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Votes at a glance: DeKalb PWI approves procurement and contract renewals; several items deferred or recommended for substitute amounts
Summary
The committee approved multiple contract renewals and procurements including a billing-print/mail extension, landfill engineering renewal, commercial container purchases, tire pickup services, developer sewer contribution and a regional river-information subscription; staff will return on several procurement/audit items and a stormwater contract substitute was recommended per audit.
The DeKalb County Public Works & Infrastructure Committee acted on several procurement and agreement items during the session.
Finance: The committee approved a contract term extension to Dec. 31, 2026 for the county's billing print-and-mail and electronic presentment contract (agenda item 2026-0182). Staff said online billing uptake has reduced print costs and no additional funds were requested.
Public Works Sanitation: The committee approved the first renewal of the landfill professional engineering and surveying services contract with SCS Engineers through April 30, 2027 (agenda item 2026-0329), not to exceed $2 million. The committee also approved a purchase of commercial containers and replacement steel bottoms under a competitively let source-contract with Wastequip (agenda item 2026-0305) not to exceed $425,518.20, and extended a tire-removal/recycling contract with Laam Home Sanitation through Jan. 31, 2027 not to exceed $275,000 (agenda item 2026-0336).
Watershed Management: The committee approved an agreement with Next Development Partners LLC for sewer upgrades tied to a proposed ~290-unit development; the developer contribution was about $832,000 with a county share of roughly $260,000 (agenda item 2026-0162). The county also approved joining the Atlanta Regional Commission river-information effort to obtain realtime Chattahoochee/Buford Dam release and river-level data (agenda item 2026-0361) at roughly $29-30k/year.
Procurement and audit notes: Staff presented a recommendation for construction management services for the Shaw Creek trunk sewer relief project (Benchmark Management LLC, approximately $5.65 million, agenda item 2025-023) but the committee deferred detailed action until audit clearance. For stormwater cleaning and CCTV video inspection contracts, staff sought a cap increase to about $2.9M; audit supported $2,540,986.20 and the committee recommended approving the audit-supported substitute amount and asked staff to return if additional funds are required (agenda item 2026-0337).
Other: An allocation up to $15,000 for a Public Health study of data-center impacts (agenda item 2026-0245) was deferred two weeks for Commissioner Terry to participate.
What happens next: Staff will process the approved contract renewals and purchases, return with audit-cleared procurement items, and bring back any requested follow-up data, maps or funding adjustments.
