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Board approves $316,903.90 trail pay request and several city payments; project updates reported
Summary
The Board of Works and Safety approved pay application No. 1 for the trail project for $316,903.90 and recorded unanimous approval of multiple accounts-payable and payroll disbursements; staff provided updates on trail progress, Main Street crossings and other public-works projects.
Columbia City’s Board of Works and Safety on April 22 approved pay application No. 1 for the city trail project and authorized several routine city payments and payroll disbursements.
The board approved the pay application from Pulver/Palmer Asphalt Paving (engineer’s project number 5251) in the amount of $316,903.90 for initial trail work. City staff said the contractor is moving quickly; concrete work on Main Street and installation of a pedestrian island at the Spencer crossing are imminent and a bridge delivery is expected May 22. Staff said the pay application includes the bridge and related invoices for the trailer/bridge elements.
In addition to the trail payment, the board approved multiple accounts-payable and payroll motions recorded at the meeting:
Votes at a glance
- Approve pay application No. 1 for Pulver/Palmer Asphalt Paving (engineer project 5251) — $316,903.90 — approved unanimously. - Pay accounts payable (checks) dated 04/22/2025 — $636,756.70 — approved unanimously. - Pay accounts payable (EFT) dated 04/22/2025 — $753,026.44 — approved unanimously. - Payroll pay file ending 04/04/2025 (excluding overtime) — $274,070.78; overtime — $10,011.76; total payroll — $284,082.54 — approved unanimously. - Clothing allowance for fire and police (vouchers dated 04/11/2025) — $11,625 — approved unanimously.
During project updates, the public-works representative reported site restoration on Spencer and Chauncey streets is complete in some areas and that crews will begin work on Main Street’s concrete and paving shortly; staff described a planned pedestrian island on Main Street to protect people crossing at Spencer. The board was told the bridge component should arrive May 22 and that paving and finishing work would follow.
Other departmental updates noted by staff during the meeting included a recent outage in the city’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) smart meters that temporarily masked two outages until residents called; completion of dugout and skate-park work at Eagle Park (skate-park work should wrap up at the end of the week); an anticipated start of the community crossings paving project around May 12; and maintenance and procurement notes for the utility and fleet departments. No contract changes, change-order amounts, or contested payments were discussed at the meeting.
