Tuesday, September 3, 2024

The council's largest approved expenditure was $150,000 split among three recurring fire apparatus vendors — Bit Pros Fire Services, William Kalvikov DBA Fire Apparatus Solutions, and Performance Truck Repair Inc. — passed 4-0 on a consent block (Spicer absent throughout the meeting) that also included a $70,000 recurring purchase order to Waxie Sanitary Supply; a standalone $125,000 recurring purchase order to Life Assist Medical Supplies was approved separately 4-0. A $120,000 fuel purchase order split among Jankovich, SC Fuels, and Wood Oil (item 18, also recurring) was pulled by the city manager before the vote with no reason stated on the record. The council held a public hearing on reallocating $743,175.67 in unspent CDBG funds dating back to 2017 — the city manager stated HUD had physically visited city hall and warned of penalties if the funds were not expended — drawing approximately five public speakers who raised questions about vagueness in the proposed program categories; the hearing closed 4-0, but no separate approval vote on the reallocation itself is documented in the transcript. Two identically-described resolutions — items 16 and 17 — ratifying what is listed as the same AFSCME Local 3947 Article 19 side letter were each approved 4-0 with no council discussion of the duplication.