Show Low council approves consent calendar and authorizes campus training building remodel

The Show Low City Council on March 18 approved the consent calendar unanimously and voted to proceed with a design-build construction contract to remodel a city campus building for the recreation department.

The consent calendar covered multiple routine items and passed without recorded opposition. Items listed on the consent calendar included consideration of a commercial hangar sublease and commercial operation agreement involving an aircraft support operator and Show Low Flight Academy, acceptance of purchase and installation of sand filters for the city's aquatic center, and adoption of Resolution R202509 (rescinding Resolution R2017O4) to revise meeting scheduling and member notice requirements. The consent calendar also included acceptance of minutes from special and regular meetings on March 4, 2025.

Why it matters: The consent items delegate routine approvals and allow staff to proceed with operational purchases and agreements. The separately considered construction contract will reconfigure an approximately 9,050-square-foot building to house recreation offices, classrooms, storage and a flexible exercise room.

City staff described the remodel scope and showed renderings of reception, classroom and multiuse spaces. The request followed a design-build procurement; staff said the schematic design and construction documents are complete and permitted. The presentation said plumbing and electrical systems would be replaced and identified storage, classrooms and a large divisible exercise room in the plan.

Councilman Judd moved to approve the construction contract for the City Campus Training Building Remodel (City of Show Low Project FM0425). Councilman Adams seconded the motion. The motion passed; the meeting record contains conflicting dollar amounts tied to the contract request and the motion. Staff's presentation included a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) described on the record in a way that is not clearly legible in the transcript; the motion recorded on the public record referenced a different not-to-exceed figure. The transcript does not provide a single, unambiguous final dollar amount for the approved contract.

Votes at a glance - Consent calendar: motion made by Mayor (on the record), second by Councilman Hatch; outcome: passed unanimously (no roll-call tally recorded). - Construction contract (City Campus Training Building Remodel, Project FM0425): mover Councilman Judd; second Councilman Adams; outcome: approved on the record. Transcript contains inconsistent not-to-exceed figures; final approved contract amount is not specified in the meeting transcript.

Ending: Councilmembers discussed the long history of the campus property; one councilmember said the acquisition and repeated attempts to adapt the property predated the current council and expressed frustration about long-term costs. Staff said floor plans would be provided to council in a manager's memo.