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Public Works committee forwards six street, sewer and service agreements to full council
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Summary
The Lee's Summit Public Works Committee voted unanimously to forward multiple ordinances and contract awards — including brine system controls, sewer engineering services, fleet parts contracts, stream-gauge time extension, and two pavement programs — to the full council with recommendations of approval.
The Lee's Summit Public Works Committee on April 13 voted to forward six ordinance and contract items to full council, recommending approval on each.
Committee members approved motions to move the items to council after brief staff presentations and limited questions. The motions passed on roll-call votes in which Chair Prior, Vice Chair Rader and Council Member Carlisle recorded "Aye." No "No" votes, abstentions or recusals were recorded in the committee minutes.
Why it matters: The items together cover routine infrastructure maintenance and near-term construction planning — work intended to keep streets and utilities operating while staff continue evaluating longer-term capital investments.
What the committee forwarded (summary of staff presentations and committee action): - Bill 26-073 (AcuBrine LLC cooperative agreement): Sean Graff, assistant director of public works operations, said the ordinance would update the computerized controller on the city's salt-brine system while reusing tanks and mixing equipment from a 2015 installation. The committee moved to forward the ordinance to council with a recommendation of approval; motion passed.
- Bill 26-074 (Work Order No. 3 to HDR Engineering): Lisa O'Dell, deputy director of water utilities, said the construction project will add temporary storage (a widened segment) in the sanitary sewer line under Lake Winnebago to handle peak flows that the existing downstream pipe cannot be upsized to accommodate. The engineering-services contract (inspection and submittal review) was presented as a not-to-exceed agreement and forwarded to council with a recommendation of approval.
- Bill 26-075 (Parts and service contracts with Ford dealers): Mark Stinson, fleet manager, requested raising purchasing limits on existing contracts with local Ford dealerships to accommodate higher parts and service costs; the committee forwarded the ordinance to council with recommendation.
- Bill 26-076 (Amendment with U.S. Geological Survey): George Binger, city engineer, described an amendment extending the schedule for a USGS cost-share agreement to install and maintain five stream gauges across the city (one gauge already operates at Chipman Road/Cedar Creek). The amendment extends the federal fiscal-year schedule to complete the installations; the committee forwarded it to council.
- Bill 26-077 (Surface seal FY27 award to Vance Brothers LLC): Project manager Mitch Schmager characterized the surface-seal program as a thin polymer-aggregate topping that typically extends pavement life by 10+ years and is funded by the transportation sales tax. The committee recommended forwarding the contract award to council.
- Bill 26-078 (Mill and overlay FY27 award to Ideker Inc): Staff described an approximately 40 lane-mile mill-and-overlay program funded by the transportation sales tax; the committee moved the award forward to council.
Votes and next steps: Each motion to forward these items to full council carried by roll call. The items will appear on a future city council agenda where final approval and contract execution will be decided.
Context and limits: Committee discussion was limited and largely procedural. Staff noted funding sources for several items (transportation sales tax, previously authorized bond funds, and grant awards where applicable) and repeatedly stressed that final contracts and project maps will be published on the city's CIP and public works web pages once council acts.
Adjournment: The committee completed the agenda and adjourned at 5:20 p.m.
