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Utilities board approves consent agenda and routine claims; members press staff on fleet data and vendor fees
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City of Bloomington Utilities Board approved a consent agenda worth $49,255.77 and routine claims and payments; board members questioned the pace of a multi‑year fleet maintenance analysis and discussed a roughly $9,000 vendor refund tied to interbank credit‑card fees.
The City of Bloomington Utilities Board voted April 6 to approve routine claims and a staff‑presented consent agenda totaling $49,255.77, which included contracts for lighting at Monroe Water Plant, an environmental phase‑2 analysis tied to the Broadview Sewer Extension, generator maintenance, HVAC troubleshooting, a TYLER Technologies item related to the 2026 rate case, an EV charger installation and minor roofing work at the Blucher Pool Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Catherine Zager, utilities director, reviewed the consent items by line: "First contract is with Electric Plus for $1,770 for low tower light installation at Monroe Water Plant," she said, and also noted environmental consulting and generator maintenance contracts included on the packet.
Board members also pressed staff on several routine matters. One member asked about a Friends of Lake Monroe matching contribution used to fund a watershed coordinator; Zager confirmed the city contributes annually to match other funds for that position. Several board members, including one who identified themselves while speaking, criticized the slow progress on a long‑running vehicle maintenance and fleet data project. "We've been at this for a long time without any answers," a committee member said, and staff replied that summary data for 2023 and 2024 exist and 2025 data were recently provided for comparison with Fleet.
A separate discussion covered Chase/Tyler credit‑card fees. Staff said a refund of about $9,000 had been received for earlier incorrect charges, and that interbank fees charged by the vendor remain pending resolution.
Separately, staff confirmed a small sodium permanganate spill at the intake vault; staff said the spill was contained within the vault (secondary containment) and cleanup occurred and all workers were safe.
The board approved the consent agenda and motions to accept standard invoices ($828,014.02), utility bills ($206,714.83), wire transfers ($709,336.25) and customer refunds ($2,757.03).
