Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Presiding: Mayor Tom Butt · Called to order: 6:41 p.m. · 3 items · 22 votes · 23 public comments
What happened
The council approved unanimously a 5% cost of living increase for city retirees, boosting their annual pension payments from the current 2% minimum to 5% this year. The council also allowed firefighters and police hired before 2013 to voluntarily contribute an extra 1% of salary toward their retirement benefits.
The council approved 18 routine items on consent, including a $332,459 contract with Best Contracting Services for roof replacement and a $240,000 contract to rehabilitate the Greenway lighting system. Other notable items included $200,000 per vendor for off-site document storage services and $70,400 to Socrata for building a public police data website.
The council approved unanimously hiring NEMA Construction for Richmond Auditorium elevator and restroom upgrades to meet federal ADA standards. Discussion of a 60-day extension for a cannabis dispensary to begin operations was continued to a future meeting.
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Biggest items: $332K Contract amendment with Best Contract... · $240K Contract with NEMA Construction · $210K Contract amendment with Legacy Mechan...