The Jamestown City Council will vote on the bid for Phase II construction at the Jamestown Police Department today.

The council will vote on whether to approve the $470,900 bid from Empire Development Inc. of Mayville for the general construction of Phase II work that will include demolition, restoration and cleanup. The bid city officials received from Empire Development was the only proposal submitted that met qualifications.

Earlier this month, Jeff Lehman, city public works director, said he expects the main entrance to the police department located along Second Street will be reopened around the beginning of May. The main entrance has been closed since the flooding that occurred last fall when the contractors for the Tracy Plaza renovation project didn’t properly secure the area, allowing rainwater to pour into the station.

In other business, the council will also vote to approve a $1,288 change order for the Phase 1 construction. In January, the council approved Phase 1 work that included renovating the public entrance area, the command center and the squad room in the department.

The council will also vote to approve a bid for $282,698 from R. Patti Concrete & Excavating for the West Second Street public piazza project. The $700,000 public piazza project will convert the area of downtown Jamestown into an appealing urban public square with a pedestrian-friendly feel while maintaining multimodal function improving walkability and connectivity to the National Comedy Center, Northwest Arena and the Chadakoin River.

In December, state officials announced the project would receive $140,000 through the Regional Economic Development Council program. The local match of $560,000 is being funded by the Gebbie Foundation and various local foundations.

In March, Lehman said city officials are hoping to have the reconditioning of the street completed in time for the grand opening of the National Comedy Center, which is scheduled for Aug. 1 during the Lucy Comedy Fest.

The council will also vote to approve a bid from Jamestown Roofing for $68,950 for concession roof repairs. The bid from Jamestown Roofing was the lowest of three bids city officials received.

The council will vote to accept the state Gun Involved Violence Elimination, also known as GIVE, grant for $69,721 for the period July 1 to June 30, 2019. The GIVE initiative builds upon the information sharing and partnerships developed under Operation IMPACT — a crime-fighting program implemented in 2004 to assist 17 counties that accounted for more than 80 percent of violent or property crimes in the state outside of New York City — while expanding the use of crime analysis, evidence-based practices and community partnerships to assist in the reduction of firearm-related homicides and shootings.

The GIVE initiative focuses on communities in the 17 counties served by 20 law enforcement agencies that collectively report 86 percent of the violent crime in the state outside of New York City. The GIVE initiative includes police departments in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Hempstead, Jamestown, Kingston, Middletown, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Niagara Falls, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Schenectady, Spring Valley, Syracuse, Troy, Utica and Yonkers, as well as Nassau and Suffolk county departments.

Crime-fighting strategies developed under GIVE vary by jurisdiction to enhance patrols in identifying “hot spots” or locations that have shown to be the most prone to gun violence; focused deterrence against violent gangs and groups considered responsible for the most gun violence in communities; increased supervision of individuals on parole and probation; and the deployment of street outreach workers to interrupt cycles of violence or prevent retaliation. GIVE also will provide technical assistance so that agencies can effectively implement those strategies.

GIVE provides funding to those 20 police departments, as well as district attorneys’ offices, sheriffs’ offices and probation departments in the GIVE counties. Grants are used to fund personnel, such as prosecutors and crime analysts, in addition to overtime, equipment, training and community outreach efforts.

The council will also vote to approve a new contract with Allpro Parking of Buffalo for the management of three city-owned parking garages and seven surface parking lots. The contract, if approved, will run through 2022. Earlier this month, Anthony Dolce, Ward 2 councilman, said cost of the contract is increasing by 3 percent compared to the previous agreement.