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Council authorizes mayor to sign pedestrian safety grant scope pending indemnity fix
Summary
Council approved a motion allowing the mayor to sign the Children Pedestrian Safety Grant engineering scope contingent on the city attorney'approved revision of an indemnity clause in the Keller & Associates contract. Council discussed where about 80 ADA curb ramps would be installed and emphasized accessibility.
The Preston City Council authorized the mayor to sign the Children Pedestrian Safety Grant engineering scope, contingent on a revised indemnity clause in the Keller & Associates agreement approved by the city attorney. City attorney Lyle Fuller told the council he had called Keller & Associates and "they will send us the other version of the agreement where the city does not indemnify them." Fuller said he felt comfortable with the substitution once in hand.
Council members asked where roughly 80 curb ramps in the grant scope would be installed and how the work benefits residents. A council member explained the ramps target sidewalks on public streets (including along 2nd West) and stressed ADA compliance: "All government buildings and property have to be fully accessible," the council member said, noting the ramps help people who use walkers, canes and wheelchairs. The motion was moved and carried by voice vote; the authorization is contingent on the attorney'reviewed indemnity language being substituted into the contract.
The action directs staff to accept the revised agreement and proceed with the grant scope once the indemnity revision is confirmed by the city attorney. The council did not vote a recorded roll-call tally in the audible transcript; the approval was recorded as a carried voice vote.
