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Huron commission approves consent agenda and three infrastructure pay requests
Summary
The commission approved a consent agenda that included a resignation and job postings, and authorized three progress payments for local infrastructure projects totaling about $982,664.65.
The Huron City Commission approved its consent agenda and authorized three infrastructure progress payments during the meeting.
Consent agenda: The commission approved minutes from the June 16, 2025 meeting; accepted the voluntary resignation of 9-1-1 telecommunicator Jenna Wallner, effective June 30, 2025; authorized the posting and advertising for a 9-1-1 telecommunicator position in the Huron Police Department dispatch center; acknowledged that Michael Schmieder’s probationary employment as park maintenance I concluded on June 13, 2025; approved seasonal hiring for parks and recreation and Splash Central Waterpark; approved a special on-sale alcoholic beverage license application from Rezone Pub and Grub for a catering event on Sept. 20 at the campus center; and approved payment of the city’s bills. The consent agenda passed on a roll-call vote recorded as unanimous.
Infrastructure pay requests: Assistant Engineer Dennis Bennett presented three progress payments and recommended approval.
- Third Street Bridge rehabilitation and preservation (project 2024-3): pay request No. 1 for $50,434.43. Bennett described the payment as a progress payment on the Third Street bridge; the project included epoxy coating work and mudjacking and pile installation on a sunken north-side walkway. The commission approved the payment.
- Fourth Street reconstruction (bid 2024-11): pay request No. 7 from Midland Contracting for $706,453.65. Bennett said the Fourth Street project is about 98% complete and recommended approval; the commission approved the payment.
- Transfer/transportation station (project 2023-21): pay request No. 13 from Northstar Logistics / Century Crane for $225,776.57. Bennett said the transfer station work is in punch-list phase and that the city will soon finish paying for the project; the commission approved the payment and authorized the mayor to sign.
Together the three pay requests sum to $982,664.65. Commissioners offered brief comments praising the visible improvements on Fourth Street and asked routine project-status questions; there was no extended debate. The roll-call votes on the three pay requests were recorded in the meeting as approvals. The meeting concluded with a motion to go into executive session under the listed agenda item; the transcript records a second and motion to enter executive session.
