The Macon Board of Public Works is scheduled to consider terminating the city's contract with Veenstra & Kimm at its regular meeting Monday, six days after voters approved an $80 million water and sewer revenue bond.
The board meets at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 106 W. Bourke St., according to the agenda Macon Municipal Utilities posted Friday afternoon. The agenda lists "Approval to Terminate Veenstra & Kimm Contract" under new business. It does not say why the contract would end or what work remains.
Veenstra & Kimm was hired to review Macon's water and sewer plant systems and look at newer technology options, according to the utility's bond election page. Representatives of the firm attended the April 28 workshop where city and utility officials discussed the bond request, the Chronicle previously reported.
Macon voters approved the bond question Tuesday, Nov. 3, by 808 to 734, or 52.40 percent to 47.60 percent, according to unofficial results from the Macon County Clerk's office. The Chronicle reported those totals Nov. 4. The question asked whether the city may issue up to $80 million in combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds, repaid from system revenue rather than a property tax. The utility has attributed $50 million of the request to the water plant and $30 million to the sewer plant.
The board is also scheduled Monday to review September financials, consider a multipurpose fund grant application, approve a 2026 contribution to Macon County Ministries, update the personnel manual for Ascension Human Capital Management legal discrepancies, and approve the 2027 budget.
Other new-business items include 2027 memorandums of understanding with Laddonia, Fredericktown, and for the solar farm; a request that the City Council reappoint or appoint a Board of Public Works member effective Jan. 1, 2027; employee retention and recruitment; board member reports; and accounts payable.
Old business is listed as none. The board is also scheduled to approve minutes from its Sept. 22 meeting.
Jennifer McLeland is named on the notice as the contact for media copies and for people with disabilities who want to attend. The utility's published office number is 660-385-3173.