City to spend on cleanup, ADA ramp

The Powder Springs City Council agreed 5-0 March 19 to spend $111,677 to clean storm debris along city trails and in city parks, build an ADA ramp at City Hall, subscribe to computer services and stripe a road. Expenditures include:

■ almost $32,400 in contingency funds to bid for the removal of fallen trees and limbs along the city’s trails and in the city’s parks because the city’s public grounds crew is still busy removing brush from the city’s roadsides due to the snow storms in December and January.

■ $27,600 in contingency funds for a total project cost of nearly $50,128 to add handrails to the new access ramp into City Hall that must be relocated on the east side of the building.

■ $17,015 monthly, renewing information technology services and work orders provided by VC3, Inc.

■ $15,386 fo r VC3 Inc. to include a cloud-based subscription of Office 365 as part of the city’s information technology environment across multiple computers and devices.

■ $9,901 by KNINE AllSystems to install two accessible automatic doors to go with the installation of an accessible ramp at the side entrance of City Hall.

■ $9,375 by Peek Pavement Marking to provide striping services on Old Lost Mountain south of Richard D. Sailors Parkway.

Cobb County Egg Hunt. 10 a.m. Saturday. Free. Al Bishop Softball Complex, 1082 Al Bishop Drive, Marietta. Activities will include egg hunts, art activities, live entertainment, inflatables, a hula-hoop contest, tug-of-war, musical chairs, food trucks and vendors. There will be four egg hunts by age groups with special needs participants included in all activities. Bring your own baskets for the hunt. 770-528-4333, CobbCounty.org.

Veterans Resource and Benefits Expo. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Free. Building D, Chattahoochee Tech North Metro Campus, 5198 Ross Road, Acworth. U.S. military members, veterans and their family members are invited to hear U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., present a U.S. veteran legislative update. Chattahoochee Technical College Veteran Services Center at 770-528-3491 or ChattahoocheeTech.edu.