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Tecumseh council approves Arrowhead Drive engineering work, WWTP UV system, mower and pay application
Summary
At its Nov. 3 meeting the Tecumseh City Council approved an Olsson professional-services agreement for Arrowhead Drive improvements ($10,500), purchased a Trojan UV3000Plus system for the wastewater plant ($164,400), authorized a $13,575 mower for the fairgrounds, and approved Pay Application #7 to Farabee Mechanical; the consent agenda and bills were also approved.
The Tecumseh City Council on Nov. 3 approved several procurement and payment items aimed at street, utility and parks upkeep.
Travis Goracke moved and Lance Beethe seconded approval of a $10,500 professional-services agreement with Olsson for Arrowhead Drive improvements. The motion passed with votes recorded in the minutes as Aye: Beethe, Brommer, Goracke and Topp; no nays were recorded and the motion carried.
Council then approved a $164,400 quote from Trojan Technologies to install a UV3000Plus disinfection system at the wastewater treatment plant. The motion was made by Lorie Topp and seconded by Alicia Brommer; the minutes record the same four Aye votes and no Nays.
Alicia Brommer moved to purchase a 60-inch mower from AKRS for the fairgrounds for $13,575, seconded by Lorie Topp; the motion carried on the same recorded Aye votes. The council also approved Pay Application #7 from Farabee Mechanical for the Power Plant project on a motion by Lance Beethe and second by Lorie Topp; that motion also carried.
During the meeting City Clerk staff reported that the fiscal year-end 2025 audit is underway and auditors will return in December. Public works and utilities reporting by Doug Goracke noted the north water tower painting is complete and awaiting cure, that EDA and Grid Grant projects are nearing final steps, and that the city needs to order rock for DTR work. Economic development staff reported ongoing talks with Aspen Builders on housing and follow-up on Niocorp and CDBG DTR award results. Parks staff reported completion of a pickleball net repair and that bids are being sought for new fencing and a bridge across the creek.
The consent agenda — which included the approval of the Sept. 15, 2025, minutes and payment of city bills listed in the minutes totaling $42,213.40 — was moved by Lorie Topp and recorded as seconded by Tyler Speckmann; the vote line in the minutes records Aye votes by Beethe, Britt, Brommer, Speckmann and Topp and shows no Nays. The minutes contain an attendance discrepancy: the roll call earlier in the minutes lists Brian Britt and Tyler Speckmann as absent while later vote lines list them as voting Aye and list Travis Goracke as absent for the consent vote. The article reports the votes and attendance as recorded in the minutes and flags the internal inconsistency.
The meeting adjourned at 5:20 p.m.; the minutes bear the signatures of City Clerk Janelle Moran and Mayor Jesse Grof.
