Waukesha Water Utility ratifies payments, approves three construction contracts, easement and developer agreement

The Waukesha Water Utility Commission on April 17 approved payments from the general and improvement funds, ratified unit-price contracts for multiple water-main replacement projects, revised an easement with We Energies at the Crestwood Pump Station and approved a developer agreement for Phase 1 of the Winterberry Reserve development contingent on Wisconsin DNR water-supply approval and the developer closing on the land.

The actions included: - Approval of payments from the general fund and the improvement fund. - Ratification of the City of Waukesha public-works contract portion for the Gascoigne utility and street improvements, totaling $1,604,732.52 for the utility’s share (La Londe Contractors as low bidder). - Approval of the water-main replacement unit-price contract and city administration fee totaling $943,141.21 for the Green Meadow (Michigan to Summit) utility and street improvements (Wanda Contractors Inc.). - Approval of a revised easement with We Energies at the Crestwood Pump Station site, replacing an earlier 9-foot alignment with a proposed 12-foot alignment that avoids an on-site generator and crosses an existing 1974 easement. - Approval of the developer’s agreement for Phase 1 of Winterberry Reserve (BH Winterberry Reserve LLC) at no cost to the utility, contingent on receiving DNR water-supply approval and the developer’s land closing.

Several motions were introduced by Mayor Riley and Commissioner Rivera and seconded by other commissioners; where the transcript records outcomes it notes motions passed (some unanimously) and in several votes one abstention was recorded for the easement and the developer agreement. The commission’s routine payment approval discussion included reference to loan and interest payments and the utility’s annual pilot payment to the city.