Waukesha Water Utility approves water-main contract and Meadowbrook developer agreement; purchases approved

The Waukesha City Water Utility Commission on Feb. 19 approved several routine contracts and purchases, including a water-main contract for Bidwell and Prospect, a developer agreement for a senior living development and inventory-material purchases.

The commission voted to approve the water-main replacement unit-price contract and a 1% city administration fee totaling $407,708.18 for the utilities portion of the City of Waukesha public-works contract with Wandel Contractors to complete the Bidwell and Prospect utility and street improvements. Matt (presenter) told commissioners six bids were received and the low bid for the water-main work was $403,671.47; the project had been budgeted at about $836,475 for 2026, so the award is well under the budgeted estimate. "This was approved as part of the 2026 budget with an estimate of $836,475. So we're well under bid, which is good," Matt said.

Also approved was a developer's agreement for the Meadowbrook Senior Living development, presented by Matt. The project, part of the Smart Family Trust, will include a 119-unit residential care/apartment facility served by approximately 2,100 feet of 12-inch PVC main, five fire hydrants, eight stubbed residential services for future build-out and one 8-inch commercial service to the facility. Matt said the DNR completed and approved the design review on Jan. 15 and that the developer's agreement is the utility's standard 24-month agreement with no exceptions. The commission approved the agreement as proposed and the utility will not bear construction cost responsibilities under the agreement.

The commission also approved inventory and repair-part purchases for 2026 split between Ferguson and Cormaine (Cormaine later shown in the packet as Cornmain/corn main spelling variants). The motion approved purchases of $152,961.62 from Ferguson and $153,522.09 from Cormaine for a corrected total of $306,483.71; staff explained the packet memo was updated to reflect the corrected figure before commissioners voted.

Other routine payments noted at the meeting included a roughly $92,000 invoice for a CIS version 5 billing-software upgrade and a prepaid Diggers Hotline payment covering 2026 tickets; staff said the CIS conversion will proceed over the year. The minutes from January 2026 were approved at the start of the meeting.

Each motion was approved by voice vote during the meeting. Specific movers/seconders were not consistently named on the record; the minutes record voice votes in favor with no recorded failed motions. Where amounts or details were corrected in the packet, staff read the corrected figures aloud before the vote.

What happens next: the Bidwell and Prospect water-main construction is scheduled to begin March 14; staff will coordinate construction and contract oversight through Public Works and return to commission as needed for project updates and any contract-change actions.