Commission approves interlocal agreement for College Avenue bridge and accepts amended claims list
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Summary
The commission approved Resolution 25-2025 to incorporate the county's bridge reconstruction on College Avenue into the city's phase 1 project and approved an amended registered claims list; commissioners said county funds had already been appropriated to the county highway department.
The redevelopment commission voted 4–0 to approve Resolution 25-2025, an interlocal agreement to incorporate the county's bridge reconstruction on College Avenue (Horn Ditch crossing) into the city's College Avenue phase 1 project.
Speaker 6 explained the agreement lays out the county's and city's responsibilities and allows the county to transfer appropriated funds to the city for construction; it also requires a county-designated representative to work with the contractor during construction. Speaker 6 said the agreement had already been approved by city council earlier that week and by the board of works.
Speaker 2 moved to approve the interlocal agreement and Speaker 4 seconded; the motion passed 4–0. The transcript records that county council had the item on its agenda and the county may need to take action again depending on scheduling.
After that item, the commission amended the registered claims to add two extra claims and approved the claims as amended by voice vote. The commission then opened an unscheduled "open forum" for items not on the agenda, announced its next regular meeting for Dec. 9, 2025 at 03:00 and adjourned following a motion and second.
The transcript records the interlocal agreement as "Resolution 25-2025." The recording contains a likely transcription artifact when the county name was spoken; the transcript reads "County Alpert," but the discussion referred repeatedly to the county and the county highway department rather than naming a county body in full. The article therefore uses the neutral phrase "the county."
