Board of Works- October 7, 2026

The Board of Public Works and Safety meeting on October 7, 2026, approved the purchase of six 2026 Dodge Durango marked patrol vehicles from Jon Jones Chrysler Dodge for $245,607 ($40,934.50 each). The board also approved JNK Communications’ quote for purchase and installation of transit two-way radios; the amount was not clear in the transcript. It approved 2026 CDBG agreements, including up to $10,000 for St. Vincent de Paul, $60,000 for Gilead House, up to $20,000 for Bona Vista, an additional early-childhood item of up to $22,000 whose recipient is unclear in the transcript, and up to $20,000 for Family Services Association.

Construction and infrastructure payments approved included Fire Station No. 6 reconstruction pay application 14 (amount not stated); Cookomo Conference Center pay application 28 for $1,731,842.49, including a partial retainage release of $1,397,949.73; final payment of $10,314.80 and release of $14,917.66 in retainage for the Judson Road sanitary sewer extension; and bus maintenance facility pay estimates 6 and 7 for $188,981.72 and $211,799.17, respectively, under project C2507-1B (original contract amount $2,962,000). The board considered a 1,000-ton untreated road salt purchase for 2027, with Midwest Salt quoting $166,750; the transcript does not capture an approval vote, and notes the city could not use its usual state-bid purchasing route. The meeting also approved nuisance cleanups. A claims packet totaling $3,392,171.16 was mentioned, but the transcript ends before its disposition is clear.