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Central council authorizes agreement letting contractor use municipal property during Sullivan Road project
Summary
The Central City Council approved a cooperative endeavor agreement allowing Brian E. Talbot Contractor Inc. to lease municipal property for $5,000 per month during the Sullivan Road improvement project; lease revenue will be used to demolish buildings on the site after the project finishes.
The Central City Council voted to authorize the mayor to execute a cooperative endeavor agreement with Brian E. Talbot Contractor Inc. to use municipal property in connection with the Sullivan Road improvement project, council records show.
Council approval matters because the agreement allows a private contractor to lease city property while carrying out public road work; the council said the monthly rent will be applied to demolition of buildings on the site when the project is complete.
City staff told the council that Talbot — the contractor on the Sullivan Road project — had approached the city about using the property and that the parties agreed to a lease rather than a rental-renewal payment. A staff member said the appraisal the city had when it bought the property indicated a “fair market value, minimum was around 4,000 a month. I had given them a $5,000 a month price, so they're gonna be leasing the property for 5,000 a month, until the project's finished.” The staff member also said Talbot’s team “were having trouble getting estimates in a timely fashion” and that leasing the property was part of the agreed arrangement.
Council member Myers moved the resolution; council member Lazaro seconded. The council voted by roll call; named yes votes recorded in the transcript included Parulich, Laverne, McKinney, Meyer, Moy and Wells. The motion was approved.
The agreement authorizes the mayor to sign the cooperative endeavor agreement; council members did not call for additional public comment before the vote.
The council did not specify in the meeting whether the lease includes insurance or remediation obligations beyond using the revenue to remove the buildings; those implementation details were not specified in the discussion.
The mayor’s office will execute the agreement and the city will apply lease revenue toward demolition after project completion, per the staff explanation at the meeting.
