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Bradford City Council approves slate of leases, contracts, payments and appointments
Summary
The Bradford City Council approved a long consent agenda including fund transfers, certificates of appropriateness, vendor payments, multiple lease agreements, contract awards for park improvements and authority to seek federal grant funding and to begin design procurement for a new police station site.
The Bradford City Council approved a broad consent agenda that included transfers from capital reserve accounts, certificates of appropriateness for downtown properties, vendor payments, lease agreements for city-owned development centers, contract awards for park improvements and multiple personnel appointments.
The unanimous voice approvals covered numbered agenda items presented in sequence. Items approved included a transfer from a capital reserve K-9 account to a general fund account (agenda item 37958); certificates of appropriateness for properties at 23 Kennedy Street and 9 Main Street (37959, 37960); and multiple vendor payments and contract awards, including an award to Bob Thomas Construction for the Calahari Park Recreation Improvements Phase 2 project (37973).
Council members also authorized lease agreements with several tenants of city development centers: a lease with Michelle Tobias and Kelly Charmer for space at 62 Main Street (37976); a lease with MicroTech Knives Inc. for space in the Bradford Area Multi Tenant Center (37977); a lease with Sandburg Oil Company Inc. at the Harvard Junior Business Development Center (37978); and a lease for a Head Start program at the Robert P. Hatco Junior Business Development Center (37979). The council approved a range of other routine items including equipment purchases and part-time firefighter/EMT appointments (agenda items 37968–37971 and others).
The council authorized the proper city officer to apply for a federal appropriation grant through a congressional office (37963) and granted permission to advertise for architectural and engineering services to remodel the former Northwest Savings Bank building into the city police station (37987). Where dollar amounts were mentioned in the record they were not clearly auditable from the transcript; specific contract sums and grant amounts were not announced during the roll call approvals.
All consent items recorded in the transcript were approved by voice vote with no recorded opposing votes during the meeting.
