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At-a-glance: Long Beach board approves contracts, grants and community projects
Summary
The Long Beach Mayor and Board of Aldermen approved multiple routine motions including a public-works contract award, a fire-department budget amendment tied to insurance proceeds, a speed-limit reduction on Jeff Davis, disc-golf site approval, and field-lighting work for the Babe Ruth ballpark.
The Long Beach Mayor and Board of Aldermen took several votes on contracts, community projects and budget adjustments during the meeting.
The board awarded the public-works contract to H2O after a competitive bidding process and acknowledged the winning bid reduced project cost compared with prior estimates. The board also approved a budget amendment for the fire department that incorporates roughly $206,000 in insurance proceeds related to a wrecked fire truck; members noted national apparatus price increases when discussing replacement timing.
On community items, the board approved moving forward with a disc-golf course installation and asked staff to prepare a formal resolution to request the county order baskets; a donor volunteered to cover sign costs, removing a $750 city expenditure. The board also voted to purchase electrical components and two poles for the Babe Ruth ballpark at the lowest qualified bid (weave r Electric) and discussed field use and youth-practice needs.
Other actions included a unanimous vote to reduce the Jeff Davis speed limit from 25 mph to 15 mph for safety reasons, approval to retire the police canine from active duty with the animal to remain with its handler, and a budgeted donation to Gulf Coast Public Safety's "Feed the Needy" program to support holiday meal deliveries.
Several administrative and procurement items were approved or extended: a purchase-card policy was accepted, a minor/emergency service contract was extended for six months to allow a rebid, and the board agreed to proceed with contract documents for FEMA-related harbor repairs stemming from Hurricane Zeta. The board also tabled one agenda item (amendment and restatement of lease) for later consideration.
Votes were taken on the record for each agenda item; where specific roll-call tallies were recorded in the minutes the motions carried by majority vote.
