The action taken
City Council approved awarding a $3.46 million bid for its police station and public works building project at the June 26 meeting. Community Impact previously reported the city will move its existing police building from Robinson Road to a planned new public works building on Spectrum Way. The new facility will allow for additional officers, according to previous reporting. The cost of construction will not include the nearly $300,000 previously approved for the relocation, officials said. The low bidder was CSB Contractors, and the project will take about 35 weeks, according to James Corn, director of public works.
What else?
The council also voted to remove the 300-square-foot maximum on wall signs for businesses in the city as well as language in the ordinance limiting the height of signs. The rule currently states that the maximum size for a wall sign is 10% of the total wall area or 300 square feet, whichever is less.
Only one sign has exceeded the 10% rules in recent memory, officials said, which was the Floor & Decor on I-45 North. The decision also removed the need for a hearing from Hounds Town scheduled for that night which was concerning the height of the sign.
John Beisert, the city’s director of community development, said the change will save the city time and help ensure businesses' signs can be seen by passersby.
“I’m trying to free up councils’ agendas,” Beisert said at the meeting. “What I’m proposing is to get rid of the letter size rule and just have the 10%.”
Also on the agenda
City Council took a vote of lack of confidence in its municipal judge, Bill Pattillo, and appointed a new judge, Amanda Webb. The council did not make further comment about the decision, which took place following an executive session.
