Winfield approves street & fuel bids, Pizza Hut alcohol sales

WINFIELD — The Winfield City Council voted to accept bids for fuel and the city’s next round of road paving projects during its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 15.
The lowest bid for the project, which will include many roads such as Applewood Road, Cedar Drive, Meadowlark Avenue, Rainbow Street and more; came from S.T. Bunn for $564,603.55.
The council also voted to accept a fuel bid from Aziz Oil Company for 11 cents over rack price. After approval, the council discussed whether the station listed in the bid would meet the 24-hour requirements. Mayor Randy Price said that if it didn’t, they could move on to the next bidder.
After a public hearing before the meeting, during which no one expressed opposition, the council voted to give final approval for Pizza Hut to allow alcohol sales. The week before, the council had re-districted the property, and this week gave the Winfield location the final go-ahead to sell alcohol.
The council also took the opportunity to remind those present and those catching up here that the 52nd Annual Mule Day celebration will be taking place this Friday and Saturday in downtown Winfield.
Winfield Police Chief Brett Burleson said he would like to see the city set up multiple cooling stations around town to help treat possible overheating.
As of the Journal-Record’s press deadline of Monday, Sept. 21, temperatures are expected to reach a high into the low-to-mid 80s on Friday and Saturday.
In other business:
- The council approved the hire of Kelly Hollis as a part time bus driver for the senior center;
- Susan O’Mary asked the council for help acquiring a building to house a new clay firing kiln after the previous one was damaged in a fire last year. O’Mary said the senior center had been approved for an RC&D grant to cover the kiln, but it would need to be housed in a building which wasn’t covered by the grant;
-  Councilman Miles Miles inquired about installing a new light at the intersection in front of the community center, which would incur a monthly cost of about $43 for a 60-watt LED light; and
- Price read a letter from Burleson thanking BNSF Railway for a $10,000 grant that went toward the purchase of digital cameras for crime scene documentation, as well as handheld radio equipment.