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2026-10-12 - Utility Commission

Summary

This summarizes the October 12, 2026 agenda packet of the Utility Commission (noon), not what happened at the meeting; the packet contains no minutes of this meeting. The commissioner roster now shows Elwood Robinson. Items were the September 14 minutes, developer water and sewer agreements for seven projects (about $2.01 million water, $3.35 million sewer), an $8,150,754 sewer rehabilitation contract for the Washington Park Neighborhood Sewer Rehabilitation recommended to Morgan Contracting, a further $750,000 change order for KRG Utility's System-Wide Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7 contract after an emergency repair of a 30-inch aerial sewer line, a $773,945 Komatsu articulated dump truck for the Hanes Mill Road Landfill, and a resolution recommending that City Council sell part of a city lot on Becks Church Road to an adjacent owner for $20,000 (Becks Church Road Property Sale). That last item's form is stamped "item pulled for further review October 12 2026", the only such stamp in the packet. A solid waste update (Jan McHargue) and a customer portal demonstration (Chad Riesett) were also scheduled.

Summary written from the posted agenda packet only; no minutes or transcript.

Issues discussed: Washington Park Neighborhood Sewer Rehabilitation, System-Wide Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7, Becks Church Road Property Sale

Agenda

Regular meeting, 12:00 P.M. Commissioners listed: Tom Griffin (Chair), Simpson O. Brown Jr., John Davenport, Stephen Doughton, Stan Forester, Yvonne H. Hines, Hugh W. Jernigan, Calvin McRae, Elwood Robinson, Gary Styers, Charles Wilson.

Call to order; roll call; mission moment; public comment period; Utilities Director updates.

General agenda

  1. Approval of regular meeting minutes September 14, 2026
  2. Resolution authorizing execution of various developer water and sanitary sewer agreements. Seven projects, all developer-paid: 12799 Front Street (UCIC V, LLC); 12821 Lakeland Heights; 12841 Sellwood Ridge; 12845 Del Webb Winston Preserve Phase 1B; 12863 OmniSource Waterline Extension; 12864 Brook Forest; 12868 Harper Glen. Totals $2,011,100 water and $3,347,910 sewer.
  3. Resolution awarding a construction contract for the Washington Park Neighborhood Sewer Rehabilitation: five bids from $8,150,754 (Morgan Contracting, Charlotte NC) to $16,310,925; engineer's estimate $10,361,619; recommended award to Morgan with $407,540 contingency. Work is lining, pipe bursting, patching, spot repairs and manhole rehabilitation.
  4. Resolution authorizing a $750,000 change order to the KRG Utility, Inc. contract for System-Wide Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 7 (see Issue for history).
  5. Resolution awarding a purchase order for an articulated dump truck: Komatsu HM460-6 from Linder Equipment Company, $773,945, under Sourcewell contract 011723-KOM, replacing a 2018 Bell B40E that is no longer operational.
  6. Resolution recommending the City Council approve the sale of city-owned property under the upset bid procedure (N.C.G.S. 160A-269); see Becks Church Road Property Sale. Form stamped as pulled for further review.

Solid waste update (Jan McHargue); demonstration of customer portal (Chad Riesett); adjournment.

Transcript

Transcript pending: video captions can't be retrieved yet (see the Winston-Salem playbook).