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Lafayette City board accepts property bids, declares police equipment surplus, approves claims and several community events
Summary
The board accepted bids for Old Romney Road parcels, declared police equipment surplus for auction, approved nearly $3.78 million in claims and cleared multiple special-event permits and a banner request.
Legal counsel told the Lafayette City board that the city had received a compliant bid from FC Holding LLC for Old Romney Road surplus Parcels 1 and 2 in the required amount of $10,800 and recommended acceptance. The board approved Resolution O3-2025 to accept that bid by voice vote.
The board also approved Resolution O4-2025 to accept an offer from M 3 j Properties, LLC for Old Romney Parcel 3; the bid was $21,950 and the resolution was approved by voice vote.
Scott Anderson of the Lafayette Police Department asked the board to declare 12 car public-address systems surplus so the department can auction them on GovDeals; the board approved the surplus declaration by voice vote.
Jeremy Deal, city controller, said the controller’s office had reviewed claims totaling $3,776,434.44 and the board approved payment by voice vote.
The board approved multiple special-event requests: the McAllister/McAlester father–daughter dance on Feb. 15 (presenter: Colin Miner, McAlester Recreation Center program coordinator), a 0.1K race on March 15 organized by Friends of Downtown and community partners, the annual Mosey series (dates presented), Downtown Jazz & Blues on July 19, and Beers Across the Wabash on Aug. 23. The board also approved a banner request from the Museum of Art. All event motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
Notes on attribution: legal counsel, Scott Anderson, Jeremy Deal and Colin Miner are named in the transcript and are the sources for the actions summarized here. Where a specific motion mover or seconder was not named, the article reports the outcome and notes that voice votes were used.
