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Bloomington Utilities board approves invoices, contracts and amendments totaling multiple items
Summary
The City of Bloomington Utility Service Board approved standard invoices of $2.41 million, utility bills and a series of contract awards and amendments, including a $75,900 alum-tank repair and engineering and training agreements.
At its Sept. 26 meeting the City of Bloomington Utility Service Board approved a set of routine payments, contracts and contract amendments affecting water and wastewater operations.
The board approved standard invoices for $2,407,125.24; utility bills totaling $172,075.35; wire transfers totaling $554,380.14; customer refunds of $4,888.35; and a special check run of $2,054.73. All of those financial items were approved by voice vote.
On the consent agenda, utilities director Catherine Zager presented two items totaling $20,000: a pilot study contract with Greener Day Solutions (amount listed as $0 for the pilot study in staff materials) for a screw press pilot at the biosolids handling building at the Blucher Pool Wastewater Plant, and a $20,000 on-call roofing services agreement with AMI Roofing Contractors Inc. The consent agenda was approved without objection.
The board approved several other contract actions brought forward by staff:
- A service agreement with Win Industries to repair an alum tank at the Monroe Water Plant for $75,900. Dan Hudson, capital projects manager, described the work as a temporary repair to meet regulatory storage requirements while a longer-term alum-feed redesign is under design; staff said the temporary work could be completed before year-end.
- A $48,728 contract with HRSAG (Hertzing/HRSAG) Engineering to conduct NFPA arc-flash studies and infrared inspections and to update labeling and training for electrical safety, presented by Mark Menifee, utility engineer.
- Amendment No. 1 to the agreement with Springfield Electric Supply to cover extra technician time after a variable-frequency-drive startup issue; the amendment added $1,962, bringing the amendment total to $6,220 as presented to the board.
- Amendment No. 2 to Wessler Engineering’s contract, adding $15,000 for extra work on a PLC/SCADA upgrade at the Blucher Pool (not to exceed a revised total of $417,000).
- Amendment No. 4 to the Azteca Systems LLC agreement to provide on-site training for the CityWorks asset/work-order system (amount not specified in public remarks).
The board also approved minutes from the Sept. 8 meeting and a resolution (2025-19) designating surplus property for auction; staff said unsold items would be scrapped. All contract approvals were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Several approvals included only voice votes and staff noted that some line-item details (for example, some amendment subtotals and consent-agenda pilot amounts) were listed in staff materials. No challenged votes were recorded.
The board adjourned after a cybersecurity update and brief final items.
