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Council approves contract to bury Woodland Hills power lines backed by $1.17M federal‑grant funding
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2026‑81‑R authorizing Mead Inc. to perform 15 kV underground circuit improvements in Woodland Hills, supported by a $1,170,000 grant from an Illinois Finance Authority program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy; council recorded 11 yes votes.
The Batavia City Council approved a contract with Mead Inc. to convert overhead electric to underground in the Woodland Hills neighborhood, citing improved reliability and a federal‑grant match.
City staff (speaker 1) said the city is the recipient of a $1,170,000 grant from the Illinois Finance Authority program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and that the project should halve outage frequency and duration in that area. Staff summarized scope as moving three‑phase primaries underground. "When we applied for a grant ... we estimated a roughly halving in the number of outages and the duration of those outages," an engineer or consultant (speaker 20) said during the discussion. Council moved and approved Resolution 2026‑81‑R by roll call (recorded in the meeting as 11 yes, 0 no, 3 absent). The project is expected to start in late fall and will be budgeted across fiscal years as construction proceeds.
