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Council moves bench-and-signage contract with local firm to debate amid political-signage, QR-code and accessibility concerns
Summary
Council read an ordinance approving an agreement with a local sign company (ACE) to furnish bus benches and panels; members and residents pressed for clarity on political advertising, QR codes, accessibility and shelters. The item was moved from consent into debate.
The Committee of the Whole on April 8 moved an ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Springfield and a sign company (ACE) into debate after extended questioning from aldermen about political advertising, QR codes, accessibility and where benches are sited.
Clerk read ordinance 2025153 authorizing the agreement; members then asked company representative Keith Haines to answer questions. Haines described the program nd said ACE operates roughly 60 bench sites and that the company has been the local contractor for decades. "We have about a 60 benches out right now," he said, and added that the new aluminum benches cost about $1,500 each to fabricate and install.
Aldermen pressed whether ACE's contract prohibits political advertising on bench panels. Corporation…
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