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Huntington council approves asset and court code changes, contracts for software and services
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Summary
The council adopted several ordinances and resolutions, including updates to the asset policy and municipal court fees, a SeeClickFix 3-1-1 contract renewal, an asbestos abatement contract and multiple infrastructure and planning agreements; the Microsoft 365 license contract was approved as presented in the meeting.
At its Feb. 23 meeting, Huntington City Council approved a set of business items that moved more routine policy and procurement actions forward.
Asset and court-code updates: Council adopted Ordinance 2026-O-01 to align the city's capital-asset policy with recent Governmental Accounting Standards Board guidance and approved Ordinance 2026-O-03 and 2026-O-04 to revise how the police handle unclaimed/stolen property and to correct municipal court fee language, respectively.
SeeClickFix 3-1-1 renewal: Council approved a one-year renewal (with multi-year renewal options) with CivicPlus for the SeeClickFix 3-1-1 platform. Purchasing staff presented the multi-year pricing schedule: Years 1–2 at $27,390; Year 3 at $28,007.59; subsequent years subject to a 5% annual increase.
Microsoft 365 licenses: The purchasing director presented a low bid from SHI of Somerset, New Jersey for Microsoft 365 licenses and asked council to authorize a one-year contract with renewal options. The transcript records the amount read into the record as $52,707,163.20 and stated the cost will be charged to the technology department’s contracted services budget. That figure appears unusually large for a single-year license contract for a municipal government; meeting participants did not provide additional documentation during the session. The contract was approved on the consent of the council as read.
Other approvals: Council approved a natural-gas supply contract for multiple city facilities with Snyder Brothers and authorized professional architectural/engineering services with Terradon Corporation ($270,660.46) to create a master flood-mitigation plan for Fort Polk Creek (funded from Kinetic Park TIF funds). Council also approved an asbestos-abatement services contract to the low bidder (AStar Abatement) with funding from the general fund and CDBG programs, and confirmed several board appointments including Gerald Harrison and the reappointment of Lauren Kemp to the Cabell-Huntington Convention & Visitors Bureau.
What to watch for: Several procurement figures and funding sources were read into the record in the meeting. One large procurement figure (the Microsoft 365 amount recorded in the transcript) may merit confirmation via the purchasing office’s posted bids and the executed contract to confirm the exact contract price and budget lines.
