- All right, let me call the meeting utility services Board of City of Bloomington to order for January
- 12th, 2026. And let's see first item on the agenda. Oh, I need to read our mission mission statement
- is to our City of Bloomington mission statement for utilities is to handle or to enhance the quality
- of life in our community by providing
- safe, sustainable and high-quality water, wastewater and stormwater services in a cost-effective manner,
- promoting public health, economic vitality and environmental stewardship. And our vision is to be the
- leading municipal water utility organization in Indiana. And so all that translated means we all work
- 24-7 to make sure that the water supply in Bloomington is the best it can be and that we do everything
- we can environmentally
- Steward wise to make sure that our wastewater is as well. And that's a good way to look at things. Doing
- it all in a very transparent manner is a great way to remind us to get started here in 26. So the other
- item is just to remind if any board member has any personal or financial conflict with any of the issues
- or individuals on the agenda, then please be sure to recuse yourself during those portions of the meeting.
- All right, first item of business is any petitions or communications? And it looks like we don't have
- any of those at the moment from the public. And then we need to approve the minutes of the meeting of
- December 15th. I move that we approve the minutes from December 15th, 2025.
- It's been moved and seconded for the minutes to be approved. Any discussion? All right all those in
- favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right the minutes are approved. Next is approval of the claims and
- let's see the first set of claims is the payable invoices for three million five hundred and sixty five thousand
- dollars or and five hundred and forty four dollars and twenty one cents I move that we approve the payable
- invoices right here a second second it's been moved and seconded any discussion on our payable claims
- for pay date January 16th hey all those in favor say aye aye
- All right, the claims for the 16th are approved. Next is standard invoices in the amount of $3,771.61.
- For clarification, my agenda shows $3,770.61. Okay, I think that's correct.
- I may have misstated $3,770 and 61 cents. I added a one in there, sorry about that. All right, get an
- extra dollar. I move that we approve the standard invoices. Second? Second. All right, any discussion
- on the pay, the invoices? All right, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?
- Okay, that passes. The invoices are approved. Next is the allowance of invoices for utility bills in
- the amount of $200,146.93. I move that we approve the utility bills. Okay, they're moved and seconded.
- Any discussion on utility bills? Okay.
- yeah is this for both dates or just the first one or a december 11th good point is the pay date december
- 11th of 2025 any other discussion all in favor say aye opposed all right we've got utility bills for
- december 11th approved next is utility bills
- for December 24th in the amount of $31,374.51. I move that we approve the utility bills for a pay date
- of, what was that, December 24th. Second. All right, moved and seconded. Any discussion? All in favor
- say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, we've got the utility bills.
- for December 24th. Approved, next is utility bills for January 8th in the amount of $256,401.73. I move
- that we approve the utility bills for the same date. Your second.
- all right discussion good January 8th utility bills all in favor say aye aye opposed all right utility
- bills for January 8th are approved next is wire transfers fees and payroll for January 26 in the amount
- of one million one hundred ninety five thousand nine hundred eighty eight dollars of
- and 36 cents. I move that we approve the wire transfers for January. Thank you. Moved and seconded.
- Any further discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay we got the wire transfers fees and
- payrolls approved. Next is customer refunds.
- In the amount of $766.14 for pay date of December 19th. I move that we approve the customer refunds
- for pay date of December 19th. All right. Second. Been moved and seconded. Any further discussion? All
- in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay, customer refunds.
- Next is the next set of customer refunds. $4,951.79 for a pay date of January 16th. I move that we approve
- the customer refunds with the pay date of January 16th, 2026. Second. All right, then moved and seconded.
- Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, we've got the customer refunds approved.
- And now is
- Let's see. Allowance of invoices. This is the credit card charges, I think, for $455.06 or payday December
- 15th. Approve the credit card invoices. Second. All right, moved and seconded. Any discussion?
- All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed?
