There are no hearings or separate action items on the agenda for Tuesday’s Buckeye City Council meeting — but council could still spend slightly more than $17 million with a single vote.
There are no action items on the council’s agenda for its 6 p.m. meeting, set to be held at City Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave. However, there are eight items on the consent agenda that, if approved as presented, will cost the city more than $17 million out of various funds.
The largest item, a maximum price guarantee for Sunrise Park Phase II, is an anticipated cost the city has been factoring into its budgets for at least the past two fiscal years. Willmeng Construction Inc. will manage construction for the phase, which has a maximum price guarantee of $10.7 million.
The phased construction includes the north parking lot, playground, splash pad, ramadas and amenities, restroom, concrete sidewalk and north fields.
The city is set to contract with Haydon Building Corp. for intersection improvements at Verrado Way from Yuma Road to Van Buren. Haydon had the lowest of five area bids at about $3.92 million for the project.
Brycon Corp. was chosen to build a public safety radio communication tower for about $971,000.
A change order with Stanley Consultants, for the design phase of the Durango Street/Miller Road to 249th Avenue road and intersection improvement project is for about $129,00 and will raise the cost of the design phase of the project to $567,000.
Despite a recent council approval to hire more permanent staff, especially in Development Services, the department is still requesting temporary labor budgets to hire consultants to catch up on building inspections, plan review and other project-related services.
The department is requesting a $543,000 contract with SHUMS Coda Inc. and a similar $76,000 contract with Brown & Associates.
A professional planning services to provide a Buckeye Airport, to help make improvements related to its comprehensive specific area plan with Matrix Design Group Inc. would cost the city $200,000.
There is also an item on the consent agenda to approve more than 40 on-call contracts in 21 engineering specialty fields, with costs to be determined “As funded and developed.”
The 3:30 p.m. council workshop will be solely devoted to a presentation from the Water Resources and Engineering Departments on capital improvement projects that have been recently completed, are in progress or are planned for the next five years.
Jason W. Brooks is a News editor for the Daily Independent and the Chandler Independent.
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Born in Washington, D.C. and raised there and in suburban Los Angeles, he has covered community news in California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and northern Arizona.
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