Auburn City Council on Dec. 2 approved multiple procurement and infrastructure items on the consent and resolutions agenda, voting to authorize pavement-assessment services, accept a public greenway easement, and approve purchases and contracts for equipment and sewer pump-station work.

The council authorized a professional services agreement with Road Management Technologies LLC for an annual pavement-infrastructure condition assessment at $74,448, with options for up to two one-year extensions. Interim City Engineer (Speaker 11) said the vendor will place sensors on city vehicles to collect continual condition data and host the results in cloud software that the city can access. "We are going to use this to build a 5 year pavement plan and then use it in future years," the engineer said, explaining the aim is to prioritize resurfacing with objective, up-to-date data.

Council also accepted a public greenway easement for property at 825 Lee Road 96; staff explained the dedication accumulates with other easements until there is a contiguous stretch to construct and open to the public. The Consent Agenda and remaining consent items were approved by voice vote.

Separately, the council approved procurement and capital contracts on the resolutions agenda: a tax abatement for Apex USA Manufacturing Inc. (estimated $2.95 million investment and seven anticipated new jobs), the purchase of two Grama Lightning loaders with hard bodies from Kenworth of Montgomery ($562,304 total), and a $3,167,000 contract with Schmidt Environmental Construction Inc. for miscellaneous pump station electrical, mechanical and structural improvements at multiple lift stations.

Quotes from operations staff emphasized efficiency gains from new loaders and the aging condition of existing pump stations. The council recorded motions and passed each item by voice vote; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally for each vote.