12-27-1978 Minutes1
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City of Salina, Kansas
Special Meeting of the Board
of Commissioners
December 27, 1978
The Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners met in the City
Commissioners' Meeting Room, on Wednesday, December 27, 1978, at eleven o'clock
A.M. for the purpose of:
1. Receiving bids and awarding a contract for the construction of an
animal shelter.
2. Considering items of expenditure from the General Fund budget for
1978.
3. Selecting a replacement for Commissioner Gerald F. Simpson.
4. Authorizing the Mayor to sign a contract with Wilson and Company
to conduct an engineering study of the recalcining operation at
the water treatment plant.
There were present:
Mayor Jack Weisgerber, Chairman presiding
Commissioner Keith G. Duckers
Commissioner Dan S. Geis
Commissioner Karen M. Graves
Commissioner Gerald F. Simpson
comprising a quorum of the Board, also:
L. 0. Bengtson, City Attorney
W. E. Harris, Acting City Manager
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk
Absent:
None
BIDS WERE RECEIVED for the construction of an animal shelter:
Base Alternate
Bid Bid
J. S. Frank Construction Company $74,600.00 $67,700.00
Abbott Construction Company 75,642.00 69,642.00
Albers Construction Company 75,998.00 68,299.00
Metcon Construction
Joint bid with Nelson & Company 32,500.00 78,100.00
Harbin Construction Company
Johnson Builders, Inc.
Busboon & Rauh Construction Company
Architect's Estimate
87,400.00
89,000.00
99,400.00
31,250.00
79,100.00
81,000.00
9o,400.00
72,500.00
The bids were referred to the City Engineer and architect for a report.
The City Engineer reported that J. S. Frank Construction Company is
the lowest bidder, the base bid amount of $74,600.00, and an alternate bid of
$67,700.00 without the garage, and that the bid is in order.
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A motion was made by Commissioner Geis, seconded by Commissioner
Duckers to award the contract to J. S. Frank Construction Company for the
construction of an animal shelter in the amount of $74,600.00. Ayes: (5).
Nays: (0). Motion carried.
THE COMMISSIONERS considered items of expenditure from the General
Fund budget for 1978.
A motion was made by Commissioner Graves, seconded by Commissioner
Simpson to approve the following expenditures, in the following order of priority:
1. Animal Shelter, $15,440.00 for a well, sewer system and parking.
2. Fire Dpeartment air compressor, $6,709.75.
3. Fixed Asset Accounting, $11,000.00
4. Arts Commission, $2,000.00 for art in the Bicentennial Center.
5. Oakdale Park Tennis Court rewiring of the lighting, $2,840.00.
Ayes: (5). Nays: (0). Motion carried.
THE COMMISSIONERS considered a replacement for Commissioner Gerald F.
Simpson.
A motion was made by Commissioner Simpson, seconded by Commissioner
Geis to nominate William Usher to fill the unexpired term of Gerald Simpson to
April 16, 1979• Ayes: (5). Nays: (0). Motion carried.
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Duckers, seconded by Commissioner
Simpson to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with Yilson and Company for
$16,000.00 to conduct an engineering study of the recalcining operation at the
Water Treatment Plant. Ayes: (5)• Nays: (0). Motion carried.
A MOTION was made by Commissioner Simpson, seconded by Commissioner
Duckers that the Special Meeting of the Board of Commissioners be adjourned.
Ayes: (5). Nays: (0). Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 11:40 A.M.
D. L. Harrison, City Clerk