The Garden City Commission on July 15 authorized the mayor to sign a master services agreement (MSA) with MKEC Engineering, Inc., enabling the city to request task-order engineering pricing for electric projects including power delivery, transmission and distribution design and substation protection and control.

City staff said MKEC is an engineering firm that offers the stated services and that an MSA must be in place before the firm can be engaged on design projects. Staff presented two options: approve the MSA or not approve it. Staff recommended approval. The item carried on a voice vote after a motion, a second, and no discussion.

Staff said the agreement creates a contracting pathway; specific task orders and budgets will be established on a project-by-project basis. No fiscal impact was stated in the meeting record for approving the agreement itself.