By WMBD TV
BLOOMINGTON – In a relatively short city council meeting Monday, Bloomington council members approved the ability for the city manager to sign a contract and provide energy to residents.
Senior deputy City Manager Billy Tyus said the city typically enters into energy contracts with several other area communities, as collective prices are usually more cost-effective than individual ones.
Tyus said what city council approved was to entrust the city manager, Jeff Jurgens, or a designee the ability to enter into a contract without further approval from the city council.
“The markets move very fast and so when it’s time to go to market, we needed the ability for the city manager to be able to sign the contract that day versus having to come back to a meeting and get approval,” he said.
Tyus said contracts vary, but they typically cover three to five years. A mixture of residents and city facilities will have energy provided.
Other approvals
- $185,060 was approved to remodel the Bloomington Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division with more modern amenities. These include a Major Case Conference room, a real-time crime center, and a reconfigured layout for detectives’ workstations.
- An agreement with Dewberry Engineers was approved for a Fire Department Architectural Facility Needs Assessment in an amount not to exceed $69,720. This is meant to provide the department with data on the size of its buildings and shed light on the size and scope of a new headquarters station, a satellite station, and a renovation project analysis for Fire Station #4.
- Also approved was a re-subdivision of two lots in Kalamaya Subdivision on the west side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive between White Oak Road and West Market Street. The petitioner was the McLean County Center for Human Services.
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