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Clinton council rejects downtown facade bids, approves HVAC contract and property sale
Summary
On June 9 the council rejected bids for a CDBG commercial‑facade program, withdrew from a 2025 downtown CDBG award, accepted a contract for the Ericson Center HVAC replacement (bid $4,975 over budget), and authorized sale of 553 8th Avenue South to MGH Properties LLC for $300. All listed consent items passed by roll call.
Clinton City Council approved a series of routine resolutions and consent items at its June 9 meeting while pulling a single consent item (7I) for later public comment. Key formal actions included rejecting bids for a CDBG downtown commercial‑facade program (IEDA contract 25‑DTR‑005), withdrawing from the 2025 downtown CDBG award, accepting a single bid for the Ericson Center HVAC replacement, and authorizing a nominal sale of city property.
Council member Oberin moved to reject the CDBG‑DTR commercial facade bids after staff reported that submissions were substantially higher than expected and at least one building owner declined to commit to their portion of the project cost; the council approved the resolution on roll call. Council member Dman moved and the council adopted a resolution authorizing withdrawal from the 2025 CDBG award for downtown revitalization funding.
Council member Lee introduced a resolution to accept the bid and award a contract to Air Control, Inc. for the Ericson Center HVAC replacement. The council noted the project was budgeted at $125,000 and that the single received bid was $4,975 over that figure; after brief discussion the council approved the award on roll call.
The council also authorized the sale of 553 8th Avenue South to MGH Properties LLC for $300. Several routine agenda items — claims lists, appointments to advisory committees, and the final plat for Wild Rose commercial plot one — were read and approved on voice or roll‑call votes.
These actions were procedural and passed with recorded roll calls in favor; council members said they would return later in the agenda to handle a larger, more contentious unfinished business item related to a proposed data center.
