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Manager reports $81,196 radio invoice and final Hazel Creek Bridge payment to be issued
Summary
City Manager Mark Musselwhite told the council an $81,196.19 Communications International invoice from 2023 exists and requested permission to pay it from grant funds; he also said the final Hazel Creek Bridge utility relocation payment of $139,200.29 will go out this week after change orders brought the final contract to about $539,000.
At the Nov. 12 Demorest City Council work session, City Manager Mark Musselwhite presented two finance items for council awareness.
Musselwhite said the city received an invoice from Communications International for $81,196.19 for radios purchased in 2023 and that the city has received grant funds intended to pay that invoice; he asked the council for permission to pay the invoice with the grant money. The transcript does not record a formal motion, second, or vote on that request.
Musselwhite also reviewed the final payment for Hazel Creek Bridge utility relocation performed by Higgins Construction. The original contract was $483,715; change orders included $49,517 for a rock clause and $5,767 related to Piedmont not being hooked to sewer, bringing the final contract to approximately $539,000. Musselwhite said the final payment of $139,200.29 will be issued this week. The transcript does not record a council vote authorizing the payment during the work session.
The meeting record shows these items were presented for consideration and financial review; no formal actions or recorded votes on either item appear in the transcript.
