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Council still paying for Ike mess
  
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By ROY N. KENT
When the Pasadena City Council meets this morning, council members will continue paying for the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
The Pasadena City Council will meet at 10 a.m. today in Council Chambers at City Hall. Pre-council is scheduled to start in the chambers at 9:30 a.m.
Under final readings, bills for Hurricane Ike may be approved to be paid off.
When the city’s call center went down in the wake of the storm, the city turned to 3States.Net for satellite phone service. The cost in an ordinance to be read for the first time today is more than $38,450.
Located within the finance resolution are payments of more than $372,755 to Beck Disaster Recovery, Inc., for debris monitoring; $321,900 to Novus Wood Group; and $117,290 to Waste Management for debris removal associated with Hurricane Ike.
Another final reading, if passed, will allow the Pasadena Police Department to get a crime-fighting robot. The department’s Bomb Unite will get the $196,589 tool if the ordinance passes today.
The city may be able to get back some of the money it is spending if an ordinance allowing the sale of property at the Old Vince Bayou Wastewater Treatment plant is approved. Two plots totaling 4.848 acres of land would be sold to U.S. Oil Recovery No. 2 for $545,000. The plots are located at 400 N. Richey St., just south of the historic Crown Hill Cemetery.
This week’s finance resolution, which is a weekly breakdown of checks written by the city, is a whopping $2.58 million thanks in large part to water services provided by the city.
In order to keep track of water used, the city is spending more than $1.1 million for meter reading devices. HD Supply Waterworks is in line to get the check.
Other big-ticket items in the finance resolution are a $112,050 check to CDW Government Inc. for software and equipment; $121,593 for trash bags from Graphic Packaging Int’l Inc.; and $54,706 to ETMC-EMS for emergency medical services in October.
The Pasadena City Council meets each Tuesday. The first meeting of each month is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. while the second meeting is slated to begin at 10 a.m. The meetings alternate between evenings and mornings the remainder of the month.
The Pasadena City Council will meet at 10 a.m. today in Council Chambers at City Hall. Pre-council is scheduled to start in the chambers at 9:30 a.m.
Under final readings, bills for Hurricane Ike may be approved to be paid off.
When the city’s call center went down in the wake of the storm, the city turned to 3States.Net for satellite phone service. The cost in an ordinance to be read for the first time today is more than $38,450.
Located within the finance resolution are payments of more than $372,755 to Beck Disaster Recovery, Inc., for debris monitoring; $321,900 to Novus Wood Group; and $117,290 to Waste Management for debris removal associated with Hurricane Ike.
Another final reading, if passed, will allow the Pasadena Police Department to get a crime-fighting robot. The department’s Bomb Unite will get the $196,589 tool if the ordinance passes today.
The city may be able to get back some of the money it is spending if an ordinance allowing the sale of property at the Old Vince Bayou Wastewater Treatment plant is approved. Two plots totaling 4.848 acres of land would be sold to U.S. Oil Recovery No. 2 for $545,000. The plots are located at 400 N. Richey St., just south of the historic Crown Hill Cemetery.
This week’s finance resolution, which is a weekly breakdown of checks written by the city, is a whopping $2.58 million thanks in large part to water services provided by the city.
In order to keep track of water used, the city is spending more than $1.1 million for meter reading devices. HD Supply Waterworks is in line to get the check.
Other big-ticket items in the finance resolution are a $112,050 check to CDW Government Inc. for software and equipment; $121,593 for trash bags from Graphic Packaging Int’l Inc.; and $54,706 to ETMC-EMS for emergency medical services in October.
The Pasadena City Council meets each Tuesday. The first meeting of each month is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. while the second meeting is slated to begin at 10 a.m. The meetings alternate between evenings and mornings the remainder of the month.
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