CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTS DONATION FOR LIBRARY EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECT

  

The Brenham City Council discussed items concerning the Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library Expansion and Renovation Project when they met Thursday afternoon.

The Council accepted a $20,000 Bluebonnet Community Grant, to be used for audio and video technology of the library.

The Council also accepted a donations for the Planned Park Development Project which would connect Fireman’s Park and the Nancy Carol Roberts Library.

This project will honor the life of Michael Mansfield Owsley, and his wife wishes to honor her late husband’s memory by funding this park expansion. The newly constructed playground adjacent to the new library will be names Michael Mansfield Owsley.

The agenda also includes Change Order No 001 for the Library. Collier Construction was awarded Bid # 15-006 for the Construction and Rehabilitation of the Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library at the April 2, 2015 Council meeting. The total bid amount awarded to Collier Construction was $3,108,000 which included the base bid of $3,083,000 and Alternate Number 1 in the amount of $25,000 for the Outdoor Reading Room. Collier has presented the first change order to the project which includes three Project Modification Proposals (PMP).

The Council approved the termination of an Interlocal Agreement between Washington County and the City of Brenham for the maintenance of Law Enforcement Mobile Data Terminals and the EMS Mobile Data Terminals.

City IT Staff is working with County IT Staff on their migration plan to transfer communications to the County. It is part of the migration plan for the City and County to discontinue the Mobile Data Terminals, Interlocal Agreement before the New World Reporting Management System conversion. The NWRMS conversion is scheduled to be performed on January 18, 2016. The Interlocal Agreement between the City of Brenham and Washington County for the Maintenance of Law Enforcement Mobile Data Terminals requires 60-day notice of termination. City staff and County Staff both agree that the County should begin full support of their MDTs for law enforcement operations in the County.

Also approved was an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Brenham and Washington County for sanitation services at the Citizen’s Collection Station.

The highlights of the agreement will determine the City’s responsibility to provide for maintaining and staffing the collection station,.

The City will also be responsible for setting collection station rates and cover cost for operating and maintaining the station. Council decided to table setting the rates until after more discussion

In turn, the County will pay the City for the disposal of any non-compactible waste or brush delivered to the station by county departments or work crews.

During the Work Session the Council was presented with the Fourth Quarter Report by the Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau and received an update on the 2015 Christmas Events in Downtown Brenham, which will be held on Saturday, December 5th, from 4:00pm until 10:00pm.

Council also approved placing a stop sign at Apache Drive and Cheyenne Drive at their intersections with South Chappell Hill Street. Both are residential, and neither have a stop sign.

The Council also approved the following people for membership on the Board of Directors of the Washington County Appraisal

District:

CANDIDATES VOTES CAST

Charles Gaskamp 102

Delton Koerth 102

Leslie Boehnemann, Jr. 102

John Schaer 102

Johanna Fatheree 105

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