Wyoming council unanimously approves a package of contracts, infrastructure projects and a final-reading rezoning
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Summary
The council approved grouped IT and infrastructure contracts (backup/disaster recovery, firewalls, SCADA), an underwater intake inspection ($44,000), Boone Avenue water main replacement (~$1.63M), an AECOM trail-design amendment (~$41,000), fire department fitness equipment funded largely by a $150,000 grant, and adopted Ordinance 2-26 rezoning several parcels on 36th Street; roll calls recorded unanimous 'yes' votes for the items considered.
Wyoming City Council voted unanimously on a set of procurement and infrastructure items and adopted a rezoning ordinance in final reading during its meeting.
Key approvals at a glance:
- IT backup and disaster recovery, firewalls and SCADA services (Resolutions B, C, D): staff grouped three procurement items to replace six-year-old backup servers and add a disaster-recovery capability, replace and improve firewalls and continue SCADA programming support with Tetra Tech; council approved the grouped awards after staff described operational and security benefits. Paul, the city’s IT director, said the existing DigiAlliant solution is hardware-only and the Stonefly proposal adds processing power and automation to run workloads in a disaster recovery scenario.
- Underwater intake inspection (Resolution E): council approved an annual underwater inspection of the city intake pipe that draws raw water from Lake Michigan; staff estimated the inspection, including weather and repair contingencies, at about $44,000.
- Boone Avenue water main replacement (project award): council accepted the low bid to replace a 1960s-era water main from 36th Street to La Crosse with a total project cost discussed at roughly $1.6 million; staff noted an additional estimated $75,000 in engineering/inspection costs beyond the construction award.
- City Center Trail (AECOM contract amendment): council approved an amendment (about $41,000) to AECOM’s design and construction administration contract after a change from an on-street bike lane to an off-street non-motorized path on Bellfield Street near Clyde Park.
- Fire department fitness equipment (grant-funded): the council approved purchase of stair-climbers for the four fire stations; the Assistance to Firefighters grant was said to cover 90% of the cost; staff said the initial grant award was $150,000 and the city cost for the items discussed was about $17,000.
- Ordinance 2-26 (zoning change, final reading): council adopted Ordinance 2-26 to amend City Code section 90-515 to rezone multiple parcels on 36th Street from R-2 residential to R-01 restricted office to reflect existing commercial uses.
Voting and next steps: roll-call votes recorded unanimous approval for the items listed. Staff will proceed to finalize contracts and schedule project work; in several cases staff noted follow-up engineering and inspection contracts may be executed under existing term contracts.
