ELLINWOOD — The Ellinwood City Council has approved a contract with Benesch and Company engineering firm out of Manhattan to collect flood control data, minus some renegotiation of the legal portions of the contract.Included in the contract are four tasks:•Task 1 is Project Management which merely outlines how the engineering staff will meet and communicate with the city.•Task 2 is Data Collection. This outlines how the firm will collect existing drainage documentation; visit the sites and review the existing conditions of the drainage area; and conduct a topographic survey of the drainage basin.•Task 3 is Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling. This is the portion that uses software to show how the amount of rain received in the area affects Ellinwood.