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Helena City Commission approves mechanical upgrades, grants and downtown TIF projects; votes at a glance
Summary
At its July 7 meeting the Helena City Commission unanimously approved a bid award for Fire Station No. 1 mechanical upgrades, formalized several grants including a $1.3 million BUILD grant acceptance, authorized applications to the Federal Transit Administration and approved multiple TIF distributions for local facilities.
The Helena City Commission on July 7 voted unanimously on a series of routine and project-specific items including a bid award for mechanical upgrades at Fire Station No. 1, a $250,000 community aid grant for Family Promise, acceptance of a $1.3 million BUILD grant for preliminary engineering on the East Side connector and two tax-increment-financing (TIF) disbursements for local building improvements.
Staff presentations and brief commissioner questions preceded each unanimous vote. Highlights included:
- Awarding the Fire Station No. 1 mechanical upgrades project (CF23007) to Tri County Mechanical and Electrical for a base bid of $325,649. Facility manager Bridgette Johnson said the station’s 50-year-old boiler and related systems are beyond useful life and the bid is within the project budget.
- Approving a $250,000 community aid grant agreement with Family Promise of Greater Helena to support remodeling their facility into a 16-room shelter for unhoused women and families; staff recommended the agreement following commission consensus on June 25.
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