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Council approves consent agenda and multiple purchases, awards wastewater contract, and authorizes planning and procurement steps
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Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Murfreesboro City Council approved an 18-item consent agenda, authorized purchases including 75 golf carts and two knuckle-boom trucks, approved a resolution on fire truck reimbursement, awarded a pump-station contract to Jarrett Builders and approved SRF-conforming wastewater planning task order and other routine items.
Murfreesboro City Council voted on a range of routine and capital items on Dec. 11. Key actions included approval of an 18-item consent agenda and individual votes on equipment purchases, a resolution on fire-truck funding options and a wastewater contract award.
Among the approvals:
- Consent agenda: Council approved the consent agenda (18 items).
- Fleet purchase: Council approved the purchase of 75 Club Car golf carts via the Omnia cooperative for a net purchase price presented as $316,248 after trade-in; a 48-month Club Car Connect software license was described at $3,600 per month to be paid from the golf course operating budget.
- Equipment buyback: Council approved purchasing two knuckle-boom trucks from Rollins Excavating Co. (RecPro) at $60,000 per truck (total $120,000) under contract buyback terms; funding from the solid waste operations budget.
- Resolution 25-R-33: Council approved a resolution allowing future reimbursement of three fire trucks (previously approved in the FY26 CIP) from bond proceeds if the city elects that funding source.
- Pump station contract: Staff recommended award of the Thompson Lane / Stones River Battlefield pump station contract to Jarrett Builders, Inc., as the low bidder at $2,900,000 (engineer estimate $3,100,000); council approved the recommendation subject to legal review of the contract.
- SSR wastewater plan task order: Council approved a new SSR task order to update the wastewater facilities plan at a cost of $334,000 to be paid from working capital reserves; staff said the update will conform to State Revolving Fund requirements.
- JPP water reallocation study participation: Council approved participation in a multi-jurisdictional study of water allocation tied to Percy Priest Lake; Murfreesboro's proposed share was described as 10% (approximately $200,000). Staff said federal funding could begin in Oct. 2026 but partners wanted to start earlier by cost-sharing.
- Beer permit: Council approved an ownership-change beer permit for a restaurant at 740 Northwest Broad, pending final building and codes inspections.
- Procurement method approval: Council authorized use of the RFCSP procurement method to post a mechanical and electrical services contract for the water resources department.
Most motions were approved by roll call. Staff and council members confirmed that several items will return for further steps (e.g., Gateway Commission, site plan review) where required by code.
