Votes at a glance: Opelika council approves contracts, subscriptions and tax change

Opelika City Council members approved a slate of contracts, resolutions and an ordinance change at the council meeting in February 2025, voting to award service contracts, accept vendor quotations for multi-year software subscriptions and make several appropriations and appointments.

The council unanimously approved awards for two cleaning contracts and a construction bid. The council awarded the uniform-cleaning contracts for the fire and police departments to 5 Star Cleaners (fire department: low bid meeting specifications; police department: sole bid meeting specifications). The council also awarded the Phase 3 pickleball courts contract to JLD Enterprises for $397,523.80.

In a separate set of resolutions, the council approved three-year subscription and maintenance agreements with CDW Government LLC: a security subscription described in the meeting as “scalar safe security subscription licenses and maintenance services” for $178,390.65 and CrowdStrike endpoint protection subscriptions and services for $298,444.82. The council also authorized purchase of office furniture for the new Public Works administrative building from Alabama Office Supply for $268,629 and approved an annual workers’ compensation insurance premium of $257,330 with Marsh and McClellan Agency.

Council members approved a tax-abatement resolution for AGS America Incorporated related to a manufacturing and assembly facility in Opelika; the capital-investment figure in the meeting transcript was…