At its meeting the Superior Common Council approved a series of routine agenda items by voice vote and referred one budget adjustment to the finance committee for further review.
Items approved by the council included:
- Approval of the March meeting minutes and the consent agenda.
- Awarding the Fairlawn Mansion restoration contract to Hovland Concrete & Masonry Design Inc. for $454,950.
- Receiving and filing the 2016 stormwater permit annual report.
- Amending the fixed-base operator (FBO) agreement with Eugene Amorty (DBA AFMEC) to remove a hangar-space leasing portion effective April 1, 2017.
- Approving a fixed-base operator agreement with Javern R Key (DBA R and R Aeronautics).
- Awarding 2017 sewer televising services to Great Lakes Pipe Service Inc. for $20,402.57.
- Awarding the 2017 sewer lining project to Aviv & Company for $558,050.
- Confirming Russell Billings as Parks, Recreation & Forestry superintendent after a multi-stage hiring process with 31 applicants and two interview rounds.
- Reappointing Tom Waltakowski to the Parks and Recreation Commission for a three-year term.
- Setting May 2 public hearings for vacating platted streets and alleys within airport boundaries and for the 2016 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report.
- Adopting ordinances adding disabled parking zones at 2123 John Avenue and 1301 North 18th Street.
One item was referred: a 2016 general-fund budget adjustment of $630,000 to transfer funds to the golf course enterprise fund was referred back to the April finance committee for additional review and an updated presentation.
Several councilors commended staff for successful grant work for the police department; Chief Alexander highlighted drug-enforcement grants and new K-9 funding sourced in part through outside foundations and grants. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.