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Council approves 190-foot Texas flag project; contract awarded for $307,003.63
Summary
Council approved a multiuse agreement with TxDOT to site a 190-foot Texas flag at I-30 and Wesley Street and later awarded a $307,003.63 contract for installation to US Flag And Flagpole Supply; funding included $200,000 from GBOD community project funds and project reserves.
Staff (speaker 13) presented a two-part agenda item: first to authorize a multiuse agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation to place a Texas flagpole at the northwest corner of I-30 and Wesley Street, and second to award a construction contract to install a 190-foot flagpole and Texas flag.
The TxDOT multiuse agreement passed unanimously. On the following item, staff reported the competitive RFP solicited bids but returned zero results in the initial advertisement, and the city solicited a quote from the firm that installed the American flag. US Flag and Flagpole Supply submitted a bid of $307,003.63; the council discussed funding and change-order risk and then approved the contract on a 6–1 vote. Staff said GBOD/community project funds contributed $200,000 and prior project balances left approximately $16–18,000 available to cover the modest overage; staff noted soil-testing and electrical work had been considered in the estimate.
The work will proceed under standard contract controls; the dissenting vote was not elaborated in the record at the time of passage.
