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Council approves a series of routine measures including tourism grants, professional services and contract for truck enclosure
Summary
The council elected a mayor pro tem, approved the consent agenda (which included a vac truck enclosure contract), adopted a tourism-funding allocation, and approved a professional services agreement with Blades Consulting and a first-reading ordinance to align speed limits with the state.
At the meeting the council handled a slate of routine actions and votes.
Leadership and procedural items: Council members nominated and approved a mayor pro tem by voice vote. The consent agenda passed by voice vote.
Contracts and professional services: Staff described the vac truck enclosure project that had been rebid; of 13 bids the low responsive bidder was North Central Construction at about $125,000, which staff said was substantially lower than earlier estimates. The consent agenda included approval of that contract. The council also approved a professional services agreement with Blades Consulting for inspection services at $88 per hour and plan review at $65 per hour to replace an outgoing reviewer.
Tourism funding: The lodging-tax advisory committee recommended allocations from $100,000 in available lodging-tax revenue after $112,500 in requests. The committee reduced several requests, including lowering one applicant’s request from $25,000 to $15,000; one councilor recused themself because of a chamber role. Council approved the LTAC recommendation by voice vote.
Ordinance: On the first reading, ordinance 26-01 would revise local speed-limit language to match state mile-post references; council approved an expediency motion to move the item forward.
Votes recorded in the transcript were done by voice; detailed roll-call votes and full member names for each 'aye' or 'nay' were not listed in the recording.
