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Galena council approves interim appointment, pool wage schedule and emergency bridge repair; tables water report
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Galena City Council approved the appointment of Brandon Belkey to an unexpired alderperson term, adopted the 2025 pool wage schedule, awarded an emergency Dewey Avenue Bridge repair contract to Louis Concrete for $46,360, tabled the monthly Water and Sewer report and approved warrants and the consent agenda.
The Galena City Council on Jan. 27 approved several routine and emergency items, including the appointment of Brandon Belkey to fill an unexpired alderperson term, adoption of the city’s 2025 pool wage schedule, and an emergency contract for repairs to Dewey Avenue Bridge.
The council voted to appoint Brandon Belkey to the unexpired term of Ald. Pam Bernstein. The motion to appoint Belkey was moved from the dais and seconded by Alderperson Johnson; the appointment was approved by roll call. The appointment was identified on the agenda as item 25C-0027.
Council members also approved the 2025 pool wages and work schedule (item 25C-0028). During discussion at the meeting at least one council member asked whether seasonal hours could be temporarily extended through Labor Day — for example by adding shortened hours or weekend coverage in late August — to help cover the end of the season. The council approved the wage schedule as presented.
The council voted to award an emergency repair contract for the Dewey Avenue Bridge to Louis Concrete in the amount of $46,360 (item 25C-0029). Meeting remarks stated there was a single bid and that the repair was considered an emergency needing prompt work.
The council moved to table the U.S. Water monthly Water and Sewer Operations and Maintenance report to the next meeting (item 24C-0030). The item’s presenter, identified as absent, will provide the report at a subsequent council meeting.
The council also approved warrants (item 25C-0031) and previously approved the consent agenda (item 25-2) earlier in the meeting.
No votes against or abstentions were recorded on the items in the meeting transcript provided; roll-call answers were recorded as affirmative for each action. The meeting record did not specify detailed vote tallies in numeric form in the transcript excerpt.
Notes: the emergency repair was described in the meeting as a single-bid emergency; the contract amount recorded on the agenda was $46,360. The pool-wage discussion included a request to explore a temporary extension of hours through Labor Day but no amendment to the adopted schedule was recorded.
