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Greenville City Council approves water-main bidding, paving and other contracts; accepts opioid settlement terms
Summary
At its Sept. 2 meeting the Greenville City Council adopted multiple resolutions and ordinances: authorizing bids for a $1.4M water-main project, accepting opioid-settlement terms, approving insurance coverage, awarding paving and bio-solids contracts, and passing a rezoning for 300 Green Street.
Greenville City Council on Sept. 2 adopted a slate of resolutions and ordinances authorizing bidding and awarding contracts for several public-works and budget items, and accepted the material terms of a Purdue opioid settlement.
Council approved a resolution authorizing the safety service director to solicit bids for a water-main replacement project on Green Street, Ark Avenue, Marian Drive and Chipper Drive; staff estimated the work at about $1.4 million and confirmed the project is budgeted in the 2025 line item for water works.
The council also voted to accept the material terms of the statewide opioid settlement with Purdue and to authorize the city solicitor or safety service director to execute related agreements; council members clarified that any funds received would be deposited into the city’s opioid fund currently managed by an ad hoc committee.
Other votes and contract actions included:
- A supplemental ordinance appropriating funds from govdeals sales and donations for office supplies ($3,760), park benches ($16,700), tree plantings (~$1,450) and community outreach ($9,000), which included previously approved drug-prevention allocations.
- A one-year liability-insurance contract with Litman Thomas Insurance Agency (Oct. 1, 2025–Sept. 30, 2026) approved under an emergency clause; staff said total premiums rose roughly 7–9% and the emergency-clause roll call included one abstention on that item.
- Acceptance of Filillmore Construction LLC's bid for 2025 maintenance paving and award of a one-year bio-solids management contract to Harder Agra Services LLC after competitive bidding that produced lower costs than the previous vendor.
- Authorization to advertise for bids for water-plant chemicals for calendar year 2026.
- Adoption of an ordinance rezoning 300 Green Street from General Business to Planned Unit Development Residential (PUDR) for Robinson Bonanza Development LLC.
Votes were recorded by roll call on several items; where recorded the council voted unanimously on most measures. The insurance contract emergency-clause vote recorded one abstention (Norris).
What happens next: The procurement items move to bid solicitation or contract execution per the resolutions; staff will handle scheduling and contracting as authorized by council. The opioid settlement funding will be deposited into the opioid fund and administered through the existing ad hoc process.
Ending: Council completed readings and roll-call votes on multiple items and moved to new business.
