Board approves invoices and contracts for communications, metering and Braton Road lift station

During departmental business, Mr. Maddox presented multiple vendor pay requests and contract approvals. The board approved an invoice for design and construction administration for the city's communications system (engineer invoice for $65,625). A separate pay request from Tesco for the automated metering materials ($3,719.61) was approved, and the board discussed procuring additional transformers and poles by advertisement to obtain competitive bids.

Mr. Maddox informed members that the city received matching money from the state and presented the low responsive bid from Phill Contracting for $393,000 to rehabilitate the Braton Road lift station, a sewer pumping location serving a growing area; the board approved that contract by motion and voice vote. The board also acknowledged an emergency repair situation at a larger lift station near the Walmart distribution center and approved necessary emergency repairs while staff continues replacement work.

An emergency vehicle repair (drive shaft/transfer case) completed by Enterprise Tire and Service for $1,433 was presented and approved for payment. Staff also reported a contractor invoice related to a gas-line relocation for a bridge project; final quantities and payment authorization remain pending verification.

Where the transcript documents voice approvals, numeric roll-call tallies were not provided. Several amounts in the transcript are recorded verbatim as spoken; where amounts were unclear on the record, the minutes show that staff will verify quantities before final payment.