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August 17, 2008

Council hears plan to bolster tourism

DawnDee Bostwick

DUNCAN — The Chisholm Trail might soon receive another spot in history if it joins the rank of scenic byways around the nation.

Main Street Duncan Inc. Director Tammy Johnson and Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Program Coordinator Cova Williams presented the plan to make Duncan part of the route that will go through 23 cities to the Duncan City Council Tuesday evening.

Though not approved for the status yet, the organizations have selected a route through Duncan that will hopefully bolster tourism in the area, in addition to painting a vision of the historic West for visitors.

The council took no action, because the item was only a presentation. A resolution designating the trail as a scenic byway could come at a later date.

In other business the council approved the following items:

• Allowing Duncan AMBUCS to host “Wine’n on the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center,” a wine-tasting fundraiser Oct. 4 and waiving restrictive ordinances that would prevent the consumption of alcohol at the center for the event.

• Awarding $2,900 in contracts to A&J; Cleaning for janitorial services at the police complex, municipal court building, library building, electric complex and City Hall.

• Awarding $1,100 contract to Clean Sweep Janitorial for cleaning services at the senior citizens complex.

• Removal of structures at 403 and 403 1/2 Ash Avenue. Bid awarded to Altus Sand and Gravel for $6,199.50.

• Paying EST Inc. $59,781.27 for services on the Revenue Bond Street Improvements project.

• Paying Dillon Construction Co. $15,813.90 for materials related to the Lake Fuqua Pavilion project.

• Paying Dillon Construction Co. $10,207.80 for work on airport terminal construction.

• Paying T&G; Construction $428,883.42 for services on the Revenue Bond Road Improvements 2007 project. To date, T&G; Construction has been paid more than $1.5 million of its $5.2 million bid for work done on the Revenue Bond Road Improvements 2007 project.

• Waiving $380 building and demolition permit fees for Delta Community Action Foundation.

• Awarding a $39,200 bid to L&L; Sprinkler for Abe Raizen Park soccer field irrigation system.

• Purchasing a $7,500 spectrophotometer, a device that measures an element’s presence in water, for the Water Department. Funds for the product were budgeted for fiscal year 2008-09.

• Paying $80,478.48 to Luckinbill Inc. for emergency repairs and painting the water storage tank.

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