The Indianola City Council meets in regular session tomorrow. The council will hold a public hearing on the bids for the Downtown Streetscape Project, which came in well above the projected $6.8 million. The council will also consider the second reading of an ordinance to change the traffic on the downtown square from one-way to two-way traffic, a resolution approving recycling services for appliance and electronics drop-off, and consider an increase in the stormwater utility fees from $2 to $6 per equivalent residential unit. The council will also consider an event application for the Friday Night Live Concert Series this summer before going into closed session to discuss litigation. The meeting begins at 6pm in the city council chambers at Indianola City Hall.
The Indianola City Council meets in special session today. The council will consider a block grant application to the Central Iowa Regional Transportation Planning Alliance as well as a Community Funding Request for the West Clinton Avenue Resiliency Improvements project, and another block grant request to CIRPTA for the South K Street Paving Improvements project. The meeting begins at 9am in the city council chambers at Indianola City Hall.
The only bid for Indianola s downtown streetscape project came in $2.7 million over budget, potentially bringing progress on the city s facelift for the downtown Square to a halt.
City Manager Ryan Waller said the $9,645,509.80 bid, submitted by Absolute Concrete Inc., was the only bid submitted before the deadline. The original engineer s estimate for construction was $6,877,765.10.
He said Indianola City Council will hold a public hearing on the bid Monday.
Charlie Dissell, the director of Indianola Economic and Community Development, said city staff would also recommend the council drop plans to solicit an alternate bid that would cost an estimated $700,000 more because of the already high bid on the initial work. Dissell said the alternate bid would have extended the streetscape s infrastructure improvements north of the Square on Buxton and Howard streets.
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