WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:10.500 It is nine o'clock, and we do have a quorum, so we'll call to order the City of Debt and 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:15.360 Public Utilities Board on Monday, January 12th, 2026. 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:17.760 Are there any presentations from the public? 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:18.760 No? 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:19.760 Okay. 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:21.120 We'll move on to the consent agenda. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:25.960 Does any board member wish to pull any items A through G? 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:26.960 Mr. Rybeck? 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:27.960 I would like to pull item B. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:28.960 B? 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.080 Okay. 00:00:31.080 --> 00:00:32.680 Any others? 00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:34.840 All right. 00:00:34.840 --> 00:00:39.960 Do we have a motion to approve items A, C, D, E, F, and G? 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:40.960 So moved. 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:41.960 Second. 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:42.960 And a second? 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.280 Mr. Newquist, all in favor say aye. 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:46.280 Aye. 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:48.160 Motion carries. 00:00:48.160 --> 00:00:49.160 Item B. 00:00:49.160 --> 00:01:00.680 Good morning to all David Brown, Water Utilities Project Manager. 00:01:00.680 --> 00:01:03.320 How can I help you, sir? 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:04.320 I was curious. 00:01:04.320 --> 00:01:09.480 I didn't see anything about the selection process. 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:16.200 The selection process was used the '82-'13 pre-qualified engineering selection that we 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:21.640 had already been approved through PB and Council. 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:23.880 So I can explain that. 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:24.880 Yes. 00:01:24.880 --> 00:01:25.880 I think that would be helpful. 00:01:25.880 --> 00:01:26.880 Thank you. 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:30.360 That selection process we did an RFP, our procurement did an RFP, and I'll let Lori 00:01:30.360 --> 00:01:31.640 go in more detail. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:32.640 Let me just -- 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:33.640 Yeah. 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:34.640 She'll help me out. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:35.640 Thank you. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:36.640 She's making -- 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:37.640 Lori Hewlett, Purchasing Manager. 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.080 So for engineering services, we have to do a request for qualifications. 00:01:42.080 --> 00:01:45.840 Those take about four to six months most of the time. 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:50.840 So what we've done here at the city to speed up that process is we do a pre-qualified list. 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:56.000 So every three years, we send out a request for qualifications, and we qualify firms in 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:57.620 different sections. 00:01:57.620 --> 00:02:01.840 So that came a couple years ago, I think a year or two ago, I don't exactly remember 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.840 when we qualified this list of engineering groups. 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:08.800 So with each project, they take the list of everyone that was qualified underneath that 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:13.280 category and they review qualifications, they'll ask for more qualifications, and then they 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.080 pick the most qualified from that. 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:20.800 So it wasn't necessarily an RFQ done recently. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.560 It was done a year and a half ago. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:27.360 But they do evaluate every firm every single time for every project to make sure they're 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.360 picking the most qualified. 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:29.360 Okay. 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.320 So this was one firm picked from a list of firms qualified in that particular discipline? 00:02:33.320 --> 00:02:34.320 Yes. 00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:35.320 Okay. 00:02:35.320 --> 00:02:45.260 Is there any reason we don't have the final selection criteria in our information? 00:02:45.260 --> 00:02:50.480 We just never, since we, it really wasn't an RFQ, it's an informal selection process 00:02:50.480 --> 00:02:51.480 within the team. 00:02:51.480 --> 00:02:52.480 I understand that. 00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:53.480 Yeah. 00:02:53.480 --> 00:02:57.280 But it's not a small quantity of money and it's for an important project. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:02.480 I would have appreciated some further information like there were some other items in our consent 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:07.080 agenda that were relatively large in dollar value and there was a spreadsheet, and I know 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:11.440 they were competitive bids instead, but at least you had something to look at and say, 00:03:11.440 --> 00:03:14.680 okay, this is why this particular firm was chosen. 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:15.680 So I was curious. 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.000 I didn't see anything about that and that's one reason I pulled it. 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:20.000 Okay. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.880 I mean, we can add to the AISs in the future why they picked them. 00:03:22.880 --> 00:03:26.720 But since the scoring and everything is informal, we don't add that into the AISs for that. 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:27.720 Okay. 00:03:27.720 --> 00:03:31.200 Well, three and a half million bucks, I guess I'd kind of like to know. 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:32.200 Okay. 00:03:32.200 --> 00:03:33.200 Thank you. 00:03:33.200 --> 00:03:34.640 Any more questions, sir? 00:03:34.640 --> 00:03:35.640 No, sir. 00:03:35.640 --> 00:03:36.640 All right. 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:37.640 Thank you. 00:03:37.640 --> 00:03:38.640 All right. 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:39.640 Do we have a motion to approve item B? 00:03:39.640 --> 00:03:40.640 So moved. 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:41.640 And a second? 00:03:41.640 --> 00:03:42.640 Second. 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:43.640 Mr. Newquist seconds. 00:03:43.640 --> 00:03:46.480 All in favor, say aye. 00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:47.480 Aye. 00:03:47.480 --> 00:03:48.480 Carries. 00:03:48.480 --> 00:03:54.800 Next item, receive nominations and hold elections for chair, vice chair, and secretary. 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:58.280 Mr. Gahad, did you hear from Tony? 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:01.760 No, ma'am, I have not heard from Tony yet. 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:02.760 Okay. 00:04:02.760 --> 00:04:03.760 All right. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:04.760 Is he in consideration? 