Warrenville council approves $5.815 million contract for Well No. 13 water treatment plant

The Warrenville City Council voted May 19 to award a $5,815,000 contract to Whitaker Construction and Excavating Inc. of Earlville, Illinois, for construction of the city’s Well No. 13 water treatment plant after a motion to waive bidding passed on a roll call vote.

A separate motion to approve a construction engineering contract with Engineering Enterprises, Inc. for Well No. 13 — in the amount of $444,100 plus reimbursable expenses — was moved and carried the same night.

Alderman Lockett moved the construction contract measure (R2025‑32); the motion was seconded and approved on a roll call that recorded affirmative votes from the aldermen present and the mayor. No nay votes or abstentions were stated in the record. Alderman Lockett also moved the engineering services resolution (R2025‑33), which carried on roll call.

Council made no substantive amendment to the contract language on the floor; staff described the awards as the product of the public works and infrastructure committee recommendation. The engineering services contract was presented as a separately budgeted professional services award to provide construction inspection and related engineering oversight for the Well No. 13 project.

The council did not detail a project schedule during the meeting; staff previously recommended the awards to move forward construction and engineering work for the well and associated treatment facilities. Funding sources for the two contracts were not read into the record during the motion and were not specified in the discussion at the meeting.

Next steps recorded on the meeting agenda include contract execution by the city and coordination between public works and the awarded firms before on‑site construction and inspection commence.