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Council approves purchase of mobile vehicle barriers after debate over cost and nonprofit impacts
Summary
After public concerns from event organizers and split council views, the City of Orange approved a $398,599 purchase of 50 Meridian mobile vehicle barriers, funded from traffic-safety resources, with several council members dissenting and a failed substitute motion to delay.
The City Council voted March 10 to purchase 50 Meridian mobile vehicle barriers and associated deployment components, approving a staff contract of roughly $398,599 funded from traffic-safety accounts.
Event producers and nonprofit organizers raised objections at the meeting, arguing that buying the barriers would not materially reduce their costs and could increase staff deployment burdens. Adam Filas, an event…
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