- All right, we've got credit card invoices and charges approved. Okay, thanks for approval of all the
- claims. Next is the approval of the consent agenda. And we will go to cat for that. Good evening, Catherine
- Sager utilities director.
- I'm asking for approval of tonight's consent agenda as presented in the packet totaling $120,523.73
- for non-chemical contracts. Is there any member who wishes to consider one or more of these items presented
- in the packet individually?
- Hearing none, if there is no opposition, these items as presented will be approved as recommended by
- staff. Hearing no opposition, the consent agenda is approved. All right. We approve the consent agenda.
- Next item is approval of resolution 2026-03.
- approving an amendment affecting the salaries of appointed officers, non-union, and asks me employees
- Audrey Brittingham.
- I'm Audrey Brittingham. I'm the city attorney. I'm the attorney assigned to the HR department so at
- the towards the end of last year the administration completed their negotiations with the AFSCME Union.
- We've updated the AFSCME work agreement and next week we are taking for second reading the proposed
- revisions to the salary ordinance.
- to effect or effectuate the changes made in the work agreement per Indiana code. The USB has to set
- the salaries for utilities employees. So we're here presenting the changes to the work agreement which
- affect your AFSCME employees and the salaries of your AFSCME employees. And I'm here to answer any questions
- if you have them and ask for your approval. Any questions for Audrey about the
- salary resolution. All right. Do I hear a I move that we approve resolution 2026-03. Second. It's been
- moved and seconded to approve the resolution. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?
- Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Audrey. Appreciate your help. Next is request approval for resolution number
- 2026-01. Bid acceptance and contract award for Dillman Wastewater Treatment Plant Structural Repair
- Project and we'll hear from Dan Hudson. Hello, I'm Dan Hudson, Capital Projects Manager for the City
- of Blooming Utility and I have the first resolution for the year.
- like the board to consider 202601 and this is for the structural repair of
- facilities at the Dillman Wastewater Treatment Plant. We sent out three bids to contractors to do the
- work and we received two back. And we found that the lowest most responsive or responsible bidder was
- a company called Structural System Repair Group SSRG for 97,900.
- The engineering estimate for this was 102,700. That's good. Came in under a bid. Yes. Just the summary
- is restoring the integrity of the chlorine contact basins and basin complex, including urethane crack
- injection, concrete spall and rebar repairs, joint rehab and sealing of leaks at wall penetrations.
- with the goal to eliminate water intrusion, prevent corrosion of reinforcing steel, and extend the service
- life of critical structure. That sounds like a bargain for them. All that. Yeah. There's several spots
- in the basin that actually water is penetrating through, and these are above ground tanks, so they need
- to be fixed. Yeah. All right. Any questions for Dan?
- We first need to vote on the the resolution first before we go to the contract. Good point. Yeah.
- All right. I hear that we approve the request resolution 2026-01. All right. It's been moved and seconded.
- Any discussion on resolution 2026-01?
- all in favor say aye aye opposed all right that's approved next then is the public works agreement is
- that next or is we need to do the contract the contract okay
- We've discussed that. So this just takes care of what's in the resolution. Okay. All right. So I'll
- start over. I'm Dan Hudson, capital project manager for the city of Bloomington utilities. And we have
- a contract. I like to board to consider a contract with SSRG limited for 97,900 for structural repairs
- of the Dillman wastewater treatment plant. Okay.
- accept the contract with SSRG as presented. All right. Second. All right, it's been moved and seconded
- to request approval of the public works agreement with SSRG. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed?
- Thank you. Approved, thank you. All right. Next is approval of the on-call agreement with 502 Equipment
- LLC, James Hall.
- James Hall, Assistant Director of TND. We're requesting an on-call contract with 502 Equipment to help
- come and do specialty repairs on our vector units and our jet riding equipment as a mobile unit so they'll
- come into the garage and do all repairs here instead of having to send those units out and drive them
- everywhere. Is this an on-call agreement? Correct. Okay. Thank you.
