Utility and Infrastructure Board (June 2017 - Present)

CITY OF FREMONT UTILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE BOARD March 25, 2025 - 4:00 P.M. A meeting of the Utility and Infrastructure Board was held on March 25, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. in the Fremont Municipal Building, City Council Chambers at 400 East Military, Fremont, Nebraska. The meeting was preceded by publicized notice in the Fremont Tribune and the agenda displayed in the Municipal Building. The meeting was open to the public. A continually current copy of the agenda was available for public inspection at the office of the City Administrator, 400 East Military. The agenda was distributed to the Utility and Infrastructure Board on March 24, 2025, and posted, along with the supporting documents, on the City’s website. A copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection. ROLL CALL Roll call showed Board Members Hansen, Lipsys, Wiese, Bolton, Wilson present. 5 members present, 0 absent. Others in attendance included Jeff Shanahan, Utility Gen. Mgr.; Patty Hernandez, Grant Asst; Troy Schaben, Asst. Utility Gen. Mgr.; Jenn Nabb, Dir. of Finance; Keith Kontor, Water/Wastewater Supt.; Lottie Mitchell, Cust. Svc. Dir.; Dan Reznicek, Power Plant Supt.; Chris Gunderson, Dir. of Information Systems; Alan Kaspar, Dir. of Transmission/Distribution; and Gary Ogden, Gas Syst. Supt. CONSENT AGENDA Moved by Member Bolton and seconded by Member Lipsys to approve items 3 and 4 (Minutes from March 11, 2025 and Approve Accounts Payable through March 25, 2025). Ayes: Wilson, Wiese, Hansen, Lipsys, Bolton. Motion carried 5-0. REGULAR AGENDA: Consider Approval of Resolution 2025-076 Affirming Emergency Declaration. Shanahan gave overview. Moved by Member Hansen and Seconded by Member Bolton to recommend to City Council to approve resolution 2025-076 affirming emergency declaration by the president of the council and utility general manager. Ayes: Wiese, Lipsys, Bolton, Hansen, Wilson. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Accepting Bid from Steenblock Erectors to Re-Sheet Exterior of T-Hangers Unit# 1-8. Schaben requested to remove item from regular agenda. Moved by Member Lipsys and Seconded by Member Bolton to remove item from regular agenda. Ayes: Hansen, Lipsys, Wiese, Wilson, Bolton. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Change order to Contract with Civil Solutions, LLC for the Broad Street Resurfacing. Schaben gave overview. Moved by Member Hansen and Seconded by Member Lipsys to recommend to City Council to approve change orders to the contract with Civil Solutions, LLC. In the amount of $33,693.00, revising contract amount to $92,478.00. Ayes: Lipsys, Bolton, Hansen, Wiese, Wilson. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Resolution 2025-068 Authorizing Utility General Manager to sign the Northern Natural Gas Right of First Refusal Notice. Shanahan gave overview and answered questions. Moved by Member Bolton and Seconded by Member Hansen to recommend to City Council to approve Resolution 2025-068 authorizing Utility General Manager to sign the Northern Natural Gas, Right of First Refusal Notice, extending contract 129932. Ayes: Bolton, Hansen, Wiese, Wilson, Lipsys. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Awarding the Contract for the Purchase of Substation Transformer to Virginia Transformer Corporation. Kaspar gave overview and answered questions. Moved by Member Wilson and Seconded by Member Lipsys to recommend to City Council to resolution awarding contract for purchase of substation transformer to Virginia Transformer Corporation. Ayes: Hansen, Lipsys, Bolton, Wiese, Wilson. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Change order to Contract with Sadler Electric for the 2024 Traffic Signal Improvements Project. Schaben gave overview and answered questions. Moved by Member Bolton and Seconded by Member Hansen to recommend to City Council to approve change order to the contract with Sadler Electric. In the amount of $81,976.73. Ayes: Wilson, Wiese, Lipsys, Bolton, Hansen. Motion carried 5-0. 1 Consider Awarding North Broad Street Viaduct Rehabilitation Project to Speece Lewis Engineers, Inc. Schaben gave overview and answered questions. Moved by Member Lipsys and Seconded by Member Hansen to recommend to City Council to award North Broad St viaduct rehabilitation project to Speece Lewis Engineers, Inc. Ayes: Hansen, Lipsys, Bolton, Wilson, Wiese. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Resolution 2025-068 Extending Northern Natural Gas Contract. Request to remove due to duplicate regular agenda item. Moved by Member Wilson and Seconded by Member Bolton to recommend to remove duplicate regular agenda item. Ayes: Wilson, Wiese, Hansen, Lipsys, Bolton. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Resolution 2025-074 Authorizing GDS and Associates to Complete an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Shanahan gave overview. Moved by Member Bolton and Seconded by Member Wilson to recommend to City Council to authorize the City of Fremont Department of Utilities staff to issue a purchase order to GDS and Associates. In then amount of $137,400.00 sole source. Ayes: Bolton, Wilson, Lipsys, Hansen, Wiese. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Ratifying the Emergency Credit Limit Increases. Nabb gave overview and answered questions. Moved by Member Lipsys and Seconded by Member Bolton to recommend to City Council to ratify the temporary credit limit increases made during the emergency and approve maintaining these higher limits on a permanent basis. Ayes: Wiese, Bolton, Wilson, Lipsys, Hansen. Motion carried 5-0. Consider Approval of Purchase for VMWare Licensing with Insight Public Sector from 2025-2028. Gunderson gave overview. Moved by Member Wilson and Seconded by Member Bolton to recommend to City Council to authorize Department of Utilities staff to submit purchase order for renewal of VMWare Licensing for 2025-2028. Ayes: Lipsys, Hansen, Bolton, Wilson, Wiese. Motion carried 5-0. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Member Bolton and Seconded by Member Hansen to adjourn the meeting at 4:32pm. Ayes: Wilson, Wiese, Hansen, Lipsys, Bolton. Motion carried 5-0. 2