Krugerville City Council approved a $155,817 bid for the new Bridges Park at the June 24 meeting.
Through this deal, the contractor found a playground for the park that was half off, the color schemes will be earthy greens, browns and tans.
“This playground … the main piece is over $66,000, and right now, under our purchase, would be $33,000, which, through all this, did two things,” Mayor Rodney Cagle said. “It made it affordable, and it made it where we could put pour in-place. The PIP that goes on is the soft rubber, instead of having mulch or engineered wood chips.”
The Community Development Corporation board also recommended the approval of the bid.
There is a little over $120,000 in funds going toward the park, and any remaining balance will be pulled from the CDC reserve.
The goal is to get the project finished by the end of summer.
“I am so excited to be at this point,” Cagle said. “That's been a long time coming.”
The council accepted Atlas Municipal Services' proposal to handle plan review inspection services and code enforcement and will replace the current company.
“We feel it is time to look outside of our current inspection company due to a lack of quality and professionalism,” Cagle said.
He added that Atlas Municipal came highly recommended.
Police Chief Stoney Ward shared that the police department passed both their audits with “flying colors.” He thanked Administrative Assistant Susan Zambrano for her contributions to the audits.
The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Audit and the Criminal Justice Information Services Audit make sure agencies are following state and federal standards.
Related to that, the council approved new policies and procedures for the police department.
“During those two audits, they came up with a lot more in-depth rules and regulations that we have to follow, not just us as Krugerville, but statewide.”
He noted that there were no major changes in the policies.
During the mayoral comment, Cagle said that streets will be a high priority for the city as they work to address concerns.
“I'm approaching this with ‘we're not going to band-aid things anymore.’ If you know any kind of road work, it is expensive. So, it was a little more than I could handle, so I've kind of assembled a team with this dais here, Cagle said.
The team he mentioned consists of council member Stacey Sasser, working to find a qualified contractor, and Marion Ragsdale, who is identifying trouble areas around the city.
“We're gonna get together, prioritize some of these things, and get some of these things bid on,” Cagle said. “We do still have some bond money for infrastructure work. A significant chunk of that was for the sewer. We've played that game for two years, and hopefully it comes through. But the streets are a priority right now.”
Other items the council approved were an amendment to the city’s general fund budget for fiscal year 2025-26 because of changes in the EDC.
“We made a couple of changes on the EDC budget,” Mayor Pro Tem Kristen Kromer said. “We had to reduce our income because our sales tax is down a little bit. We increased our interest income … We took some funds out of our business incentives and allocated those funds to Park Fest, in the event that Park Fest needed it.”