- to approve the own call agreement with 502 Equipment LLC. Second. Been moved and second to approve the
- request. Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, that is approved. Next is the
- request for approval of resolution 2025-2.
- 23 the disposition of solar panels. Yeah, this this was before the board a while back It got tabled
- and we're back to discuss it again I regret that I wasn't here when it was first brought to the board.
- I can assure this board We still don't know how we're going to split the funds if we actually
- realize any funds from any disposition of the remaining solar panels. But at that time, if we do have
- dollars to be split up between the departments, we're gonna discuss how best to do that using the controller.
- And we will come back to this board with a new resolution for that disposition that can be considered
- and approved. So we just want this first step where we can actually dispose of these panels, then we'll
- come back with a resolution on how we're gonna split up the funds.
- And I recommend we approve the resolution at this time. Chris, is this different than the resolution
- we saw? Not at all. The only difference is that we're looking at it again today. The language is all
- exactly the same. The resolution number is the same. I'm just asking you to approve this one so we can
- take those steps and then come back for disposition to discuss the distribution of funds. Any idea about
- whether the Redevelopment Commission has
- considered other good uses from public agencies or government schools? We don't even know what our market
- is yet. I don't know what we're gonna do with these. We just want this board to approve as other boards
- have approved the disposition to get rid of them or give them to other governmental units or hold some
- of them back in supply so that we can use them as spare parts for our existing
- panels. So there's going to be some amalgamation of these things to get them distributed or sold. Nobody
- really knows what we can do with them yet. We just want the authority to get rid of them because they're
- in a place where they're taking up space and we need to get them out of there. It's really what we're
- doing is placing our trust in the Redevelopment Commission to find the highest and best purpose. Well,
- I don't think they're going to do it in a vacuum.
- the other departments are gonna be involved. They're gonna be working with us to decide what best to
- do with them. Because it's not like they own them independently. That's why we're coming to each department
- to get us all on board to do this. And then we're all gonna work to get rid of them together. Because
- each of the departments contributed. Absolutely. Yeah, we all have an interest in them. So it's not
- like it's just the RDC that's gonna do it. Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion?
- Resolution 2025-23 on the disposition of the solar panels. Second. All right, moved and seconded. Any
- other discussion? All right, I'll call the question. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right.
- Resolution 23 is approved. Thank you. Thank you. Next is
- requesting approval of an encroachment agreement. Chris. Yeah, this is another situation where we have
- a structure that's located within an easement area and our engineers and our estate personnel have reviewed
- along with me the situation and believe that it's appropriate for us to allow this encroachment to continue
- again because
- courts are gonna look at it, look upon it with disfavor to try and move a structure of this substantial
- cost and impact to the family that owns the property. It does not impact our infrastructure, and so
- we think it's appropriate to have this encroachment. We would ask that it be approved. Okay. I hear
- a motion to approve.
- the encroachment agreement. Second. All right, it's been moved and seconded. Any other discussion or
- questions? All right, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? All right, motion carries. It is approved.
- Thank you. Next is approval of resolution 2026-02, designating surplus property for auction, Chris.
- Wheeler. Yeah, we do this roughly every month. There's only one item on this spreadsheet, but CBU recommends
- that we approve disposal of the property of surplus. Okay. Move that we approve resolution 2026-02 to
- designate the surplus property for auction. Second. All right, it's been moved and seconded. Any discussion?
- All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Thank you.
- Motion carries. Thank you, Megan. Appreciate it. Okay, next on our agenda is any old business. Old business
- by the board? New business to be brought up? We don't have a quorum, but we can report. If there's important
- information that needs to be shared,
- Okay, well, and I would say, Catherine, if there are things that come up in the meantime, let us know.
- We can reconvene. Otherwise, we'll come to our next meeting. All right, well, with that, we'll stand
- adjourned. Thank you all.