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Altoona council approves consent agenda but rejects two repository bids
Summary
Council approved the bulk consent agenda (7–0), which included multiple contracts and grants (RTUs to Clark Contractors; traffic-signal upgrades to Dixon Electric with Greenlight Go grant funding; demolition bids to G & R Excavating) and adopted the 2026 CDBG home annual action plan. Separate votes on two repository bids (Items Q and R) failed 0–7.
At its June 8 meeting the Altoona City Council approved a multi‑item consent agenda and then took separate votes on two repository bids that failed.
The consent agenda passed 7–0 and included routine and capital items read by the city clerk. Notable items the council approved included awarding three RTUs at the East Uniatta Recreation Center to Clark Contractors for $75,932.30 (payable from the capital budget) and awarding improvements to traffic control signals at Logan Boulevard and Bill Avenue to Dixon Electric for $423,002.25, with up to $397,831.04 payable from a Greenlight Go grant and the remainder from the Liquid Fuels Fund. Council also adopted the City’s 2026 CDBG home annual action plan and authorized the mayor to execute related HUD certifications.
The clerk read a series of demolition bids (items J–O) that were awarded to G & R Excavating and Demolition of Tyrone (amounts for each property were listed in the agenda packet); the council also authorized the city manager to execute standard documents and the city clerk to attest to them.
Separately, the council pulled repository bid Items Q and R for individual votes. Item Q (a $251 repository bid for property at 3127–33 7th Avenue to Jeremy Weaver) failed on a 0–7 vote, with each council member voting "No." Item R (repository bids, including $300 for properties including 417 S. 8th Street and 1513–1550 N. 6th Avenue to Chloe Demange) also failed on a 0–7 vote.
Council and staff noted the standard authorizations tied to awards — the city manager was authorized to execute documents and the city clerk to attest — and there was no change to the approved capital budget amounts stated when those items were read.
