The Wichita City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 9:00 AM in the 1st Floor Boardroom, 455 N. Main Street. All seven council members were present (Mayor Lily Wu, JV Johnston, Brandon Johnson, Becky Tuttle, Mike Hoheisel, Dalton Glasscock, and Maggie Ballard). The council unanimously approved the Board of Bids contracts, the consent agenda, petitions for public improvements, and two travel authorizations. A budget workshop followed the adjournment.
Morning, everyone, and good morning staff. Good morning to our media partners. I will call this meeting to order for January twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-five. May we please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the fly of the United States of America. Thank you all very much. Madam Clerk and Mr. Clerk, can you please call the first item? Public agenda. The public agenda allows for up to five speakers to have five minutes each to address the council. No action will be taken relative to items on the public agenda other than referral to the city manager for information as necessary. Speakers will please state their name and address for the record. A time clock will display the speakers' remaining time to speak. Order and rules of decorum will be observed. We invite any of five community speakers to come forward if you'd like to address the council. I see none. This is how to become a vendor with the city. This is our purchasing calendar of any items that the city staff will be participating in or working with their small business resource partners. And I'd recommend your approval and try to answer any questions. Council members. Thank you. Thank you, Josh. I have a couple questions. I think it's on page or slide four. Maybe three. No. Oh, yes, this one. Um, I just wondered if you could explain um the price discrepancy or accepting the engineers bid. Yeah, uh, Paul, I'm gonna need you to help me with that. Paul Gunsman, public works and utilities for the record. Yes, we um Barclay's original bid was 261,083, which was the low bid. However, we are awarding it for 289,300. Um, just in case we well, once we get in to start construction, if we find anything unknown. Okay, awesome. Thank you. I have a follow-up question to that. So does that mean that the contractors know that our maximum is 289? So they have leeway to continue charging up. They that would we are a wardening for that amount, but we will only um only use that. That um we wouldn't go over that, um, but we would pay like the measured quantities, only what the work they need. Would you clarify that this is a unit price bid? Yes, it is a unit price bid. So um we'll take we'll keep track of the unit um the measured quantities that are utilized, and we'll only pay for that amount of the quantities utilized on the bid. Mayor the contract can't go up unless we approve additional work because it is based on unit price, not on a total cost for all the work. Thank you, both. Josh, I have a couple more questions for you. Sorry. Thanks. Thank you, Paul. Um, on slide six.