City commission agenda for Dec. 29

Final meeting of year to be brief

Bottom Line: It will be a light agenda for the Lawrence City Commission, which will meet in a morning session on Tuesday. No items are on the regular agenda. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at City Hall. The commission will consider all business, likely in one motion, on the consent agenda:

• Approve City Commission meeting minutes from Nov. 10, 17 and 24, and Dec. 1.

• Receive minutes from various boards and commissions.

• Approve all claims.

• Approve licenses as recommended by the Department of Administrative Services.

• Approve appointments as recommended by the mayor.

• Bid and purchase items:

• Award City Bid No. B09068, Project No. PW0913, KDOT Project 23 TE-0339-01, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act T033(901), New York Street, Ninth to 12th streets, Brick Street Reconstruction, to R.D. Johnson Excavating for $576,842. This project is 100 percent ARRA funded with no local match.

• Award City Bid No. B09069, Project No. PW0914, KDOT Project 23 TE-0347-01, ARRA T034(701), Clinton Parkway Shared-Use Paths, various locations between the Clinton Dam Road (East 900 Road) and Lawrence Avenue, to R.D. Johnson Excavating for $868,183 (paid with $800,750 ARRA funds and $67,433 city reserve funds).

• Award bid for PBI truck body for the Police Department to Brown Specialty Vehicles for $128,344. This purchase is 100 percent grant-funded with no local match.

• Approve Change Order No. 1 & Final to R.D. Johnson Excavating Co. Inc. in the amount of $259,524, for the 2009 Overlay Program Phase 2. This change order completes the 2009 overlay program, which remained within its approved budget.

• Authorize purchase of server licenses necessary for the Innoprise ERP implementation from Software House International Inc., off the state of Kansas contract in the amount of $22,450.

• Award bid for comprehensive rehabilitation of 3507 W. 10th St. to Schmidt Contracting for $13,609.

• Waive staff estimate and award bid for comprehensive rehabilitation of 818 Maple St. to Design Build Services for $13,530.

• Authorize the city manager to execute addendum No. 1 to lease agreement between the city of Lawrence and Pine Family Farms Partnership to lease ground at Lawrence Municipal Airport.

• Authorize staff to negotiate an engineering services agreement with Burns & McDonnell for the North Final Electrical and KAW Well field electrical improvements, Project UT0915KW.

• Receive Lawrence Freenet second and third quarter 2009 reports.

• Authorize the mayor to sign a letter of support for the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Kansas University to host the 2012 Kansas Shrine Bowl in Lawrence.