Casey Awards Utility Line Boring Contract to B&T Drainage

Casey City Council Meeting | June 1, 2026

Article Summary: The Casey City Council on Monday, June 1, 2026, unanimously approved Resolution #060126B, authorizing execution of a construction agreement with B&T Drainage for a utility line extension. City officials identified the firm as the lowest responsible bidder.

Boring Bid Award Key Points:

• Resolution #060126B authorizes a construction agreement for a utility line extension.
• B&T Drainage was identified as the lowest responsible bidder.
• The project had been discussed and put out for bid at the council’s prior meeting.
• The vote was 5-0; Alderman Steve Jenkins was absent, as was Public Works Director Ryan Staley.

CASEY — The Casey City Council on Monday, June 1, 2026, unanimously authorized the city to execute a construction agreement with B&T Drainage for a utility line extension, awarding the boring work to the firm officials described as the lowest responsible bidder.

The action came through Resolution #060126B, listed on the agenda as the boring bid award and carried under Public Works Director Ryan Staley’s portion of the officers’ reports. Staley was not present, and City Attorney Tracy Willenborg, who drafted the resolution, walked the council through it.

“She discussed it at the last meeting, and all it is is authorizing the execution of the construction agreement with B&T Drainage, which was the lowest responsib[le bidder],” Mayor Mike Nichols said, reading from the item.

Alderman Jeremiah Hanley moved to approve the resolution. Alderman Marcy Mumford seconded. The roll call was 5-0 in favor — Aldermen Tanner Brown, Hanley, Mumford, Carlene Richardson and Lori Wilson — with Alderman Steve Jenkins absent.

Neither the contract amount, the length of the line extension nor the construction timeline was disclosed during the meeting, and the resolution’s supporting documents were not included in the materials distributed publicly. The council discussed the item for roughly one minute before voting.

The project had been aired at the council’s previous meeting, when the city moved to put the work out for bid. Nichols initially suggested tabling the item Monday because Staley was not on hand to present it, but proceeded after confirming the resolution was complete in the council’s packet.

Boring is a trenchless method of installing underground utility lines beneath roadways, driveways or other surface obstructions without excavating them, and is commonly used by small municipalities to extend water and sewer service to properties at the edge of a system.

The official minutes record the item as “Resolution #060126B Boring Big Award with B & T,” reflecting a typographical error in that document, and record the same 5-0 tally.