Beatrice council approves consent agenda including multiple public works contracts and claims
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The Beatrice City Council unanimously approved a broad consent agenda that included claims totaling more than $2.7 million, awards for street and playground work, and several contract amendments and grant-administration agreements.
The Beatrice City Council unanimously approved its consent agenda, approving claims and awarding several public-works contracts and project payments.
Mister MacLean moved that the items listed under the consent agenda be approved; the motion passed 8–0. The treasurer's report listed claims of $1,329,786.04; Boswell submitted $682,570.31 in claims; and the Board of Public Works reported $742,626.03 in claims. The consent agenda included awards and payments: an armor-coating project for $33,317.20 and an asphalt sealing contract to Hall Brothers for $29,007.24; Stoddard Play Park playground improvements to Play Pro Recreation LLC for $198,808; and pay request number 11 to Genesis Contracting Group for $229,804.20 related to the Boswell South MSW landfill site entrance facility project.
Council also approved amendment No. 1 to the Beatrice Municipal Airport t‑hangar and taxi lane project to reduce design-phase services and add a rebidding phase, and approved change order No. 1 decreasing a landfill contract by $52,937.09 with schedule adjustments for rain days. A claim from Dave Hoffman regarding personal-property damage was referred to the city attorney and the city's insurance carrier for review.
Other consent items included resolutions to permit alcohol at a city ball field event (Resolution 7685), to contract Olsen Incorporated for inspection of two underground potable water reservoirs (Resolution 7686), to contract with A. H. R. S. Construction Inc. for airport construction work (Resolution 7687, contingent on FAA concurrence and any federal grant), to retain Southeast Development District (SEND TO) to administer a CDBG grant for an updated comprehensive plan (Resolution 7688), and to appoint Grant Jones to the Beatrice Board of Public Works (Resolution 7689). The council had brief questions about the scope of the CDBG grant, and staff said the grant would fund a whole new comprehensive plan but that the city would likely need to supplement the $53,000 award with local dollars to produce a full plan.
The consent agenda vote concluded routine business and moved the meeting to the resolutions and ordinances portion of the agenda.