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Frostburg discusses smaller agenda items: contracts, reappointments and Pritchard Farms funding request
Summary
City staff briefed commissioners on a low-bid electrical contract and an interior-finish contract for a Bureau of Mines project, plans to reappoint three recreation commission members, and a request from Pritchard Farms to repurpose a $25,000 restricted playground fund toward other recreational amenities if county funding is approved.
City staff updated commissioners on several smaller agenda items including procurement actions for a Bureau of Mines-managed building, planned reappointments to the recreation commission and a request from a developer to repurpose a $25,000 restricted playground fund.
Contracts and procurement: Staff reported two low bids for interior finishes ($41,843, Daystar Contracting) and electrical work (Stevens Electric, $22,725). The electrical contract is under the city’s $25,000 formal-agreement threshold and staff said they would execute that work while seeking council ratification; the interior finishes contract will be presented for council approval at the next public meeting.
Appointments: Staff requested a resolution to reappoint Mark Roquet, Dottie Turner and Sean Wade to three-year terms on the recreation commission. The staff report said the nominees had indicated willingness to serve and staff will place the resolution on the next meeting agenda.
Pritchard Farms and George Edwards Fund: Staff summarized long-standing issues around the Pritchard Farms development and relayed a developer request to use the city’s existing $25,000 restricted fund (originally for a playground) for other recreational amenities (walking trails, gazebo and dog park) more suited to the community. The commission agreed to consider a resolution that would allow the restricted funds to be released to the developer for those amenities but directed staff to withhold any transfer until the Hill Street School project is completed and county POS (project open space) funds are finalized; staff will convey that condition to the developer and George Edwards Fund representatives.
Ending: The council directed staff to prepare the contracts and resolutions for next meeting consideration and to inform the developer that the city’s conditional commitment would wait until the Hill Street School project is finished.
