# Board of Aldermen Friday Work Session, November 13, 2026

The City of Starkville Board of Aldermen held a Friday work session on November 13, 2026. The board reviewed items expected to proceed on the consent agenda at a future board meeting; the transcript does not record formal votes or contract awards at this work session. Procurement and facilities items included a proposed flooring project for public areas, with $50,000 available in the building-maintenance fund and about $2,000 to be drawn from another identified fund; a supplemental agreement with Burns Dirt for fiber-optic installation connecting traffic signals; and a change order for the Brush Arbor project. The board also discussed purchasing five cameras, a skate-park earthwork change order, advertising bids for electric right-of-way tree clearing, low quotes for flooring at the Curry Water Treatment Plant and HVAC work, a master services agreement with Neil Schaefer reflecting updated labor rates, a low bid to order substation voltage equipment, and renewal of the ChargePoint network subscription for existing EV chargers. The flooring vendor for the treatment plant and the HVAC vendor were not clearly identifiable in the transcript. A proposed agreement for already-budgeted Humane Society funding would restrict use to spay-and-neuter services and require reporting and accountability. Forestry Commission tree-canopy project funding was also discussed; the city expects to meet its match through labor rather than a cash contribution. The board reviewed extensions of term bids for TL Wallace’s pavement-preservation work and a striping contractor whose name was garbled in the transcript.

The county emergency management director introduced a new, multi-agency search-and-rescue collaboration, describing planned quarterly meetings and training; no resources or funding were requested at this time. Other agenda discussions included a townhouse special-exception request, a dilapidated-property matter, alternative auto-use and car-wash ordinances to be considered later, and staffing items. The transcript does not identify procurement activity for those matters.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** November 13, 2026

### Sources
- [Board of Aldermen Friday Work Session, November 13, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrYghOtjf3M) - City of Starkville