# City Council Meeting   Tuesday 2025 02 25


**Body:** City of Eau Claire
**Date:** September 01, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Transportation, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Eau Claire City Council meeting on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, approved an agreement with DECI after discussing how procurement requirements apply to DECI’s work and any subsequent service-provider or vendor contracts. City staff stated that applicable state law and city code govern bidding, with requirements depending on the work and dollar amount; DECI must also provide itemized invoices and information needed for audits. Council considered budget appropriation adjustments covering items such as water, sewer, and stormwater GPS receivers, parking technology, grant carryovers, a regional forensics lab, and police body armor. The discussion also noted that the city was preparing to bid its health-insurance coverage. A proposed fiscal stability committee would review the city’s constrained finances, while staff described an ARPA-funded long-range planning engagement with consultant Ellers whose scope was set through an RFP.

The meeting also addressed street and safety improvement projects and held an informational transit-development-plan work session involving consultant Via. Transit options discussed included route changes, a microtransit pilot running through June 2026, and the possibility of later operating microtransit in-house; no final service changes were approved in the work session. Staff estimated that fare-free bus service would forgo about $535,000 in fare and paratransit revenue and that adding Sunday service would cost about $350,000. The council also discussed grant funding for tunnel lighting and a proposed community-funded tunnel mural. No specific contract award amount or vendor payment amount was stated.

**Source:** City of Eau Claire