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.