Spanish Fort council approves multiple contracts and a land purchase; schedules public hearings on two zoning items

The Spanish Fort City Council on Jan. 27, 2025 adopted several resolutions to award contracts, approved a $525,000 property purchase and approved a conceptual master plan for Honor Park, while scheduling public hearings on two zoning measures for Feb. 17, 2025.

The actions affect city facilities, parks and development in Spanish Fort and were approved by roll call votes during the meeting. The council also approved an agreement with The Haven, Inc., to assist in caring for and adopting out stray animals taken into the city’s custody.

The council approved resolutions awarding bids for municipal projects. Staff identified Asphalt Services Inc. as the lowest responsive bidder for the Spanish Fort Community Center parking lot repaving project; the meeting record did not provide a clear, unambiguous final dollar figure for the bid in the transcript. TechLinks Inc., doing business as CeaseFire, was identified as the lowest responsive bidder for a new voice-over-Internet-protocol telephone system; staff said the monthly payment under that contract would be $1,880.18 in addition to startup and installation costs. The council also awarded the bid for the Spanish Fort Town Center pickleball complex to Harris Contracting Services Inc., doing business as Harris General Contractors, for a bid amount recorded in the meeting as $693,000.

Staff told the council the pickleball complex would typically include a 30-day mobilization period and an approximately 120-day build-out after mobilization. “You usually have a 30 day mobilization period. . . I believe the build out for the complex is a 120 days,” Staff member Connor…