Beardstown council approves $764,158 payment for USDA sanitary sewer project

Alderperson Chris Baer moved and Alderperson Dawn Seward seconded a motion to approve Payment Resolution No. 4 in the amount of $764,158.40 for the USDA Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project at the Beardstown City Council meeting on April 16, 2024. The council approved the measure by an 8–0 roll call vote.

The approved payment is apportioned as follows: Hood Construction Group Midwest LLC, $734,699.60; Benton & Associates, Inc., $29,458.80. The motion on the floor, as read into the record, was: “That Payment Resolution No. 4 in the amount of $764,158.40 for the USDA Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project be approved.”

The vote in favor was recorded as Alderpersons Chris Baer, Lisa Buhlig, Ron Culves, Mary Davis, Eric Harbin, Keith Schramm, Dawn Seward and Shawn Taylor. No members voted against the resolution and no absences were recorded. The council did not record additional debate or amendments to the resolution in the meeting minutes.

The payment resolves the fourth listed disbursement associated with the city’s USDA‑funded sanitary sewer replacement work and identifies the contractor and engineering/inspection payee by name and amount. The council’s action completes the formal approval step documented in Payment Resolution No. 4; the transcript does not specify subsequent administrative steps for disbursement processing or project schedule updates.

The council took the vote as part of a brief meeting that also filed routine reports and approved a street closure request for a church event before adjourning at 6:41 p.m.