La Center council approves $45,885 update to transportation capital facilities plan

La Center council members voted to authorize city staff to enter a professional services agreement with DKS for $45,885 to update the city’s Transportation Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) so the CFP’s 20-year horizon matches the comprehensive plan.

Tracy Coleman, community development and public works staff, explained that the city’s previous transportation CFP covered a planning period that ended in 2026; the comprehensive-plan update uses a 20-year range through 2045, so the CFP must be reanalyzed and extended to match that period. Coleman said the requested $45,885 is a change-order request to the current contractor to complete the extended planning work.

A council member (identified in the meeting as "Joe, mayor" when the motion was made) moved to approve the CFP update and authorize staff to finalize a professional services agreement with DKS; another council member seconded the motion. The mayor asked for a roll-call vote. The meeting record captured these responses: Council member Fox — yes; Council member Casper — no; Council member Boyle — yes; Council member Layoff — yes; Council member Cervini — response not clearly recorded in the excerpt. The motion discussion included council questions about scope and price; Coleman said staff negotiated the cost downward and recommended approval.

The council member who moved the motion referenced the need to align the CFP with the comprehensive plan and asked for council approval to proceed; staff said they would return with the executed agreement and any additional details. The motion carried based on the roll-call results recorded at the meeting.

The funding or account source for the $45,885 change order was not specified during the presentation; Coleman invited councilors to ask follow-up questions and said staff would provide any additional procurement documents if requested.