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Kewanee council approves engineering, infrastructure and equipment purchases; payroll and bills ratified
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Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Kewanee City Council unanimously approved a series of routine resolutions and an ordinance—including park engineering, software procurement, a watermain contract and equipment purchases—and ratified several payroll and bill payments.
The Kewanee City Council on Jan. 22 approved a slate of routine items including engineering services for Francis Park, a variance ordinance correction, renewal of an ambulance-service contract, encroachment licensing for a school district, new code-enforcement software, a watermain construction award and purchases of public-works equipment.
Council approved Bill 24-01 to authorize the city manager to execute an agreement with Hutchison Engineering for Francis Park improvements; City Manager Gary Bradley said work will begin when weather permits. The council approved Bill 24-03, an ordinance correcting a minor error for DGOG Kewanee at 600, 608 & 614 N. Main St., with unanimous support.
On Bill 24-04 the council renewed the ambulance-services agreement with Neponset Fire Protection District; a Neponset representative said there have been no service issues since the prior agreement began. The council granted Bill 24-05, a license for a Wethersfield School District encroachment on Willard Street; Director of Operations Kevin Newton reported no snow-removal concerns for the location.
The council approved Bill 24-06 to adopt iWorQ as the city’s code enforcement and building permit software; Community Development Director Keith Edwards said the platform replaces the current CitizenServe system, offers additional features and will cost less. Council awarded the Elm Street (Northeast Park) 2024 watermain extension to Laverdiere Construction, Inc. (Bill 24-07) as the lowest responsible bidder. The council also authorized purchase of a Stepp Manufacturing asphalt dump trailer from Brown Equipment Company (Bill 24-08) and declared certain equipment excess for disposal (Bill 24-09).
Financial housekeeping included approval of payroll amounts for pay periods ending Dec. 16 ($212,165.80), Dec. 30 ($230,834.53) and Jan. 13 ($226,694.83) and ratification of bill payments for Dec. 26 ($203,654.68), Jan. 8 ($1,257,415.45) and Jan. 22 ($479,289.03). All listed motions for these items carried 4-0 unless otherwise noted.