The Salina City Commission has a short agenda for Monday's meeting.
Commissioners are scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. Monday in room 107 of the City-County Building. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will take place via telephone conference. Interested persons can watch the meeting via Salina Media Connection, either on Cox Cable channel 20 or online at www.salinatv.org or at the City of Salina YouTube channel.
Persons wishing to participate in the meeting will need to dial (785) 621-0800 and enter participant code 782956 followed by #. Persons who wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the mayor requests public comment on an item, must dial *9 on their phones. This will alert the moderator, who will open the line.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider proclaiming April 2020 as “Sexual Assault Awareness Month” in the city of Salina. Sheila Beeson, DVACK Sexual Assault Advocate, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to consider authorizing the Salina Fire Department to award a bid for a backup generator at station No. 3, 2633 Belmont Boulevard. According to commission meeting packet information, station No. 3 is equipped with a backup generator to provide electricity for the station and the backup 911 communications center located there should the main power be out.
"A diesel generator was installed when the station was built in 1984 as part of the original construction of the station. This backup generator is at the end of its useful life and is in need of being replaced," the background information in the meeting packet noted.
The generator bids are as follows.
According to the meeting packet information, the Salina Fire Department is recommending the bid from Foley Equipment of Salina, the lowest of the local bids. About the bid recommendation, the department noted that:
•Foley Equipment has local service technicians for maintenance and service if needed.
•Its other backup generators at the other three fire stations are all Caterpillar generators and are serviced by Foley Equipment.
•It has had a proven reliability and performance history with the Caterpillar brand of generators.
To see the full meeting packet, click here.