Villa Park Ca Contracts

The City Council has awarded a contract to Ruiz Engineering of Long Beach to resurface several residential streets. At nearly $215,000, Ruiz was the lowest bidder; the city engineer's estimate was $265,000. Streets to be improved under this year's maintenance program are Rosenau Drive, Ridgeview Road, Villa Isle Drive, Villa Isle Circle, Ludwig Street north of Taft Avenue, Ragan Circle and Verde Lomas Circle.

The city is in negotiations with Century Communications Corp. for what the cable television provider hopes is another 15-year deal. Negotiations should be finalized next week, City Manager Fred W. Maley said. "We are doing our best to get city residents the best, sophisticated state-of-the-art system as soon as possible," he said. Terms include the eventual rebuilding of the system in some areas, digital service and fiber-optic upgrades, additional basic channels and high-speed Internet access.

The city has received 17 bids for a project to build an addition to the Civic Building, and the City Council may award a contract after reviewing the proposals at its meeting today. The plan calls for adding about 1,500 square feet to the civic building at 17855 Santiago Blvd. That structure now contains all city offices as well as the City Council chambers.

Orange County sheriff's deputies will continue serving Villa Park, but at a slightly higher cost. The City Council recently approved a five-year contract, ending June 30, 2003, with the Sheriff's Department. The contract is up 6.9% from this year, largely due to increased labor costs. The contract will cost the city $604,105 for the 1998-99 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Architectural Team Three has been chosen to design an addition to the Civic Building. The City Council this week awarded the contract to the Irvine firm after City Manager Fred Maley recommended it as the city staff's top choice. Four firms submitted proposals, Maley said, with Architectural Team Three's $10,250 bid being the lowest. In its fiscal 1996-97 budget, the City Council authorized $125,000 to build a 1,000-square-foot addition to the Civic Building.

Although it raised some questions about the plan, the City Council has unanimously reaffirmed the city's membership in a new Joint Powers Authority to govern the Orange County Fire Department. However, the council last week put one condition on its continued membership, insisting the fire authority must have at least $20 million in reserve funds. The authority is a partnership of county government and all cities served by the county fire department.

For the second month in a row, the City Council has voted to defer a decision on whether Villa Park will join a countywide fire authority. At issue is a proposed Joint Powers Authority that would govern the county Fire Department. The proposed authority, scheduled to be in operation this fall, would consist of representatives from the county Board of Supervisors and one person each from the 16 incorporated cities currently served by the Orange County Fire Department.

The City Council voted this week to delay action at least for a month on whether the city should join a proposed joint powers authority overseeing the county Fire Department. Mayor Barry L. Denes was among council members who charged that organizers of the proposed authority have not fully responded to Villa Park's questions. "Clearly, to me, you have to have everything on the table before you can say it's the JPA" for Villa Park, Denes said.

Controversy over the city's future fire services erupted at the City Council meeting Tuesday night. A group of former council members and mayors warned the council that it should not consider contracting with the city of Orange for fire services. The former officials said the city should instead join the new countywide Joint Powers Authority, or JPA. The authority is a proposed coalition of county government and 18 cities whose fire services are provided by the Orange County Fire Department.

The cost of policing has gone up in the city. The City Council has unanimously approved a $29,552 increase for next fiscal year in its contract with the Sheriff's Department. The current year's bill from the county was $491,894; in the budget year that starts July 1, the cost goes up to $521,446. The price hike does not give added service to the city, City Manager Fred W. Maley told the council Tuesday night. But Sheriff's Capt.

The city has received 17 bids for a project to build an addition to the Civic Building, and the City Council may award a contract after reviewing the proposals at its meeting today. The plan calls for adding about 1,500 square feet to the civic building at 17855 Santiago Blvd. That structure now contains all city offices as well as the City Council chambers.

The city is on the verge of contracting for about $130,000 in street repairs for the coming year, City Manager Fred Maley said this week. Maley said bids from six contractors will be presented to the City Council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday. The council will then consider awarding a contract. The council has earmarked money for the project in the city's budget for fiscal 1996-97. "The street work calls for an overlay pavement with a 2% mixture of rubber," Maley said.

Architectural Team Three has been chosen to design an addition to the Civic Building. The City Council this week awarded the contract to the Irvine firm after City Manager Fred Maley recommended it as the city staff's top choice. Four firms submitted proposals, Maley said, with Architectural Team Three's $10,250 bid being the lowest. In its fiscal 1996-97 budget, the City Council authorized $125,000 to build a 1,000-square-foot addition to the Civic Building.

In a deal that will enrich the city's TV facilities by $50,000, the City Council this week voted to change its commercial cable franchise. Century Valley Cable Corp., a subsidiary of Century Communications Corp., will take over from MultiVision Cable TV. City Manager Fred Maley said Century Valley has purchased MultiVision's franchise in Villa Park, but the sale was contingent on City Council approval.

The city will get police helicopter protection without having to pay for it this year. The reason: Villa Park did not use any of the helicopter-surveillance flights it had paid for in the previous fiscal year. City Manager Fred Maley, in a report to the City Council on Tuesday night, said the city had contracted last year for 19 police helicopter calls--the estimated number of flights police thought they would need--at $115 a flight. The city paid AirBorne Law Enforcement Services $2,185.

Although it raised some questions about the plan, the City Council has unanimously reaffirmed the city's membership in a new Joint Powers Authority to govern the Orange County Fire Department. However, the council last week put one condition on its continued membership, insisting the fire authority must have at least $20 million in reserve funds. The authority is a partnership of county government and all cities served by the county fire department.

Upset over how long it is taking utility and construction companies to finish repairing Loma Street, the City Council has delivered an ultimatum: Get the work done by Sept. 17. Residents, eager to use the street again, complained that in the preceding two months utility workers had spent only about two hours one morning making repairs. The council last week gave E.L. Yeager Construction Co., which is contracted with Southern California Edison, until Sept.