Prairie City council accepts Phase 2 closeout, approves Phase 3 water-main and roadway plans

Prairie City’s council unanimously accepted Phase 2 project closeout documents and approved the Phase 3 Water Main and Roadway Reconstruction Plan at its Feb. 11 meeting, moving the city’s multi-phase infrastructure work forward.

Mayor Phil Holland called the meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. Council Member Derek Ingle moved to accept Phase 2 closeout documents; Council Member Pam St. John seconded and the motion passed on a unanimous roll call. Later, Council Member Joseph Disney moved to accept the Phase 3 plan; Ingle seconded and that motion also passed unanimously.

The agenda packet included an update from MSA, the engineering representative on the project, and Public Works staff reported recent repairs at the water and wastewater plants — including a repaired exhaust fan in the chlorine room — and attendance at industry conferences. Public Works staff also raised a separate issue about settling stop boxes installed by contractor Wynn; the council was told Wynn will return to make the fixes and will reseed affected areas on a six-month schedule where needed.

The council’s approvals formalize project documents that will support contractor coordination, permitting and subsequent construction steps for Phase 3. No new funding approvals for Phase 3 were recorded in the meeting minutes; the vote accepted the plan documents into the city record.

The motions were recorded as follows: Derek Ingle moved to accept the Phase 2 closeout (seconded by Pam St. John); Joseph Disney moved to accept the Phase 3 plan (seconded by Derek Ingle). Both motions carried on unanimous roll call votes.

The council also approved related consent items earlier in the meeting, including MSA invoices and administrative minutes, before moving into the substantive project votes. The meeting adjourned at 7:38 p.m.