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Owosso council affirms consent agenda: UPS, CDBG payments, utilities chemicals and insurance purchases authorized
Summary
The council approved multiple consent items June 1 including a $30,648.24 UPS for IT, CDBG contractor payments totaling $187,470, workers' compensation insurance ($191,689 estimated), and several water and wastewater chemical purchase authorizations totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars across funds.
At its June 1 meeting the Owosso City Council approved a package of consent-agenda items covering routine municipal purchases, grant-related contractor payments and insurance for the upcoming fiscal year.
Key approvals included authorization to purchase and install a Vertiv Liebert APS 10kVA UPS system for the city's server and network infrastructure at a total cost of $30,648.24 (to be paid from the I/T General Equipment Fund); approval of CDBG Round 1 Contractors' Quotes #5 totaling $187,470.00 with purchase-order adjustments of -$52,176.42 (to be paid from the Housing & Redevelopment Fund); and affirmation of Accounts Payable and Payroll registers ($1,505,085.88 and $1,651,538.90 respectively).
Other authorized procurements on the consent calendar included: an annual workers' compensation insurance purchase order estimated at $191,689.00 through the Michigan Municipal League (FY ending June 30, 2027); a sole-source purchase of LimeCure-25 from Applied Specialties at $1.33 per pound (estimated FY cost $33,250.00) for potable water treatment; Havaflock 560 polymer from Haviland Products (estimated $54,650.40) for wastewater sludge conditioning; ferric chloride from PVS Technologies (estimated $97,299.00); sodium hypochlorite from JCI Jones Chemical (tiered pricing with an estimated usage cost of $25,650.00); and bulk lime from Graymont Western Lime (estimated $176,400.00). The minutes indicate each purchase will be charged to the stated fund accounts in the resolution language.
The consent agenda was moved by Councilmember Emily S. Olson and adopted by the council. Several items were approved as sole-source or via cooperative purchasing arrangements (MiDEAL, Lansing Board of Water & Light consortium) as noted in the resolution texts in the meeting minutes; the minutes do not include extended debate or recorded public opposition to the consent items.
