Votes at a glance: Gallatin City Council Committee approves water, sewer and personnel measures

Gallatin City Council Committee on June 10, 2025, approved a series of infrastructure and personnel items, including bids for a raw water intake, a sewer connection project, a flow meter replacement, a bad-debt write-off and changes to the city's pay plan and personnel rules.

Council members front-loaded approval of spending and personnel items during the meeting; each motion carried after brief discussion with no recorded opposition. The actions move capital work and human-resources changes forward following the budget process earlier this year.

The most expensive item approved was the raw water intake project. City staff told council the engineering estimate was a little over $20 million and that the low bid came in at $17,469,000. The project will add pumps and redundancy to increase intake capacity and provide piping and fittings to tie into a planned new treatment plant. The council moved the item forward on a motion by Councilman Fennell and a second by Councilman Carter; the motion carried.

Council also approved bids for a…