Palos Heights council approves slate of routine contracts, purchases and engineering payments

The Palos Heights City Council unanimously approved a broad set of routine motions and payments at its Feb. 3 meeting, covering park maintenance contracts, equipment purchases and multiple engineering invoices.

Council approved a three‑year maintenance contract with CNC Lawn Care to service the Art Park and plant beds (up to $2,930.00 per month, not to exceed $23,440 per year) and authorized Bannerville to design and install 22 banners on Harlem Avenue for $3,520.00 as part of county 250th celebrations. The council also approved purchase of a spare Sulzer/ABS Model XFP150G 6” pump for the Lake Katherine waterfall ($20,415.00) and a Sternberg light pole with parts from The Lighting Digest ($17,648.00). These motions passed on roll call, 6–0.

On water‑system work, the council approved multiple payments and contract changes: final payment to Era Valdivia for the Misty Meadow 250,000‑gallon spheroid rehabilitation ($39,894.87); payments No. 3 and No. 4 to Dahme Mechanical Industries for the 300,000‑gallon ground‑level storage tank ($520,237.00); and Change Order #2 for the 131st Street Water Main Lining Project increasing the contract by $30,934.33. Council also approved a conditional payment #2 to Fer‑Pel Construction for $510,420.71 pending consent of the Illinois EPA. Other approvals included a $4,500.00 payment to M.E. Simpson Co., Inc. for pipeline condition assessment and leak services and authorizations for several engineering invoices.

Taken together, the approvals reflect ongoing capital work across the city’s water and parks infrastructure; each motion was moved and carried with six affirmative votes.