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Council approves franchise, facility use, equipment leases and arena supply purchases
Summary
On Oct. 7 the East Grand Forks council approved a 10-year cable franchise with Blue Peak, a facility use agreement with Signature Graphics, purchase of 3,000 lbs of R‑22 refrigerant for $84,000, a seasonal motorgrader lease, and authorized accounts-payable and payroll disbursements.
The East Grand Forks City Council approved several procurement and contract items at its Oct. 7 meeting.
Key outcomes: • Resolution 25-10-73: approved a 10-year cable services franchise between the city and Blue Peak (motion moved by Peterson; roll call passed). • Facility use: approved a one-year facility use agreement with Signature Graphics for the Civic Center front concession area (moved by Pakshinsky; roll call passed). • Arena supplies: approved purchase of 3,000 lbs of R‑22 refrigerant for the VFW Memorial Arena from SCR for $84,000 (moved by Peterson; roll call passed). • Equipment lease: approved a winter-season lease for a motorgrader from RDO Equipment at $6,800 per month and $65 per hour after 250 seasonal hours; staff noted a roughly 3% increase from last year (moved by Peterson; roll call passed). • Claims and payroll: authorized distribution of 90 accounts-payable checks totaling $546,268.41 and approved payroll for Oct. 3, 2025 totaling $246,268.42; finance director explained the register will not list recipients publicly to reduce fraud risk (motion passed on roll call).
Votes at a glance: the listed consent/procurement items passed on roll call with affirmative votes recorded in the transcript. No additional public hearings were held on these items during the meeting and no member sought to pull them from consent during the consent-agenda call.
Next steps: standard contract execution and procurement procedures; city staff will process payments and finalize agreements per the motions approved.
