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Coffeyville commission approves multiple routine resolutions and contract awards
Summary
The Coffeyville City Commission on Aug. 12 approved a package of routine resolutions, contract awards and ordinance readings including grant submissions, contract awards for roofs and utility equipment purchases, and planning actions.
The Coffeyville City Commission approved a series of routine resolutions and actions during its Aug. 12 meeting, advancing grant applications, contract awards and a number of administrative items.
The commission approved consent agenda items and an appropriation ordinance (AO-25-15) that appears in the meeting packet. Commissioners voted to authorize staff to file a 2025 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant application to benefit the Midland Theatre (Resolution R-25-83) and to declare the Midland building blighted for that grant threshold (Resolution R-25-84). The commission also approved a time extension request for the multi-use trail CDBG project (project 23PF020), awarded a combined roof-replacement contract (Resolution R-25-87), and authorized several electric-utility purchases and work orders (including circuit breakers and oil) tied to the b-substation transformer upgrade and generation operations (Resolutions R-25-91, R-25-92, R-25-93).
Other votes included authorization for a local grant to the Southeast Kansas Community Action Program (CCAP) to support the Montgomery County General Transportation Initiative (Resolution R-25-85), acceptance of a KDOT Highway Safety Improvement Plan grant for the Eighth Street and Buckeye intersection (Resolution R-25-86), authorization to sell a land-bank lot to a Wichita developer (Resolution R-25-88), and approval of a downtown tree-planting contract (Resolution R-25-89) and dog-park installations at three city locations (Resolution R-25-90).
Several measures were approved unanimously after short staff presentations. Where motions were recorded, roll-call votes were taken and recorded as “Aye” for the commissioners present; Commissioner Jones was absent.
Why it matters: the package includes capital and economic development steps (grant pursuit and contract awards) that shape city infrastructure and downtown planning, while smaller operational approvals keep utility and park programs moving.
A complete list of formal actions taken and votes appears below and in the commission minutes.
