Killeen council approves dozen-plus maintenance and capital contracts, including roof, HVAC and audiovisual work
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At its May 6 meeting the Killeen City Council approved a consent package that authorized contracts for roof repairs at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center, an HVAC retrofit at Fire Station 9, audiovisual equipment for the emergency operations center and other public-works projects.
KILLEEN, Texas — The Killeen City Council on Tuesday approved a consent agenda that authorized more than a dozen maintenance and capital contracts and related budget actions, including a $333,782.32 contract for Civic and Conference Center roof repairs, a $773,500 retrofit of Fire Station 9’s HVAC system and an $895,350 audiovisual installation for the city’s emergency operations center.
The bulk of those items were approved as a single consent package with a recorded council vote of 6-0. City staff said the agenda grouping included several purchases made through cooperative contracts to speed procurement and to secure established pricing.
Staff described the Civic and Conference Center work as a repair of a roof installed during a 2001 remodel; the roof reportedly had exceeded its expected service life and developed multiple leaks. The contract with QR Quick Roofing is being awarded through the TIPS cooperative purchasing contract, which staff said exempts the purchase from a separate competitive bid under Texas Local Government Code Section 271.102. Funding will come from fiscal-year-end budget amendments using excess hotel-occupancy (HOT) fund balances, staff said.
Also on the consent list, Brandt Companies LLC will retrofit the HVAC at Fire Station 9 for $773,500 under a BuyBoard cooperative contract; staff said the retrofit avoids a full replacement that would have required firefighters to be displaced for up to three months. The contract will be funded from governmental CIP fund balance via a year-end budget amendment, staff said.
The council also approved a professional services agreement with GTS Uplink for audio, visual and video-wall equipment for the new emergency operations center and training rooms at Fire Station 4 for $895,350; staff said the selected vendor offered a turnkey solution and the work was budgeted in IT’s capital improvement program.
Other contracts and procurement approvals on the consent agenda included: replacement and installation of three split-case pumps at Pump Station No. 5 for $135,000 (Pump Solutions, under a TIPS contract); a rejection of a single response for a multi-site control-valve replacement project at three pump stations and three elevated tanks (staff recommended re-bid or use of a cooperative procurement); and a raft of airfield-related agreements tied to a separate airport build-to-suit lease (covered elsewhere).
Staff noted that several of the purchases use cooperative contracts (TIPS, BuyBoard, DIR) and that required year-end budget amendments will appropriate excess fund balances or CIP fund balances to cover the expenditures. The consent package passed by unanimous 6-0 vote.
Council members asked routine questions about funding sources and scheduling but raised no objections during the consent roll call. Ending
The approved contracts will move to procurement and project scheduling; staff said some work — for example, audiovisual installation — may take several weeks for equipment lead time and a month or more for installation.
