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Commission awards $751,407 in contracts for LFM Park improvements under CDBG grant despite cost concerns
Summary
The Atchison City Commission approved four construction contracts for LFM Park improvements backed by a CDBG grant after debate about splash pad cost, a proposed timer option and whether to risk losing grant funding.
The Atchison City Commission voted Feb. 3 to award construction contracts for the LFM Park improvement project, funded in part by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The four awarded contracts total $751,407.25, with additional local budget authority set for specified line items.
Clint McNamee, city parks staff, told the commission the LFM master-plan process identified a splash pad as the top community priority and described a multi-step bidding process. McNamee said the city applied for CDBG funding under a program shift toward recreation projects, and that the city was awarded approximately $414,000 in grant funds for a project that originally targeted roughly $711,000 in direct construction costs…
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