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Anderson City Board of Public Works approves water-department contracts, recommends phosphorus limit
Summary
On Feb. 3, 2026 the Anderson City Board of Public Works approved three water-department contracts (after‑hours answering service, safety training, and an AT&T antenna lease revision), recommended an amendment setting a phosphorus limit of 21.3 mg/L in the sewer-use ordinance, and approved routine claims.
The Anderson City Board of Public Works approved a set of water‑department contracts and recommended that the City Council adopt a limit for phosphorus discharges during its Feb. 3, 2026 meeting.
The board voted to renew a one‑year professional services contract with Doppler, Inc. for after‑hours answering and incident management at a stated cost of $59,800, and approved a separate one‑year professional services agreement with Code Red Safety for safety training for water staff at a stated cost of $30,500. The board also approved a revised non‑exclusive licensing agreement with AT&T for an antenna lease on the Columbus Road water tower after AT&T requested antenna improvements; the revision includes an increase in the monthly license fee as presented to the board.
Superintendent McKe presented the contract requests and was listed as the requesting official. When the board moved and seconded each item there were no questions and the motions passed by voice vote.
City legal staff presented Board Resolution 5‑26, which recommends that City Council amend Anderson City's sewer‑use ordinance (code section 51.53) to add specific pollutant limitations on phosphorus. A legal representative told the board that the most recent standard for phosphorus release is 21.3 milligrams per liter and that Resolution 5‑26 would bring the local ordinance into compliance with that standard. City Attorney Lana was listed as the requester for the resolution. Board members clarified that the sewer ordinance currently has no phosphorus limit and that the proposed ordinance would place a limit of 21.3 mg/L; the resolution was then approved by voice vote.
The clerk presented claims for payment across several funds and the board approved the claims as submitted. The clerk read line items and a total during the meeting record; portions of those numeric amounts were garbled in the transcript record and are reported here as presented by the clerk.
The meeting adjourned at 1:35 p.m.
Votes at a glance - Doppler, Inc. professional services contract (one year; after‑hours answering/incident management): approved by voice vote. - Code Red Safety professional services contract (one year; safety training): approved by voice vote. - AT&T Columbus Road tower license revision (antenna improvements; increased monthly fee as presented): approved by voice vote. - Board Resolution 5‑26 (recommendation to City Council to amend sewer‑use ordinance, add phosphorus limit 21.3 mg/L): approved by voice vote. - Claims as presented by the clerk: approved by voice vote.
All quotations and attributions in this account are taken from the meeting record. Where transcript text was unclear (notably some numeric line‑item amounts and one fee line), the article indicates that the figures were reported as read in the meeting record and flags them as unclear in the meeting timeline.
