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Board of Public Works approves multiple bids, easements and consultant contract
Summary
At its June 5 meeting the Waukesha Board of Public Works approved multiple construction and professional-services awards, accepted an easement agreement and recommended the 2024 CMAR to city council. Vote counts were recorded for each motion.
The Waukesha Board of Public Works voted June 5 to approve a set of construction contracts, consultant services and an easement, and to recommend the 2024 Compliance Maintenance Annual Report to city council.
The board approved bids and agreements across several agenda items, including crack-filling, a used-oil collection improvement, generator work at fire stations, traffic-signal upgrades, a sanitary-sewer easement and an as-needed architectural services agreement.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes (May 22): Motion to approve moved and seconded; recorded as aye by Cassens, Kevin Riley and Joe Piper; motion carried.
- Item 5A (six partial payments): Motion to approve moved and seconded; motion carried.
- Item 6B (2025 crack-filling project): Low bid from Thunder Road for $236,500 recommended for award; motion carried.
- Item 6C (drop-off center used-oil collection improvement): Low bid from Short Pour Delivery Services for $50,180 recommended for award; motion carried.
- Item 6D (Fire Station No. 2 and 3 generators, plus alternate for Station 4): Base bid plus Alternate 1 to Will Surge for $121,758 recommended for award; motion carried.
- Item 6E (West Sunset Drive and South Prairie Avenue traffic-signal improvements): Low bid from Zenith Tech for $368,001.07 recommended for award; motion carried.
- Item 7A (2024 Wisconsin DNR Compliance Maintenance Annual Report): Motion to accept and recommend the CMAR report to council; motion carried. (See separate article for details from the CMAR presentation.)
- Item 7B (Architectural design services, 2025–26 CIP; as-needed contract): Review team recommended ISG; board approved moving forward with ISG on an as-needed basis; motion carried.
- Item 7C (Public sanitary sewer easement agreement with Continental 665 Fund): Motion to approve easement agreement; motion carried.
Several items had brief staff explanations or clarifying questions before votes. For example, board members asked whether the Gascoyne and Peters resurfacing tied to wholesale water-main replacement (it is), and staff confirmed both sides of Pewaukee Road would have water-main and some sanitary-work. Contractors recommended for award had prior municipal references or prior subcontract work with the city, according to staff remarks.
Several items were continued or held: Item 6A was placed on hold pending budget review and will return to a future Board of Public Works meeting for further explanation and staff presentation.
The meeting concluded with informational updates, including notice of upcoming retaining-wall and library HVAC bid notices and an update on the city's bulky-item pickup enforcement and education program.
