Street work, a portable sports court, handguns and holsters, and an executive session are among the items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday.
Commissioners are scheduled to begin with a study session at 2 p.m. in room 107B of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street. Following is the agenda for the study session.
2 p.m. -- EPA Supplemental Project at Jerry Ivey Pond
2:30 p.m. -– Downtown Arts & Entertainment Ordinance Overview (Special Events & Alcohol)
3:45 p.m. – Time for public comment
The regular commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in room 107 of the City-County Building. A time for public comment is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider awarding the following two street work contracts.
~2020 Chip Seal Project No. 20013 to Circle C Paving and Construction, LLC of Goddard, in the amount of $210,623.13 with a $14,376.87 (6.8%) construction contingency ($225,000 authorization).
~2020 Ultrathin Bonded Asphalt Surface (UBAS, Project No. 20015, to APAC-Kansas, Inc. of Salina, in the amount of $632,872.00 with a $17,128.00 (2.7%) construction contingency ($650,000 authorization).
Commissioners also are being asked to consider authorizing the purchase of a replacement portable sports court for the Tony’s Pizza Events Center (TPEC). According to commission meeting packet information, the 2020 capital improvement budget includes $110,000 for the replacement of the main portable basketball/volleyball court used by TPEC.
Such a purchase would replace the floor purchased in 1999. According to the meeting packet information, the court purchased in 1999 was designed to be taken up and down two to three times a year. "There have been operating years where the court has been taken up and put down as many as fifteen times," the meeting packet information noted.
The current economic impact of tournaments that use the court is more than $1 million per year, the information noted.
Consideration of the purchase of duty handguns and holsters also is on the city commission agenda for Monday. Since 1992, Salina Police personnel have carried semi-automatic pistols, according to the information in the commission meeting packet.
"When the decision is made to transition to a new duty sidearm, all former sidearms are replaced so officers carry and are trained on the same weapons platform. In addition, the weapons that are being phased out of service are either sold back to the officer, or traded-in to the distributor that is providing the new weapon, thus greatly reducing the overall cost of the transition," the meeting packet information noted.
After testing several 9mm handguns, Salina Police evaluators selected the Glock 17 Gen5 as the weapon believed to be best suited for use by the department, according to the request from the department.
In anticipation of the need to transition to new weapons, the department requested that $29,300 be included in the 2020 budget. That request was approved.
Commissioners also are scheduled to move into executive session to discuss potential legal action by the city with legal counsel.
To view the full Salina City Commission meeting packet (68 pages, click here.