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Votes at a glance: Derby City Council actions Feb. 11 include BAS contract, equipment purchases and routine approvals
Summary
The council approved the meeting agenda, a consent package, a Schneider Electric building-automation contract and project resolution, two public-works vehicle purchases and an updated council priorities list. Vote counts and key details are listed below.
Derby — At its Feb. 11 meeting the Derby City Council approved several routine and capital items. Below are the formal actions taken on the record with outcome, vote tally and key details.
Votes at a glance
- Approve meeting agenda as presented — Motion carried 8–0. (Recorded during roll call/agenda acceptance.)
- Consent agenda — Motion carried 8–0. Items included: • Minutes of the Jan. 28 meeting (8.1) • Annual renewal for Derby’s Farmer Market at Madison Avenue Central Park (8.2) • One-step plat for 4 lots at SW corner of 70 Fifth Street S and Greenwich Road (8.3) — property 8 acres, zone rural residential; Planning Commission recommended approval 01/02/2025 • Appointment of Mark Staats to the district collaboration board (8.4) • Changes to pay matrix for newly budgeted project engineer position and combining two part-time communications roles into a full-time communications specialist (8.5) • Agreement with KDOT to permit signal pole/controller upgrades along K-15 at Meadowlark Boulevard (no cost to city) (8.6)
- Facilities Energy Improvement Project — Motion to authorize execution of an energy and construction services contract with Schneider Electric and a project resolution authorizing certain public improvements and issuance of bonds in the amount of $700,995 — Motion carried 7–0. Key points: first-phase sites include the library, venue/pavilion, Fire Station 81 and the north side of City Hall; Schneider estimated about $558,000 of energy savings over 20 years and said utility rebate and federal 179D tax-credit work would be pursued.
- Purchase, utility combo truck (Vactor-style combo unit) — Motion to purchase from Key Equipment & Supply in the amount of $531,325 — Motion carried 7–0. The unit replaces a 2007 vehicle used for sewer line jetting and hydro-vac excavation; staff noted in-house repurposing options for the old truck.
- Purchase, single-axle dump truck and plow — Motion to purchase from Truck Center Companies in the amount of $190,129 — Motion carried 7–0. Vehicle will support utility, hauling and snow removal operations; funding from water and wastewater funds was noted.
- Updated city council priorities list — Motion to approve the updated priorities list and provide feedback — Motion carried 7–0. Staff presented status updates on multiple capital and planning efforts including sewer force-main and lift-station design, park projects and water/wastewater master-plan work.
- Motion to adjourn — Motion carried 7–0.
All votes were taken by voice on the record in the meeting; individual yes/no roll-call breakdowns were not recorded for each motion beyond the tallies stated above.
