Water and Sewer Board approves routine minutes and three items including municipal code edits and a connector-district agreement

The Englewood City Water and Sewer Board on an administrative agenda approved minutes from the Jan. 13 meeting and carried three staff motions that the board characterized as routine and procedural.

Board Chair John Moore called the meeting to order and the board took a voice vote to approve the minutes. Staff presented a short municipal-code amendment to replace references to the director and department of public works with the director and department of utilities following the transfer of stormwater responsibilities; the board voted to adopt the change "as written."

The board also approved an amendment to the Valley Sanitation connector-district agreement related to the dissolution of Sheridan District No. 1 and its absorption into Valley Sanitation District. Staff said the amendment adjusts the service-area exhibit and includes a termination agreement with Sheridan District No. 1 that will take effect when that district is dissolved and its collection system is transferred to Valley. Deputy City Attorney McDermott told the board the city would not assume liability as a result of Sheridan District No. 1’s dissolution.

Utilities engineer Joshua Ferry briefed the board on the combined furniture package for Phase 2 of utilities space improvements at the Allen treatment plant and the utility service center. Staff presented a recommended contract amount of $497,879 and requested authorization to use a 10% staff-managed contingency ($49,788) for a total project authorization of $547,667; the board approved the recommendation by voice vote.

Next procedural steps noted in the meeting minutes include filing the signed agreements and executing the furniture contract under the staff-managed procurement authority. The votes reported here were routine approvals recorded by roll call and voice vote; no formal ordinance or council-level adoption was taken at this meeting.