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Estero council approves design amendment for Williams Road roundabout, adopts purchasing‑card resolution and retains bond counsel
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Village of Estero council approved Amendment 2 to the Williams Road/Atlantic Gulf Boulevard design contract, adopted Resolution No. 2026‑01 to establish a Synovus Bank purchasing‑card program, and approved a piggyback agreement for bond‑counsel services; all motions passed by recorded roll calls.
The Village of Estero council met Feb. 18 and approved a set of administrative and procurement items, including a design amendment for a problematic intersection, a purchasing‑card resolution, and a piggyback agreement for bond counsel.
For the intersection at Williams Road and Atlantic Gulf Boulevard staff presented a revised design after negotiations with property owners and constraints from a conservation easement prevented the originally proposed alignment. Village Engineer David Willems said the redesign shifts the roundabout south — into an area with wetland impacts that will require mitigation — and adapts sidewalks and bike lane plans to existing constraints. Council approved Amendment 02 to Kissinger Confo and Associates for $241,212 to design, permit and advance the reconfigured project; the motion passed on a recorded roll call.
Finance Director Kevin Greenville proposed establishing a purchasing card (P‑card) account with Synovus Bank to streamline recurring purchases. Greenville said each director would receive a card and the village would use a master card for recurring vendor payments; Synovus’s issuing requirements mean the resolution must name specific designees, so any future staffing changes would require a return to council. Council adopted Resolution No. 2026‑01 authorizing the P‑card program.
Council also approved a piggyback agreement to engage Neighbors, Giblin & Nickerson as bond counsel, a contract resulting from piggybacking on the City of Port St. Lucie’s competitive process. Staff said the firm will help structure municipal bond documents — resolutions, trust indentures, closing documents and related materials — should the council decide to pursue a bond for capital improvements.
All three items were decided by roll call votes recorded by the clerk; the meeting record shows unanimous "Aye" responses by the members present on those votes as called by the clerk. There were no in‑person public comments on these action items.
The meeting then moved to a workshop session about the Bonita‑Estero Rail Trail corridor acquisition, where the Trust for Public Land presented details and requested council guidance on whether to authorize due diligence and which contract path to pursue.
