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Altoona council approves consent agenda including more than $1 million in pay applications and multiple easements

City of Altoona Council · April 1, 2026

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Summary

The council approved a consent agenda Sept. 18 that included several contractor pay applications totaling about $1.02 million, easements for street and sewer projects, professional services agreements and liquor permits.

At its Sept. 18 meeting the Altoona City Council approved a broad consent agenda that included multiple contractor pay applications, easement acceptances, professional services agreements and liquor-permit actions.

Items called out in the meeting minutes included a Confluence change order for the Sam Wise Sports Complex field renovation (Change Order #1, $10,000), a pay application to Alliance Construction Group for 8th Street SE widening ($322,616.27), a pay application to Granite Excavating LLC for Townsend Park watershed improvements ($249,689.45), a pay application to Elder Corporation for Spring Creek Park South Pond boat ramp and parking lot ($39,463.00), a pay application to Jackson Creek Enterprises for 2022 water main replacements ($103,334.96) and a pay application to Sandstone Management LTD for the Altoona Public Works entrance road ($294,729.03). Summing the listed pay items yields approximately $1,019,832.71.

The consent agenda also included acceptance of several temporary and permanent easements tied to the 9th Street NE Reconstruction Project and the Magnolia Sanitary Sewer Extension, a professional services agreement with Shuck-Britson for pedestrian bridge repairs, a consulting agreement with McClure Engineering for water main replacement, and an agreement with the State of Iowa for railroad crossing improvement funding. The council also set a public hearing for Oct. 2 on the Haines Park Splashpad Project and approved several special-class and new liquor permits.

The consent agenda passed by roll call (recorded as 4-0). The meeting minutes do not list dissenting discussion on the listed pay applications or contract awards.