At last night's Big Rapids City Commission meeting, City Manager Mark Gifford gave an update on the Swede Hill Skate Park project.

Gifford said the City has a lone bid for the project from Gerber Construction. The bid was negotiated down from $360,000 to $322,000 with the negotiation help of Mayor Guenther.

"Gerber did 100% of the lead services lines and I thought it would be a nice way for them to help us out, since we give them a lot of work." Guenther said. 

The original budget for the park was placed at $250,000. The bid was approved by the Commission unanimously four votes to none. 

Per Gifford, the project is slated to be built in the fall and be fully operational by Spring of 2025.

"It's still over budget, but we have a lot of funding in place to be able to make this happen."

The City recieved a $150,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources back in January for the park.