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Votes at a glance: Columbus council approves consent agenda, equipment purchases and $1.9M paving contract
Summary
During its Dec. 1 meeting the Columbus City Council approved a consent agenda of routine resolutions and reappointments, authorized purchases including $24,417 for laptops and $342,120 for three trailers, and awarded a $1,897,618.10 contract to Gearing Construction for concrete paving improvements with 33rd Avenue work scheduled to avoid the school year.
The Columbus City Council on Dec. 1 approved multiple items by motion and voice vote: reappointments and several resolutions on the consent agenda, procurement of computer equipment, purchase of three tandem axle trailers, and an award of $1,897,618.10 to Gearing Construction and Ready Mix Company Inc. for 2026 concrete paving improvements.
Consent items approved included minutes of the November meeting, reappointments of Gary Pitts, Stacy Smith and Nick Larson to the Board of Parks Commissioners for three-year terms, and resolutions R25-144 through R25-148 covering the year-end certification to the Nebraska Department of Transportation, renewal of a maintenance agreement with NDOT for state highway systems inside the city limits, the city's intent regarding municipal solid waste collection services, an agreement for hay harvesting at the Columbus Municipal Airport, and a one-year farm-lease extension with Jim and Dan Donahue. The consent agenda was approved by one motion and voice vote with no items removed for separate consideration.
In new business the council approved Item 15a, a $24,417 quote from ProVantage LLC to supply 13 laptops, 20 monitors and related computer hardware for various departments. The council also approved Item 15b, a $342,120 purchase from Northern Truck Equipment Corporation for three tandem axle trailers for the transfer station (CIP 23-45). City staff explained the replaced trailers are expected to be auctioned or scrapped after evaluation.
On Item 16a the council adopted resolution R25-149, awarding Gearing Construction and Ready Mix Company Inc. a $1,897,618.10 contract for concrete paving improvements (CIP 20-71). In response to council questions, public works staff (Speaker 8) said the contract requires that work on 33rd Avenue not start until after school ends in May and that the project be substantially complete and the road open and operable by the time school starts in August; some finishing tasks such as sidewalk work may continue after August. Staff clarified the contract limits the project extents from 30th Street to just north of 38th Street and that the 30th and 38th intersections are not part of this contract.
Each motion taken at the meeting passed on voice vote; no roll-call vote with dissent was recorded in the transcript.
