Beardstown approves $558,167.37 payment for USDA sanitary sewer replacement project

The Beardstown City Council approved Payment Resolution No. 5 at its May 21 meeting, authorizing payment of $558,167.37 for work on the USDA Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project. The motion (moved by Alderperson Dawn Seward and seconded by Alderperson Eric Harbin) passed by unanimous 7–0 roll call vote.

The payment resolution breaks down as $547,226.60 to Hood Construction Group Midwest LLC and $10,940.77 to Benton & Associates, Inc., as listed in the minutes. Mayor Tim Harris and all seven voting alderpersons supported the resolution; Alderperson Shawn Taylor was recorded as absent.

Council took the action as part of routine disbursements and project payments recorded in the meeting minutes. The minutes do not record additional discussion or dissent on this payment. Next steps are administrative processing of the payment per the city’s usual accounts‑payable procedures.