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Hamilton City Council approves engineering and pump-station contracts, absorbs health-insurance increase
Summary
At its Sept. 2 meeting, the Hamilton City Council approved an engineering services contract for the Grow Alabama industrial park project, awarded a pump-station construction bid, and voted to absorb a 4.75% increase in city employee health and dental premiums rather than pass the cost to staff.
Hamilton City Council approved several procurement and budget actions at its Sept. 2, 2025 meeting at Hamilton City Hall, including an engineering-services agreement for the city’s industrial park, a construction award for the Mitchell Hill Pumping Station, and a decision to absorb a 4.75% increase in the city’s health and dental premiums.
The council voted to award an engineering-services contract to Sam and Associates with an estimated budget of $67,100 for the Grow Alabama project at the city’s industrial park. Council members moved and seconded the recommendation during the meeting and approved it without extended debate.
The council also accepted the lowest bid of $503,850 from Price Civil Services Inc. to construct the Mitchell Hill Pumping Station, a project the council said will improve water delivery to the west side of Hamilton and to rural customers. A council member noted the city had “been waiting a long time to award this bid,” and the council moved to finalize the contract award that evening.
On employee benefits, the Local Government Health Insurance Board announced a 4.75% increase in premiums for health and dental coverage for the upcoming fiscal year. The council voted to have the City of Hamilton absorb that premium increase rather than pass the additional cost to city employees.
Votes at a glance: The council took the following formal actions during the meeting: - Approve minutes of the Aug. 18 city council meeting: motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved. - Approve accounts-payable bills for August 2025: motion by Scott Robertson; second by Ross; outcome: approved (one abstention recorded by a council member during the vote). - Approve canvass of election results (certification at noon Sept. 2, 2025): motion by Scott Tyre; second by Ross; outcome: approved. - Award engineering services contract to Sam and Associates for Grow Alabama (estimated $67,100): mover: Sherry; second: Vaid; outcome: approved. - Absorb 4.75% health and dental premium increase (city to pay additional cost): mover: Ross; second: Scott Tyra; outcome: approved. - Award Mitchell Hill Pumping Station contract to Price Civil Services Inc. ($503,850 lowest bid): mover: Scott; second: chair; outcome: approved.
The meeting record does not include roll-call vote tallies for each motion. Where the transcript gave a mover and seconder, those names are recorded above; where vote counts were not read aloud, the minutes record only that the motions were approved.
The council ended general business and moved to presentations and public requests, including a request for funding support for the high-school band trip and a request for city donations to a Veterans Day program. Council members said they would consider those requests in an upcoming work session.
