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Minutes for the Public Works Committee meeting on January 5, 2004.
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Public Works Committee Minutes
Monday, January 5, 2004
5:15 PM
Members Present: Farmer, Street, Province, Moore, and Dover.
Others Present: Mayor Brodell, Mr. Bernie Auld, Donna Jackson, City Clerk, Keith Inman, Jonesboro Sun.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES
Councilman Street moved, seconded by Councilman Moore for the adoption of the December 1, 2003 committee minutes. Copies were provided to all in attendance. All voted aye.
CONCRETE BID
Councilman Street moved, seconded by Councilman Moore to accept the staff recommendation (Claude Martin and Teddy Hooton) to split the bid between Barber Concrete and Alvin Crabtree, accepting the low bid on all items listed for the annual concrete bid. Councilman Dover requested future bids be itemized. It was explained that there was a cap on the total amount and none of the bids should be over $10,000. All vote aye.
DOWNTOWN PARKING
Ms. Nancy Chrisman requested clarification regarding downtown parking at the 300 block of Main Street. She described the project and explained a member of the staff was determining the drainage for the parking lot. Councilman Farmer questioned if Mayor Brodell had any recommendations. He responded saying the project needed to be done. When asked for the estimated cost of the project, Mayor Brodell did not have the information available. Councilman Province stated it had gone before the previous parking committee, who had recommended the repairs be made and the rebuilding of the parking lot. The question was asked if Mayor Brodell has acted on the previous committee recommendations. Mayor Brodell responded he had not because they were waiting on the Engineering staff to determine if there were any problems. Councilman Province explained there was enough money at that time in the budget to do the repairs and rebuild the parking lot. Councilman Farmer again asked for the dollar amount of the project. Mr. Cla...
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