Council members approve street, other work
Dec. 16—Several big-ticket, and big-dollar, items filled the consent agenda of Tuesday's Cleburne City Council meeting.
"I know there's a lot of money to be spent here if these items are approved," Cleburne Mayor Scott Cain said. "But rest assured, even though these items are on the consent agenda, council and city staff have discussed each one of them previously in detail and they have all be thoroughly vetted."
Council members approved purchase of two garbage trucks — more specifically, a 2024 Crane Carrier/Battle chassis outfitted with a 22-yard Labrie Automizer body and a 2024 Ford F-650 outfitted with a Palfinger ACC-80 container carrier — through BuyBoard contracts for a total cost of $525,165.
The new trucks will replace garbage trucks that have served their useful lives, Public Works Director Jeremy Hutt said.
"The new [trucks] will help continue effective and efficient waste collection operations in the sanitation division," Hutt said.
Council voted to hire Teague Nall & Perkins for for design services work at a cost not to exceed $378,700. The project entails water line improvements from Farm-to-Market Road 4 to Gardega Road.
The project, Hutt said, entails installation of about 7,000 linear feet of 16-inch water transmission line.
"The project will provide a better network of water transmission lines increasing redundancy, available fire flow and the ability to more easily transfer wate to the Mulberry elevated storage tank and Pump Station #12," Hutt said.
The design phase, the costs of which included in the city's 2024 budget, should take about 10 months after which project construction will begin contingent on available funding, Hutt added.
Council members approved the hiring of Westhill Construction for replacement of service road pavement at the Cleburne Municipal Airport at a cost not to exceed $56,305.
"Repairs for the service road were budgeted for [the 2024 budget year] due to the poor condition of the road, making some tenants use the airport ramp as access to their hangars," Airport Manager Garrett Watson said. "By fixing this section of pavement, the airport will be positioned to prohibit ramp access to all tenants other than those who request direct access to the ramp for loading or unloading luggage or passengers from aircraft, thus increasing safety."
Council members also approved hiring AvRoofing for roof repairs to Hangar 101 for an amount not to exceed $56,610.
AvRoofing bring a long history of and have demonstrated exemplary skills when it comes to airport hangar roofing repairs and rehabilitation, Watson said.
Addison and Dallas Executive airporst, Watson added, speak highly of their work.
Council members approved purchase of an animal adoption rescue trailer from Jackson Creek Manufacturing for a cost not to exceed $65,000.
The new trailer will enhance animal adoption opportunities as well as animal comfort, Cleburne Police Chief Rob Severance said.
For now, the city uses wire-drop cages to attend off-site adoption events. Such requires two to three staff members and two vehicle to transport animals and necessary equipment to off-site events.
"Wire-drop cages prevent Animal Services from hosting or attending adoption events during certain times of the year due to weather conditions," Severance said. "And adoption trailer will increase positive interactions with the community by allowing the hosting and attending of adoption events all year and only requires one to two staff members."
The trailer, Severance added, can also be used for emergency response purposes in the event of natural disasters such as the severe winter storm of 2021.
Street work
Hutt, during the regular portion of Tuesday's meeting, noted that 38.5 miles of Cleburne streets have been resurfaced or otherwise improved or repaired since 2019.
The current budget includes $2.5 million for additional street repairs this year. Those streets in the past and in the planning represent a network rather than an area, Hutt said. Street repairs in other words occur throughout the city rather than focusing on centralized areas.
Hutt presented a list of streets under consideration for repair. City staff will now work to finalize the project listing and work to engage a contractor to complete the repair and paving projects by spring.
