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Lawrence City utility board approves engineering task orders, contract extensions and sewer bill adjustment
Summary
On May 26, 2026, the Lawrence City Utility Service Board approved a $10,000 task order with Wesler Engineering, a $15,000 task order with American Structure Point, a contract time extension for the Fort Harrison sanitary sewer project due to heavy rainfall, a PA settlement allocation, and a $2,944.85 customer sewer adjustment; all motions passed by voice vote.
The Lawrence City Utility Service Board on May 26, 2026, approved a series of routine contracts, a contract time extension and a customer bill adjustment in a meeting where all motions passed by voice votes.
The board approved Task Order No. 29 with Wesler Engineering for outside plan reviews not to exceed $10,000 to assist with INDOT and Indianapolis Department of Public Works proposed road work plan reviews and to identify conflicts with existing utilities infrastructure, the utility superintendent said. The board approved Task Order No. 8 under a master services agreement dated May 28, 2024, with American Structure Point Inc. for on-call engineering services, not to exceed $15,000, to update the city's sanitary sewer hydraulic flow model and keep master flow spreadsheets current with flow-meter data.
The superintendent described a contract time extension for the Fort Harrison Sanitary Sewer Capacity Improvements Project Phase 3 (Shaner Road) to June 30, citing recent heavy rainfall that delayed dirt and restoration work. "This is due to the amount of rainfall we've had recently. They've not been able to get in there and do their dirt work and restoration work," the utility superintendent said.
Separately, the board approved authorization to execute documents related to PA settlement number two and directed the settlement funds be placed into the water department operating capital fund. The superintendent also noted an account adjustment request for 4646 North Kitley Avenue to reduce a sanitary sewer charge by $2,944.85 after a waterline leak ran for three months before the owner was able to have it repaired.
Votes at a glance: all motions were approved by voice vote. The transcript records named members indicating "I" during roll-call-style voice votes; members identified in the record who voted in favor across items include Dave, Gray (or Greg/Gray as alternately transcribed), Philore/Filmore/Billore, Darren and Derek where shown. Specific mover and seconder names were not consistently specified in the record.
The board confirmed that documents requiring signatures were available and completed signatures at the meeting, noted there were no remonstrations related to disconnect notices, and adjourned.
The meeting opened May 26, 2026, with a quorum present and concluded the same evening; no substantive public comments were recorded in the provided transcript.
