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Waukesha utility approves inventory purchases and hears operations, legal and reporting updates
Summary
The commission authorized about $306,000 in material purchases (split between two vendors), approved payments including a $92,000 CIS upgrade and a Diggers Hotline prepayment, and received updates on the new operations center, a rate-case filing, an appeals court decision, and ongoing main interruptions and easement work.
The City of Waukesha Water Utility Commission approved several procurement and administrative items Feb. 19 and received operational and legal updates.
Purchases and payments: Staff explained a $92,000 payment to a software firm for a CIS (Customer Information System) Version 5 billing software upgrade and described a single, higher invoice to Diggers Hotline as a prepayment covering the 2026 hotline tickets plus January activity. Commissioners approved the payments by voice vote.
Separately, the commission approved purchase orders for 2026 inventory and repair parts with a split between two vendors: $152,961.62 to Ferguson and $153,522.09 to the other listed vendor (transcript spelled the vendor name inconsistently), for a total of about $306,483.71. Staff explained the packet had a memo with earlier numbers and clarified the corrected figures at the meeting before the voice approval.
Operations and projects: Staff updated the commission on the new operations center: shop roof and most windows are complete, office framing is in progress, temporary heating is in place to allow interior slab pours, and solar panels are planned. Staff said the project is on time and under budget so far.
Legal and regulatory: Staff briefed commissioners on the so‑called Dunst case — a customer contesting multiple fire‑protection charges across three properties — reporting the appeals court affirmed the utility’s position and that the Supreme Court is unlikely to accept the case. Staff also reported they submitted responses to the Public Service Commission’s initial questions in the rate case.
Infrastructure concerns: Staff said there have been 11 main interruptions since last month and explained a subset of aging mains sit on property outside recorded easements, which will require relocation and interior plumbing work for affected households over the next three to five years; staff estimated roughly 60–80 services could be involved and said crews will coordinate projects and likely hire plumbers for indoor service changes.
Other items: The utility passed a January state lab inspection; the diversion permit was in final quality control and due for submission; and the first of three pilot/tax‑equivalent payments to the city (about $774,050) will be processed as scheduled.
The commission took no further action on these updates beyond recording and scheduling follow‑up work and adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
