Once again, this weeks city council meeting is full of surprises;
Item #1, approval of contracts; ‘Cold weather gear’ I guess the city has to buy it’s employees coats and gloves.
Item #7, Doesn’t look like they are really fixing the city’s ticket fee structure, just letting the facilities decide for all other events;
Fees for all other admissions shall be established by the facility operator after consultation with the city finance director. The fee shall not exceed $3.00.
Item#14 & #16, approving more diagonal parking Downtown, will the spots be metered (especially between 6th and 5th on Phillips?
Item #17, Hiring a Construction manager at Risk for a ‘proposed’ administration building. While the council has already been briefed on this, they haven’t even presented a solid plan yet and they are already considering hiring a construction manager. How did that work out for the Events Center?
Item#21, The Big one of the night, a reconsideration of renaming Powder House Road to Veterans Parkway;
This is interesting, we now find out that not many Vets and Veteran groups were NOT involved with this decision, so now they may rescind it. I think Russell Avenue Veterans Parkway would be more appropriate.