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Highwood council approves $43,000 corrosion‑control study for water system
Summary
On Jan. 7 the Highwood City Council voted to direct the city manager to accept a Cornwell Engineering proposal to study and design corrosion control treatment for the municipal water system for $43,000. The council also approved routine minutes, warrants and the treasurer's report.
The Highwood City Council on Jan. 7 approved a motion directing the city manager to accept a proposal from Cornwell Engineering to study and design corrosion‑control treatment for the city's water system at a cost of $43,000.
The measure, listed as agenda item 12.1, passed on a voice/roll-call vote after a motion and second. Council members recorded in the roll call as voting yes were Alderman Fallberg, Alderman Peterson, Alderman Levy and Alderman Osbornarski.
The motion instructed the city manager to accept Cornwell Engineering's proposal to assist in studying and designing corrosion control treatment for the water system; the agenda description listed the amount as $43,000. Council members did not expand on technical details in the meeting record.
The council handled several routine items before taking the 12.1 vote. It approved minutes for the Dec. 3, 2024 meeting, accepted the treasurer's report for November 2024, and approved a warrant list dated Dec. 17, 2024 totaling $172,025. Each of those procedural items passed on motions recorded in the transcript with affirmative roll calls.
Agenda item 12.2 was deferred to a later date, and the meeting adjourned shortly after the vote on 12.1.
Meeting officials did not cite statutes, ordinances, or other legal authorities in the public record for item 12.1; no public testimony about the water‑system item appears in the transcript.
