) as announced on the dais.

Because these items were taken on the consent calendar, council members indicated no debate and each was approved by voice vote.

Ending: The committee moved the remaining business on the agenda to the debate portion of the meeting where required, and then proceeded to the items that prompted additional discussion.