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Municipal Utilities Board February 28, 2022
City of Brookings
A special meeting of the Municipal Utilities Board was held at 11:45 a.m. on Monday,
February 28, 2022, via WEBEX with the following members present: Bartels, Carruthers,
Hansen and Hawley. Absent: Harvey.
APPROVAL OF BILLS AND CLAIMS
Motion was made by Carruthers seconded by Hawley that the following bills and claims
be approved. All members present voted in favor of the motion.
Advanced Engineering & Environmental, Engineering Services, $557.50; Advanced Media
Technologies, Set Top Boxes, $52,516.40; Advanced Media Technologies, Systems/Cabling Inv,
$2,250.00; Allegra, Printed Supplies, $203.34; Amazon, Supplies, $2,531.05; AMP Electric,
Labor/Supp, $395.74; Anderson, Chris, Travel, $3.60; Approved Networks, Transceivers,
$362.72; Badger Communications, Systems/Cabling Inv, $270.53; Bendix, Copier Maint,
$1,265.43; Blooston & Mordkofsky, Legal Service, $9,500.00; Bollin, Hope, Conserve/Demand
Incentive, $18.00; Border States Electric, Supp, $11,710.92; Border States Electric,
Systems/Cabling Inv, $112,500.00; Brech, Andrew, Operator Certification, $60.00; Briggs, Ken,
Conserve/Demand Incentive, $25.00; Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce, Membership
Dues, $3,500.00; Brookings Engraving, Uniforms, $319.48; Brookings Municipal Utilities, Bank
Acct-Surplus Auction Acct, $500.00; Brookings Register, Advertising/Legals, $231.06; Builders
First Source, Supp, $1,111.43; Calix, Inventory, $40,829.04; Carquest Auto, Equip Maint/Supp,
$844.76; Carus LLC, Chemicals, $2,079.00; CDW Government, Computer Supp/Support,
$800.84; CDW Government, Laptops, $3,597.67; Century Business Products, Copier Maint,
$1,274.17; Century Link, Telephone Exp, $231.53; CHR Solutions, Software Maint, $1,609.45;
City of Brookings, Landfill Fee, $76.56; City of Sioux Falls, Water Samples, $29.00; City of
Vermillion, Tower Lease Pymt, $770.00; Civil Design, Engineering Consulting, $3,240.00;
Complete Plumbing, Labor/Supp, $122.99; Connections, EAP Service, $1,037.40; Core & Main,
Supp, $2,719.24; Courtesy Plumbing, Repair/Supp, $118.00; Cummins Inc, Generator Maint,
$340.22; Dakota Riggers & Tool, Supp, $515.55; Dakota Service, Supp, $102.80; Detection
Instruments, Supp, $398.69; DexYP, Advertising, $872.00; DeZURIK, Supp, $800.00; DGR
Engineering, Engineering Service, $3,800.00; Dillinger, Tower Lease Pymt, $875.00; Ditch
Witch, Equip Maint, $983.67; Ellis & Eastern, Annual Lease Fee, $1,500.00; Ethanol Products,
Chemicals, $1,406.24; Fastenal, Supp, $21.44; First Bank & Trust Visa, Lodging/Car Rental,
$2,219.16; Flexible Pipe Tool, Software Support, $1,174.20; Foerster Supply, Supp, $160.00;
Frontier Precision, Data Collector, $5,809.11; FRRPA, FRRPA Lease, $9,256.10; General
Traffic Controls, Supp, $447.97; George's Pizza, Employee Recognition, $258.48; Golden West
Tech, Tech Support, $5,764.14; Goldfield Telecom, Switches, $2,009.44; GP Auto, Vehicle
Maint, $236.56; Grainger, Supp, $187.08; Graybar Electric, Supp, $8,165.00; Great Northern
Environmental, Supp, $218.00; H & A Enterprises, Tower Lease Pymt, $715.11; Hawkins Inc,
Chemicals, $705.00; Hibu-West, Advertising, $344.00; Honeycomb Gifts, Banquet Supp,
$60.00; Hy-Vee, Supp, $12.12; Iconectiv, LNP Fee, $1,491.94; Ideal Insulation, Sprayfoam
Insullation, $3,938.78; Industrial Machine, Conserve/Demand Incentive, $567.00; Industrial
Machine & Engineering, Repairs/Supp, $75.00; Interstate TRS Fund Admin, Teleco Relay