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:05.760 No, sir. 00:04:05.760 --> 00:04:14.320 Well, out of anyone here present, does anyone wish to serve in any capacity? 00:04:14.320 --> 00:04:16.800 So we have no information about our current officers. 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:21.560 I know that Devin is willing to serve either as chair or vice chair. 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:22.560 I do know that. 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:28.240 I would be willing to nominate Devin to one of the positions since he has indicated a 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.880 willingness and we know it. 00:04:30.880 --> 00:04:36.960 And I wouldn't have a problem with him being chair because he is -- I think it would be 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:37.960 great. 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:38.960 I nominate him for chair. 00:04:38.960 --> 00:04:39.960 Okay. 00:04:39.960 --> 00:04:41.160 You nominate Devin for chair. 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.680 And I'd like to do them individually if I could, ma'am. 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:44.680 Okay. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.720 Are there other nominations for chair? 00:04:47.720 --> 00:04:49.720 All right. 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:55.120 How about -- do we vote on each of them individually? 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:56.120 Either way. 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:57.120 Either way? 00:04:57.120 --> 00:04:58.120 All right. 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:59.120 We want to do it that way? 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:00.120 Yes. 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.120 Okay. 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:02.120 All right. 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:03.120 All right. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:04.120 All right. 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:05.120 All right. 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:06.120 All right. 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:07.120 All right. 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:08.120 All right. 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:09.120 All right. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.120 All right. 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:11.120 All right. 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:12.120 All right. 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:13.120 All right. 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:14.120 All right. 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:15.120 All right. 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:16.120 All right. 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:17.120 All right. 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:18.120 All right. 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:19.120 All right. 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:20.120 All right. 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:21.120 All right. 00:05:21.120 --> 00:05:22.120 All right. 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:23.120 All right. 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.120 Good. 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:25.120 Any nominations for vice chair? 00:05:25.120 --> 00:05:26.120 Would you be interested, Lee? 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:27.120 Yes. 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:28.120 I guess I could do that. 00:05:28.120 --> 00:05:29.120 You want to nominate him? 00:05:29.120 --> 00:05:30.120 Yes. 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:31.120 Okay. 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:32.120 Motion and a second. 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.120 All in favor of Lee Rybeck serving as vice chair? 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:35.120 Say aye. 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:36.120 Aye. 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:37.120 Okay. 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:38.120 And secretary? 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:41.420 Madam Chair, what is the -- other than just the name secretary, what is the obligation 00:05:41.420 --> 00:05:42.420 of secretary? 00:05:42.420 --> 00:05:47.440 It's when the chair and the vice chair are gone, the secretary chairs the meeting. 00:05:47.440 --> 00:05:48.920 That's why we have a third. 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:49.920 Wonderful. 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.480 And that happened once in the 14 years or whatever I've been on here. 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:54.800 I think we had it last year. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:55.800 Yes. 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:56.800 A day like today. 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:02.600 Yeah, because all three of them are gone and you got stuck with me. 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:03.600 That's right. 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:04.600 Aaron, would you want to do it? 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:05.600 That would be fine. 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:06.600 All right. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:07.600 You'd be fine? 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:08.600 I'd nominate Aaron. 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:09.600 All right. 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:10.600 Second. 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:11.600 Okay. 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:12.600 So motion and a second. 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:13.600 All in favor of Aaron, say aye. 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:14.600 Aye. 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:15.600 All right. 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:16.600 There we go. 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:20.720 We call this Louisiana Hayride, Steve, in case you're wondering how this is. 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:22.200 All right. 00:06:22.200 --> 00:06:27.640 Chair approval of the December 15 minutes, December 15th, 2025 minutes. 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:29.320 Okay. 00:06:29.320 --> 00:06:30.320 Mr. Reddick moves. 00:06:30.320 --> 00:06:31.320 Second. 00:06:31.320 --> 00:06:32.320 Oh, thank you. 00:06:32.320 --> 00:06:33.320 Give me the head. 00:06:33.320 --> 00:06:34.320 I'm busy writing. 00:06:34.320 --> 00:06:35.320 Okay. 00:06:35.320 --> 00:06:37.320 So is it Mr. Nyquist or is it you? 00:06:37.320 --> 00:06:38.320 No, it's me. 00:06:38.320 --> 00:06:39.320 He nodded to me to do the second. 00:06:39.320 --> 00:06:40.320 Okay. 00:06:40.320 --> 00:06:41.320 All right. 00:06:41.320 --> 00:06:42.320 Quick learning. 00:06:42.320 --> 00:06:43.320 You're the second. 00:06:43.320 --> 00:06:44.320 Okay. 00:06:44.320 --> 00:06:45.320 All in favor, say aye. 00:06:45.320 --> 00:06:46.320 Aye. 00:06:46.320 --> 00:06:47.320 Future agenda items. 00:06:47.320 --> 00:06:52.440 Madam Chair, at this moment, we don't have any future agenda items nor do we have a new 00:06:52.440 --> 00:06:53.440 business. 00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:54.440 All right. 00:06:54.440 --> 00:06:55.440 Wonderful job. 00:06:55.440 --> 00:06:56.440 All right. 00:06:56.440 --> 00:06:57.440 Any other business? 00:06:57.440 --> 00:06:58.440 907. 00:06:58.440 --> 00:06:59.440 Motion to adjourn? 00:06:59.440 --> 00:07:00.440 We're adjourned. 00:07:00.440 --> 00:07:00.440 Not even close to being in record.