Village approves Hydro Corp two-year contract to classify 148 properties for cross-connection control

The Village Board approved a two-year service agreement with Hydro Corp to carry out cross-connection control inspections and property classifications for the village’s commercial and industrial water customers.

Village staff told the board the municipality previously used a private vendor for about 25 inspections per year but that practice did not meet Department of Natural Resources (DNR) standards. Speaker 6 explained Hydro Corp ran a trial this year inspecting 37 properties and that the new agreement will classify approximately 148 properties over two years. "This service would be done after 2 years and they'll have every property gone through," Speaker 6 said.

Under the agreement, Hydro Corp will schedule property appointments, use licensed Wisconsin plumbers to inspect systems for possible cross-contamination, send property owners letters identifying required corrections, and perform follow-up inspections when issues are found. At the end of each year the vendor will provide a report the village can submit to the DNR.

Board members asked about the contract’s end point and cost structure. Speaker 6 said property classification is completed in two years; inspections for properties later identified as high-hazard would be performed on a two-year rotational schedule under a separate contract. The board approved the contract by motion; the motion recorded a contractual amount of $21,722.47 and was carried on roll call.

The approval directs Public Works to manage contracting and to request a year-end compliance report the village can file with the DNR. The contract’s execution and the vendor name should be confirmed in final documents (transcript uses both “HydraCorp” and “Hydro Corp”).