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Votes at a glance: Orange Beach council approves multiple contracts, franchises and capital projects
Summary
On Feb. 4 the council approved a package of resolutions awarding bids, granting franchises, authorizing vehicle purchases and professional services agreements. Several items passed unanimously.
At its Feb. 4 meeting the Orange Beach City Council approved a slate of resolutions including appropriations, contract awards, franchise authorizations and vehicle purchases. Most measures passed by voice vote or roll call with no substantive debate.
Key outcomes
- Pensacola–Perdido Bay Estuary appropriation: Council adopted a resolution appropriating $20,000 to the Pensacola–Perdido Bay Estuary program. The council heard brief remarks from a representative of the estuary program who described planned dredging and invited council members to view mobilization and work on site.
- Senior center renovations: The council awarded the senior center renovation contract to Green Simmons Company in the amount read into the record as $357,000 (contract description and firm name were provided at the meeting) and adopted the resolution to proceed.
- Library renovations: The council awarded the library renovation contract and adopted a resolution for $535,552 as read on the record.
- Beverage pouring rights: The council adopted a resolution awarding pouring rights to Coca-Cola.
- Professional services and instructor agreements: The council authorized professional-services agreements and instructor contracts including a professional-services agreement for a water-aerobics instructor (Sally Weirich) and an ‘‘Ageless Grace Brain Fitness’’ instructor (Sharon Miller).
- Waste-hauling franchises: Council approved franchise agreements authorizing collection and disposal services to multiple haulers, including Alabama Container Company, Bishop Enterprises, TBD Construction (doing business as Big Red) and BFI Waste (doing business as Republic Services).
- Police vehicles and other vehicle purchases: The council authorized purchase of three police vehicles from McSweeney Auto Group in the amount recorded in the meeting as $143,551.77 and approved a separate earlier resolution rejecting bids for two community development vehicles (that item will return to a future agenda).
- Sidewalk project inspection: The council authorized a task order with Thompson Engineering for construction inspection and administration services on the Commercial Avenue sidewalk project for an amount read in the record that approximates $504,542 (amount as read in the transcript; see provenance for exact excerpt).
Procedural notes: Most items were adopted by motion, second and ‘‘Aye’’ voice vote; no recorded roll-call opposition was announced at the time each resolution passed. Where amounts were read into the record, the transcript was occasionally garbled; amounts are reported here as provided on the meeting record or noted as approximate where the spoken number was unclear.
Ending: The approvals move forward multiple capital and operational projects in Orange Beach, including building renovations, beach/estuary work and franchise agreements for solid-waste services. Several items will return in a subsequent agenda cycle for re-bid or further action as noted by staff.
