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Port St. Joe commission approves construction schedule adjustments, Centennial Drive paving and demolition; FEMA reimbursements continue under review
Summary
Commission approved a 19-day time extension for downtown water system work, authorized paving for Centennial Drive ($26,574.50 from the road paving line), approved a voluntary demolition as part of code enforcement, and granted fee waivers for community groups; staff reported FEMA and CDBG reimbursements are moving through review.
Port St. Joe commissioners on Feb. 4 approved several infrastructure and administrative items: a 19-day time extension for the downtown water system improvements project, a $26,574.50 quote to pave Centennial Drive charged to the city's road paving line item, approval of a voluntary demolition (the seventh in the current program), and fee waivers for community events.
City engineer and project staff described the downtown water phase 2 work as moving into the tie-in stage in front of City Hall; staff recommended and the commission approved an increase of 19 contract days to the project schedule to account for delays. "This is actually an increase of 19 days due to the project, not necessarily funding. The staff recommendation is to approve the 19 days," staff said; commissioners approved the time extension unanimously.
On Centennial Drive, staff presented a contractor quote for $26,574.50 to mill and pave the roadway; the commission approved the change order and directed staff to allocate funds from the city road paving line item. Commissioners asked technical questions about reclaimed asphalt and milling; staff said the paving scope addressed a thin roadway with base-course work.
The commission also approved a voluntary demolition at 215 Tenth Street (the seventh such demolition noted in meeting materials) and passed fee-waiver requests for the Bay Area Coral Society and a local church fundraiser. During the fee-waiver discussion a commissioner recused himself from voting on a church request because he attends the church; the board still approved the waivers by unanimous vote.
Finance staff reported progress on FEMA and CDBG reimbursements tied to recent storm-related projects: engineering costs ($10,000) were advanced for reimbursement and the city has a $350,000 reimbursement in the pipeline from a CDBG-DR grant. Staff said about $900,000 in additional FEMA reimbursement remained under review but that grant processing had resumed for engineering and redesign costs related to city projects.
Public comment and commissioners also returned repeatedly to the Feb. water main break that disrupted service on Jan. 24/25; residents described gaps in emergency notice for some households and urged improved use of CodeRed and other notification channels. Staff and commissioners said the outage response was complicated by the size and location of the damaged main, and that notifications were sent via Facebook, CodeRed and the city webpage; staff said they were exploring integrated app solutions for future alerts.
Votes at a glance: change order (downtown water) approved (19-day extension); Centennial Drive paving quote approved ($26,574.50 from road paving line item); voluntary demolition approved; fee waivers approved; consent agenda (minutes) approved.
