New fire station, water projects, homes on Salina City Comm. November 15 agenda

By SALINA POST

About the regular meeting 11/18/2024

The Salina City Commission will meet on Monday, November 18 at 4:00 p.m. The meeting will begin at 4:00 PM in Room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street. As with previous meetings, this can be viewed via the City of Salina’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/cityofSalinaKansas.

Citizens can participate in the meeting via Zoom via the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89275984587or by phone at 1-346-248-7799, entering the meeting ID: 892 7598 4587 when prompted.

The agenda of the meeting includes the following key points:

Public hearings

Demolition request: A public hearing will be held to consider the adoption of Resolution No. 24-8251, which directs the demolition of the building at 254 North Penn Avenue.

Holiday utility service: Consider the adoption of Ordinance No. 24-11226 to vacate an 8-foot-wide utility located between Lots 12 and 14 in Block 6 of the Plat of Country Club Heights Addition.

Consent agenda

Approval of the minutes of the meeting of October 28, 2024

Consider the passage of Resolution No. 24-8254, which adopts the financial policy for the City of Salina

Agreement with Evergy for automatic transfer equipment at the wastewater treatment plant

Authorizing the Mayor to Enter into an Agreement with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for a Loan Modification for the Water Main Replacement Project

Awarding of a bid for Water Main Replacement Project No. 2 to Smoky Hill, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $2,476,500

Approving Resolution No. 24-8258 approving fees for special event permits

Approval of Resolution No. 24-8253 Approving an Application for a Community Development Block Grant

Authorization of the Mayor to enter into a licensing agreement with Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. to be conducted for a fiber optic cable in the Idlewild Place right-of-way

Administration

Awarding the bid for the construction of Fire Station No. 4 to MCP Build, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $7,254,450

Awarding the bid for painting and maintenance of the Markley, Schilling and Wyatt water towers to Cunningham Sandblasting and Painting Co., in an amount not to exceed $1,196,750. This includes options for painted baseball icons on the Markley water tower at an additional cost of $27,000 for one color or $40,000 for two colors.

Development company

Consider approval of Resolution No. 24-8256 to apply for a Kansas Moderate Income Housing Grant and grant agreement with TAB 2022, LLC

Consider approval of Resolution No. 24-8257 to file a Kansas Housing Investor Tax Credit application for the Island Apartments project at 101 N. Santa Fe Avenue

Approval of the final plat for the Windy Creek Addition and a site development plan for a proposed Maverik supermarket

Executive sessions

Discussion of legal considerations regarding the Cozy Inn property during a privileged attorney-client board session

Discussion of personnel matters in a board session regarding the performance and status of non-elected employees

The meeting will conclude with a public hearing after any board meetings.