Utilities board approves routine finances and multiple service agreements, including $515,000 in wire transfers

The City of Bloomington Utilities Board approved routine financial items and a set of service agreements at its Jan. 29 meeting.

Financial approvals: the board approved wire transfers for February totaling $515,390.70; a utilities claim list for Jan. 22 totaling $21,321.93; customer refunds for Jan. 30 totaling $3,489.30; and a special accounts-payable check run covering Dec. 23 for $3,166.31. Each item was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.

Contracts and service agreements: the consent agenda included a nonchemical contract item (LandCo) listed at $26.45 per gallon for delivery to the Dillon plant and was approved without items pulled. Separately the board approved:

- Amendment No. 1 to Clark Deats Inc. to extend an existing professional-engineering contract (the transcript states the expiration was extended "to December 31 to 20[not specified]"); staff said funding remains to cover the extension.

- Amendment No. 2 to Stantec Consulting Services to cover additional discovery and data work for rate design; staff said Stantec bills hourly and expects the full extra amount likely will not be expended.

- A new on-call service agreement with Blans (transcript also references "Blantz") LLC for recovery and towing services.

- A three-year renewal with Swift Comply (referred to in the transcript as "Swift Comply/Swisscomply") for database management of the fats, oils and grease (FOG) pretreatment program (2026–2028 pricing; contract amount stated as $36,253).

- A service agreement with Ratio Architects to fund sampling and a performance study of Miller Showers Park (staff said Ratio designed the facility 20 years ago and will partner with IU for laboratory work). The board approved this agreement; staff said the sampling will provide data to inform future green-infrastructure designs.

- A biannual hazardous-waste pickup contract with Arcwood/Arborwood Environmental for CBU locations; the transcript records the amount as $47,274.10 and the hazardous materials coordinator, Isabel Quiroz, explained the contractor must report disposal locations and manage cradle-to-grave chain of custody for hazardous materials.

What it means: board members and staff described these approvals as routine operations and investments to support pretreatment, stormwater evaluation and hazardous-waste management. Several items were described as time-limited or subject to engineering or operational review; the Clark Deats amendment contains an unclear year in the transcript and the precise expiration date should be verified in the official contract paperwork.

All motions listed above passed by voice vote during the meeting; no items were recorded as failing or tabled.