Service, $14,312.95; Jackrabbit Tire, Equip Maint, $77.18; John Deere Financial, Equip Maint,
$35.00; Lindahl, Adam, CDL License, $50.00; Lumen, Telco Settlement, $272.22; Macksteel
Warehouse, Supp, $1,559.01; Mac's Catering, Employee Recognition, $645.00; Martin's Inc,
Diesel/Oil, $6,378.77; Merchant Job Training & Safety, Training Materials, $550.00; Midwest
Glass, Repair/Supp, $68.37; Napa Auto Parts, Supp, $10.49; Neustar Info Service, Contract Fee,
$199.99; Northwestern Energy, Natural Gas, $4,374.02; NRTC, TV Programs Fee, $80,730.36;
Office Peeps, Chairs, $885.00; Office Peeps, Supp, $559.66; OneNeck IT Solutions, License,
$429.50; OneNeck IT Solutions, Monitors, $4,222.20; O'Reilly, Supp, $37.69; Pasque,
Employee Recognition, $163.00; Patrick, Dan, Travel, $17.70; Pests B Dead, Pest Control,
$160.00; Pete Lien & Sons, Chemicals, $4,961.55; Reed, Jeff, Travel, $4.80; Register of
Copyrights, Regulatory Fee, $3,546.24; Rental Depot, Equipment Rental, $17.95; Rients, Shane,
Travel, $6.00; Schmidt, Brad, Conserve/Demand Incentive, $200.00; SD State Treasurer,
Communication Impaired Fee, $1,875.65; SDN Communications, Circuit Lease, $14,506.83;
SDSU Office of Career Development, Registration, $150.00; Sherwin-Williams, Paint, $984.90;
Sioux Valley Environmental, Chemicals, $13,969.00; SD One Call, Locate Fee, $32.55; Stuart
C. Irby, Padmount Transformers, $21,408.00; Sturdevant Auto, Supp, $426.90; Teed Off Golf,
Employee Recognition, $80.00; Terex USA, Vehicle Maint, $1,608.64; The Carrot Seed,
Banquet Supp, $100.00; USA Bluebook, Supp, $2,251.27; Vantage Point Solutions, Engineering
Consulting, $2,642.50; Vaonet, Support Agreement, $3,750.00; Vermeer High Plains, Supp,
$995.67; Walker & Associates, Systems/Cabling Inv, $292.00; Wesco, Padmount Transformers,
$24,494.00; Witt, Eric, Travel, $313.73; Worldpay, Credit Card Processing Fee, $8,568.23.
The following are Telephone/Utility Refunds:
Benike, Nathan, $245.00; Berry Network, $336.96; Boltjes, Lyle, $225.00; Brown, Morgan,
$225.00; Campbell, Keith, $170.00; Cherry, Dalton, $350.00; Fjeldos, Justin, $215.00; Folkerts,
James, $210.00; Grygiel, Pam, $205.00; Negron, Isamar, $135.00; Riehle, Kyle, $170.00.
BIDS
AWARDING OF BIDS
The following bids were opened on February 23, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.
PHASE I WATER MAIN, WATER SYSTEM UPGRADE, 20TH ST S OVERPASS
Winter Contracting LLC $3,265,000.00
Halme, Inc. $3,356,802.95
Prunty Construction Co. Inc. $3,782,932.50
First Rate Excavate Inc. $3,898,788.00
Motion was made by Bartels, seconded by Carruthers that the following low bid be
approved: Winter Contracting LLC, Phase I Water Main, Water System Upgrade, 20th Street
South Overpass, $3,265,000.00; and that, after reviewing the contract for the above bid, that the
President of the Board and/or Executive Vice President/General Manager be authorized to
execute the approved contract documents. All members present voted in favor of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion was made by Carruthers, seconded by Hawley to adjourn to an executive session
for the purpose of consulting with legal counsel and review communications from legal counsel
about proposed or pending litigation or contractual matters and discuss marketing or pricing
strategies. All members present voted in favor of the motion.
The Board reconvened in open session.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned.
ATTEST:
_______________________________ ____________________________
Seth Hansen, Secretary Doug Carruthers, Vice President