Aransas Pass council approves design and infrastructure contracts, award for welcome sign; votes summarized

Aransas Pass City Council on June 3 approved several professional services and procurement actions, appointed members to the Planning and Zoning Commission and renewed an equipment-sharing agreement for the police department.

The council voted to begin contract negotiations with Chesney Morales Partners for architectural and engineering services to design a remodel and living quarters at the police and fire station; approved a $491,172 engineering contract with K Freeze & Associates for the Sherwood Forest water and sewer Phase 3 work; renewed the city police department's participation in the Defense Logistics Agency disposition program that provides access to surplus equipment; approved a contract-rate pass-through that will raise residential trash collection by about $0.40 per month under the city’s existing contract; and awarded an RFP for a city “welcome” sign not to exceed $240,000, funded by the Municipal Development District sales-tax…