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Tecumseh council approves Arrowhead Drive design contract and wastewater UV system, OKs equipment purchases
Summary
The Tecumseh City Council on Nov. 3 approved a $10,500 professional services contract for Arrowhead Drive design and a $164,400 UV3000Plus system for the wastewater plant, along with routine equipment purchases and a consent agenda during a brief meeting.
The Tecumseh City Council on Nov. 3 approved a $10,500 professional services agreement with Olsson for Arrowhead Drive improvements and accepted a $164,400 quote from Trojan Technologies to supply a UV3000Plus ultraviolet disinfection system for the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The council also approved routine equipment purchases and a consent agenda before adjourning at 5:20 p.m.
The approvals came during a roughly 20-minute regular session at the Utilities Conference Room. Mayor Jesse Grof presided and City Clerk Janelle Moran recorded proceedings. Council Member Travis Goracke moved to approve the Olsson agreement; Council Member Lance Beethe seconded the motion, and Council Members Beethe, Alicia Brommer, Goracke and Lorie Topp voted aye. Council Member Lorie Topp moved to accept the Trojan Technologies quote; Council Member Alicia Brommer seconded, and the same four members voted to carry the motion.
The meeting opened with a brief clerk’s report: City Clerk Janelle Moran said the city is working through the fiscal year-end 2025 audit and that auditors will return in December to complete their work. Streets and utilities staff provided updates: Doug Goracke reported that Arrowhead Drive is a decision item, the city needs to begin ordering rock for the DTR project, patching around town is underway, the EDA project is largely complete pending programming by Olsson, the old pool house will be torn down, and the north water tower painting is finished and awaiting cure and sampling before the tower is refilled. Goracke also said a large-user sewer rate adjustment has been completed.
Council approved additional items on the regular agenda: a 60-inch mower from AKRS for the fairgrounds at $13,575 (motion by Council Member Alicia Brommer, second by Council Member Lorie Topp; voting Aye: Beethe, Brommer, Goracke, Topp) and Pay Application No. 7 from Farabee Mechanical for the power plant project (motion by Council Member Lance Beethe, second by Council Member Lorie Topp; voting Aye: Beethe, Brommer, Goracke, Topp). The minutes do not specify the dollar amount for Pay Application No. 7.
A consent agenda motion to approve the Sept. 15, 2025 minutes and pay the listed city bills (itemized in the minutes and totaling $42,213.40) was approved with Council Member Lorie Topp moving and the second recorded as Tyler Speckmann; the minutes record the vote as Aye: Beethe, Britt, Brommer, Speckmann, Topp and list Council Member Goracke as absent for that vote. The minutes record attendance earlier in the meeting differently (they list Brian Britt and Tyler Speckmann as absent at call to order), and the document does not explain the discrepancy.
Other items reported but not requiring separate votes included ongoing economic development work related to Niocorp and housing discussions with Aspen Builders, pending CDBG DTR award results, and parks maintenance items such as completed pickleball net repairs and bids being sought for fencing and the park bridge.
Mayor Jesse Grof closed the meeting at 5:20 p.m. Auditors are expected back in December to continue the FYE25 audit; staff will proceed with the contracted design work and procurement steps associated with the approved projects.
