11/02/1988, Special Meeting Minutes1580
Kennedale City Council
Special Meeting - November 2, 1988
Mayor's Office
Mayor Steve Radakovich called the meeting to order at 5:53 p.m.
Members present were Steve Radakovich, Pete Kirkpatrick, Mark Wright
and John Mallory. Bill Abbott and Jerry Mitchell were absent.
All three agenda items deal with the proposed Senior Citizen's Center.
Therefore, Mayor Radakovich invited Mr. Mike Monroe of Eddy Cheatham
Engineers to brief the Council on the proposed project.
Mr. Monroe presented a comparison of the bid responses and of his review
of the bidder's qualifications and response from references. Inform Con-
struction submitted the low bid of $164,000 for a building that meets
or exceeds all specifications. After their review, Cheatham Engineers
recommended that Council accept the low bid and forward their recommenda-
tion to the County Commissioner's Court for action under the Community
Development Block Grant Program.
ITEM NO. 1 Selection of Contractor of Senior Citizen Center.
After a short discussion, motion was made by Councilman Kirkpatrick and
seconded by Councilman Wright to accept the bid from Inform Construction
with the $3,000 deduction for using the city workforce to install water
and sewer lines to the building resulting in a bid price of $161,000.
Motion passed unanimously.
ITEM NO. 2 Designation of City Funds to supplement CDBG funding of Senior
Citizen Center.
Motion by Councilman Mallory, seconded by Councilman Wright for a budget
amendment of $2,539.54 from the General Fund Reserves for the new Senior
Citizen's Center to supplement the $158,460.46 of Community Development
Block Grant funds to the contract amount of $161,000. Motion carried
unanimously.
ITEM NO. 3 Approval of 2% Contingency on Contract for Senior Citizen Center.
Motion by Councilman Wright to amend the budget to provide a project
contingency of 20 ($3,220.00) for potential cost overrun of the con-
struction of the new Senior Citizen's Center. Second by Councilman Mallory.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion by Councilman Mallory to adjourn. Second by Councilman Wright. All
voted aye at 6:10 p.m.
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