City commission awards bid for parking lot
The approval of a construction bid on the Sixth Street parking lot project, the approval of an agreement to install synthetic turf at Doyen Field, and adding a property to the demolition program was among the action items at the regular meeting of the Concordia city commission on Wednesday.
During the recognitions and presentations portion of the meeting, Concordia Fire Chief Eric Voss presented a $1,000 scholarship to Taley Murdock from the Kansas State Firefighters Auxiliary.
The commission also heard a budget request from the Frank Carlson Library in the amount of $186,644. Library director Denise deRochefort-Reynolds presented the request.
DeRochefort-Reynolds, who was appointed the director in 1983, will be retiring in August after nearly 40 years of service to the community.
Regarding the concrete parking lot and overhead lighting project on Sixth Street, next to the Brown Grand Theatre, two bids were publicly opened on June 10, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ProCon Construction LLC of Hutchinson submitted a bid of $273,125 base bid with alternate #1. Orr Wyatt Streetscapes of Raytown, Mo. submitted a bid of $210, 670 base bid with alternate #1.
Alternate #1 is the construction of a two-foot-wide gutter along the west side of the concrete parking lot to help control the drainage runoff from the Baptist Church’s gravel/rock parking lot.
Upon the recommendation of city manager Amy Lange and Campbell & Johnson Engineers, P.A., the city commission voted to accept the bid of Orr Wyatt Streetscapes. This company was the contractor that completed the three blocks of alley and sewer construction through the Community Development Block Grant program in Concordia in 2021.
Campbell & Johnson are the construction inspectors for the parking lot project, and their hope is that the facility is completed in time for the Fall Fest celebration in September.
The city received three bids for the construction of the Doyen Field synthetic turf project: Mid-America Sports Construction of Lee's Summit, Mo. - $367,896; SprinTurf of Daniel Island, S.C. - $366,900; and Mammoth Sports Construction of Meriden, Kan. - $586,987.
Upon the recommendation of Chris Atkins, the Parks and Recreation director, the city commission voted to approve the bid of Mid-America Sports Construction, contingent on additional sources of funding being raised for the project, such as a grant from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation. $280,000 has already been raised through grants, USD 333, and the Cloud County Community College. The City's commitment to the project would be $50,000.
In other action, the city commission held a lengthy debate on terminating the existing Broadway Plaza management agreement with CloudCorp, and entering into a new agreement.
The new agreement would provide necessary updates to the non-discrimination clause and modify the assignment clause for clarity. But the new agreement would also have amended the term of the contract from annual to monthly. Nicole Reed, the executive director of CloudCorp, reported that the CloudCorp board was opposed to the agreement switching to a monthly term, and wished to retain the contract on an annual basis.
Commissioner Chuck Lambertz made a motion to terminate the existing contract, but the motion was not seconded by another commissioner and therefore failed. No further action was taken during the meeting.
The commission voted to accept an application from Casselrock Inc. for adding a building at 502 West 2nd Street into the Demolition Program. The lowest bid of $5,250.00 was accepted from Snyder Dozing.
Brian Donavan and R. Michael Owens were appointed to the Airport Advisory Board. Mike Holmes retired from the board after serving 30 years.
Luke Hood and James Reynolds were appointed to the Board of Building Trades for additional three-year terms.