Sparta approves $26,328.60 pay request for Vanilla Bean drainage improvement

The Sparta Board of Aldermen approved a pay request of $26,328.60 to Hunter Chase & Associates for Vanilla Bean drainage improvements at its May 28, 2019 meeting. Alderman Jarrett Ray Iorg moved to approve Pay Request #2 and the motion passed 4–0 according to the minutes.

At the same meeting the board also authorized placing advertisements for bids to pave the parking lot at the new City Hall/Police Department and to solicit bids for exterior repairs, while approving other project pay requests recorded at other meetings (including Reavis/Anderson pay requests noted in subsequent minutes). The board’s actions reflect ongoing capital and maintenance work tied to the Vanilla Bean drainage and municipal facility upgrades.

The minutes record standard procurement steps: approval of pay request amounts, roll‑call votes, and direction to place public notices for bids. Where the minutes list change orders and contingencies, the board approved them contingent on no net increase in contract amounts or as otherwise specified in the agenda item.