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Altoona council approves consent agenda with multimillion‑dollar pay application for public works
Summary
Council approved a multi-item consent agenda on Nov. 17 that included pay applications and change orders (notably a $2,546,928.64 pay application to The Hansen Company for Altoona Public Works), set Dec. 1 hearings to update building and fire codes, and authorized staff to pursue a Meta Data Center Community Action Grant for Olde Town Water Tower lighting.
The Altoona City Council on Nov. 17 approved a consent agenda that bundled routine bills, pay applications, change orders and several urban‑renewal and funding items.
The consent agenda listed a number of pay applications and related items, including Change Order #3 for Graff Excavating on the 2023 Water Main Replacements Project (a net change of -$3,776.80), Pay App #5 for Graff Excavating ($1,223.20), Pay App #6 to The Hansen Company for Altoona Public Works ($2,546,928.64), Pay App #3 to Opus for the Sam Wise Youth Complex ($251,053.16), Pay App #3 to Midwest Field Turf for Spring Creek Sports Complex Turf Replacement ($21,549.02), and Pay App #6 to DCI Group Inc. for the Altoona Fire Station ($363,014.70). The minutes list these items under the consent agenda; an explicit roll‑call for the consent bundle is not recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
The council also authorized staff to submit a Meta Data Center Community Action Grant application to help fund lighting for the Olde Town Water Tower, approved resolutions fixing dates for public hearings prior to certain public‑improvement projects that may require property acquisition, and included numerous urban‑renewal funding obligation items and the FY25 Annual Urban Renewal Report on the consent agenda.
The council set public hearings for Dec. 1, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. to consider updates to multiple chapters of the Building Code (Chapters 155, 156, 157, 158, 160 and 167) and to update Fire Code Chapter 161.
Because the items were presented as a consent bundle, there was no extended debate recorded in the provided segments; the meeting minutes indicate the consent agenda items were considered and listed for implementation.
