Holmes Beach city commissioners unanimously voted at their May 10 meeting for Holmes Beach Mayor Rich Bohnenberger to execute two capital improvement contracts.
The first contract is for construction of a new maintenance building for the city’s public works department.
The city received nine bids and staff selected Tri-Tech Construction as the contractor. The amount of the contract is $269,933.
Bohnenberger said the funds come from the tax motorists pay when they fill up their gas tank. “These funds did not come out of real estate taxes,” said the mayor. “And they are restricted for use on roadway projects and maintenance.”
The building will be made of concrete block and will house the equipment used to maintain city rights of way.
The second contract is for drainage projects at stormwater basins 9 and 11, which are in the area of 62nd Street north to 74th Street and east of Holmes Boulevard.
Bohnenberger said that the $1 million project that has been broken into two phases. Woodruff & Sons was awarded the entire contract, with the first phase beginning with $329,000 in funds from the city’s stormwater utility budget.
The second phase of the project is contingent on funding, but Bohnenberger said there should be grants to continue the work in the next budget cycle.