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Votes at a glance: council approves minutes, retabulates zoning vote, adopts charter ordinance, and awards two contracts
Summary
At the April 17 meeting the Lansing City Council approved the previous meeting minutes, corrected a prior zoning vote, adopted a charter ordinance to allow local RHID flexibility, and awarded contracts for a mill-and-overlay project and seasonal right-of-way mowing.
The Lansing City Council recorded several formal actions on April 17, 2025. Key outcomes: approval of the minutes from April 3, 2025; a retabulation and ratification of Ordinance No. 11-28 after a procedural voting error; adoption of Charter Ordinance 1-2025 (to permit local RHID flexibility); award of the 2025 mill-and-overlay contract to JM Fahey Construction; and award of the 2025 seasonal right-of-way mowing contract to Personal Touch Lawn Services.
Board actions and recorded roll-call outcomes (summary):
- Approval of minutes: The council approved the regular meeting minutes of April 3, 2025. Roll call recorded all affirmative votes and the motion passed.
- Ordinance No. 11-28 (zoning amendment) — retabulation: Council moved to correct a procedural counting error from the March 20, 2025 vote after staff discovered the mayor had been incorrectly tabulated. The council cited Attorney General Opinion No. 92-41 in treating the mayor's vote as precluded under certain circumstances. The council voted by roll call to correct the error and retabulate the March 20 tally; the motion passed.
- Charter Ordinance 1-2025 (RHID authority): The council voted to approve and adopt Charter Ordinance 1-2025, exempting the city from K.S.A. 12-52-50 to allow Lansing to set RHID allocation terms locally (for example, allocating 20% of new tax revenue to each taxing entity under proposed scenarios). The motion passed by roll call.
- Mill and overlay contract (2025): The council accepted the low responsive bid from JM Fahey Construction for a base bid plus two alternates totaling $822,404.10 and awarded the contract with a 5% construction contingency. The motion passed by roll call.
- 2025 seasonal right-of-way mowing contract: The council awarded a contract to Personal Touch Lawn Services at $425 per mow with an option for subsequent year pricing (the vendor bid included a 2.7% year-over-year adjustment). The motion passed by roll call.
All motions above were approved by roll call with the following repeated recorded votes where roll calls were taken: Councilmember Clemens — yes; Councilmember Gardner — yes; Councilmember Kirby — yes; Councilmember Kovaloski — yes; Councilmember Garvey — yes; Councilmember Robinson — yes; Mayor McNeil — yes.
No controversial votes were finalized on the Riverbend Heights RHID itself; the related public hearing was continued to the January council meeting for additional information and analysis.
