Pittsburg City Commission meeting recap – April 26, 2022 | City of Pittsburg

PITTSBURG, KS – The next actions had been taken through the Pittsburg Metropolis Fee assembly held on April 26, 2022:

• Public Enter
  • Pete Mayo with Ascension By way of Christi gave a prayer of invocation.

Commissioners accepted the next gadgets beneath the consent agenda:

• The April 12, 2022, Metropolis Fee Assembly minutes.
• An order vacating a part of Randall Drive within the East Meadows Addition.
• Workers request to make the most of the Gross sales Tax Capital Working Fund to buy a brand new John Deere 5055 Utility Tractor within the quantity of $28,430.95 and a TRIMAX 24000 mower within the quantity of $41,090.00, for a complete buy value of $59,520.95 after commerce, to be used by the Parks and Recreation Division on the 4 Oaks Golf Course.
• The Appropriation Ordinance for the interval ending April 26, 2022, topic to the discharge of HUD expenditures when funds are acquired.

The next gadgets had been faraway from the consent agenda for additional dialogue:

• Commissioners accepted employees request to make the most of the Gross sales Tax Capital Working Fund to buy a 2016 John Deere Progator 2030A from Skilled Turf Merchandise, LP, of Lenexa, Kansas, for a complete buy value of $14,045.00, for the 4 Oaks Golf Course. Parks & Recreation Director Toby E book answered a number of questions from the commissioners concerning the acquisition, together with some issues concerning the age of the automobile. E book sited difficulties within the availability and affordability of newer fashions as causes for buying a 2016 mannequin. E book mentioned the 2016 Progator would nonetheless meet the division’s standards and match into the division’s finances, and he expects it to be of use to the golf course for the subsequent a number of years.
• Commissioners thought of employees request to make the most of the Gross sales Tax Capital Working Fund to buy a 2016 Toro Workman GTX Electrical from Skilled Turf Merchandise, LP, of Lenexa, Kansas, for a complete buy value of $10,764.38, to be used on the 4 Oaks Golf Course. Parks & Recreation Director Toby E book mentioned each the Progator and the GTX can be changing current automobiles which might be greater than 20 years previous. Commissioners accepted the acquisition.

Commissioners thought of the next gadgets on the agenda:

• REVIEW OF BIDS/AWARD OF SALE – The Metropolis of Pittsburg marketed for bids to be acquired till 11:00 a.m. on April 26, 2022, for the acquisition of Normal Obligation Bonds. The Metropolis’s Director of Finance, together with Jack Ryan-Feldman, a consultant from Baker Tilly, the Metropolis’s Monetary Advisor, introduced a advice to simply accept the bid from UNB Financial institution at a charge of two.66 p.c. This bond sale is town’s share of the East Quincy highway reconstruction challenge, which can rebuild Quincy Avenue from Joplin to Rouse. Commissioners accepted the advice.
• ORDINANCE NO. S-1084 – Commissioners accepted Ordinance No. S-1084, authorizing and offering for the issuance of Normal Obligation Bonds, Collection 2022-A, of the Metropolis of Pittsburg, Kansas; offering for the levy and assortment of annual tax for the aim of paying the principal of and curiosity on mentioned bonds as they grow to be due.
• RESOLUTION NO. 1252 – Commissioners accepted Decision No. 1252, prescribing the shape and particulars of and authorizing and directing the sale and supply of Normal Obligation Bonds, Collection 2022-A, of the Metropolis of Pittsburg, Kansas, beforehand licensed by Ordinance No. S-1084.
• INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT – KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT – Commissioners voted to enter into an Intergovernmental Settlement with the Kansas Division of Well being and Surroundings (KDHE) through which KDHE will present varied environmental providers to the Metropolis of Pittsburg on a per-project foundation. In response to Deputy Metropolis Supervisor/Chief Data Officer Jay Byers, this settlement permits town to contract straight with KDHE, which has a proper relationship with EPA, and higher coordinate environmental initiatives within the metropolis.

Non-Agenda Reviews & Requests:

• Commissioner Munsell requested concerning the hearth truck parked at twenty third and Rouse Avenue. Public Works & Utilities Director Matt Bacon mentioned that the water distribution division is using the hearth truck, which was taken out of fee after the brand new Rescue 7 engine was bought. The truck can be used briefly, whereas the water distribution division waits for repairs to be accomplished on one in every of its fleet automobiles.

Metropolis Fee Conferences:

The Pittsburg Metropolis Fee meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 5:30 pm, contained in the Beard-Shanks Regulation Enforcement Heart courtroom. Metropolis fee conferences are broadcast stay on the Metropolis’s native authorities entry channels (Cox channel 6 and Craw-Kan channel 406) and on YouTube. To subscribe to the Metropolis’s YouTube channel, go to www.pittks.org/youtube. To be taught extra concerning the Pittsburg metropolis authorities, metropolis commissioners, or to view assembly agendas and minutes, go to pittks.org/city-government/city-commission.

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