2026-10-05 - Board of Contract and Supply
Summary
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- A short meeting of about seven minutes. Ten of twelve members were present; a quorum was declared and the chair was elected by voice vote.
- Opening of bids: no bids were received for a one-year Parks, Recreation and Water Quality Control contract, which will be re-advertised. Generator maintenance and two Classical High School electrical and mechanical projects were extended to October 19, 2026.
- Water Supply Board bids: one bid for printing, direct mail and auto shop services, and two for timber harvesting services, one of them about $26,000 and the other $39,505. A lake water-controller item drew a bid of $81,099 from Solitude Lake Management LLC. The captions are unclear on some other items, including snow and ice supplies.
- Advertisements approved as amended, after the Parks Department asked that the advertisement for Adrian Paul Plaza and skate park improvements be withdrawn.
- Review items 1 through 32 approved 9-1 with two absent, with items 8 and 24 referred to City Council.
- Minutes of the September 21 meeting approved and the meeting adjourned.
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Transcript
00:06Good afternoon. Welcome to the city of
00:07Providence Board of Contract.
00:09This is my meeting for Monday, October
00:115th, 2026.
00:13Madam Clerk, please call the roll.
00:15Courtney Hawkins
00:16>> Present.
00:17>> Kyle Delgado
00:18>> Present.
00:20>> Councilman Johnson is absent.
00:22Councilwoman Bryan is absent. Sarah
00:24Silveria
00:24>> Present.
00:26>> Elaine Richards
00:26>> Present.
00:28>> Joseph DePina
00:29>> Present.
00:30>> Patricia Coyne-Fay Present.
00:32Jumol Harris
00:33>> Present.
00:34>> Don Armenian
00:35>> Present.
00:36>> Dante Bellini
00:37>> Present.
00:38>> Thomas Morgan
00:40>> Present.
00:41>> We have 10 present, two absent. We have
00:43a quorum.
00:44>> I'd like to entertain a motion to elect
00:45myself chairperson.
00:46>> So moved.
00:47>> Second.
00:47>> Motion made by Director DePina, seconded
00:49by Director Bellini. All in favor.
00:51>> Aye.
00:51>> Opposed? The ayes have it. I'm pleased
00:53that the record reflect that we're going
00:54to be joined by Michael Colucci, Deputy
00:56City Solicitor.
00:57>> So noted.
00:58>> I'd like to entertain a motion to go to
00:59section B, opening of bids.
01:01>> So moved.
01:01>> Second.
01:02>> Motion made by Director Richards,
01:03seconded by Director Delgado. All in
01:05favor.
01:05>> Aye.
01:06>> Opposed? The ayes have it. Section B,
01:08opening of bids, item one. Department of
01:10Parks, Recreation, and Water Quality
01:12Control, one-year contract with two
01:13one-year options.
01:15>> No bids received. This item will be
01:17re-advertised.
01:19>> Item two, Department of Public Property,
01:20generator maintenance, repair, and
01:22replacement, three-year contract with
01:24two one-year options.
01:25>> The item has been extended to October
01:2719th, 2026.
01:29>> Item three, Department of Public
01:30Property, Classical High School
01:32electrical upgrade.
01:34>> The item has been extended to October
01:3519th, 2026.
01:39>> Item four, Department of Public
01:40Property, bond bill steel construction,
01:42Classical High School commercial chiller
01:44and reservoir
01:46at Lab School and Pleasant Elementary
01:48School RTU replacement.
01:50>> This item is also being extended to
01:52October 19th, 2026.
01:54>> Item five, Water Supply Board, printing,
01:56direct mail processing, and auto shop
01:58services. One bid.
02:16Uh D3 Inc. unit price bid.
02:20Item six, water supply board clean
02:23timber harvesting services. Two bids.
02:25Two bids.
02:29Check.
02:31Check.
02:33>> Oh, really? Good.
02:39So, it's principally in clear. 15 U.S. I
02:42realized that.
02:55>> Another firewood and logging at $26,000.
03:31Green farm LLC, $39,505.
03:35[clears throat]
03:39Item seven, Department of Public Works
03:41interested suppliers of snow ice and
03:42chemicals.
03:43>> No bids received for item number 11 on
03:45the agenda. So, put that on the minutes.
03:47>> Madam Clerk, I'll put that on the
03:48minutes.
03:48>> One moment.
04:14>> Okay, so this is for item one for the
04:17first Lake Nanao water controllers.
04:20Um Solitude Lake Management LLC $81,099.
04:25So this has been responded.
04:29Okay, this concludes the opening of bids
04:30for the Canada Plan and Bolton bids
04:32preferred the bids to the clerk's
04:32office.
04:33>> I move.
04:34>> Second.
04:34>> Motion made by Director Depina, seconded
04:37by Director Molina all in favor.
04:39>> I.
04:39>> Opposed, I have it.
04:41I'd like to entertain a motion to go to
04:43section C advertisement.
04:46Okay, motion made by Director Molina,
04:48seconded by Director Richards. All in
04:50favor.
04:50>> I.
04:51>> Opposed, the eyes have it. Um Madam
04:53Clerk, um
04:54there's an item on here that we need a
04:56motion to withdraw.
04:58>> Um yes, the parks department requested
05:01that the advertisement for Adrian Paul
05:05Plaza
05:07Okay, so Adrian Paul Plaza and skate
05:09park improvements be withdrawn. You have
05:11a motion?
05:13>> I move.
05:13>> Second.
05:14>> Motion made by Director Delgado,
05:15seconded by Director Depina all in
05:17favor.
05:17>> I.
05:18>> All opposed, the eyes have it. I'd like
05:20to entertain a motion to approve
05:22the advertisement from section C as
05:24amended.
05:25>> Motion to approve.
05:26>> Second.
05:26>> Motion made by Director Depina, seconded
05:28by Director Morgan.
05:31Um all in favor.
05:32>> I.
05:32>> All opposed, the eyes have it.
05:34I'd like to entertain a motion to go to
05:35section A for review.
05:37>> I move.
05:39>> Second.
05:39>> Motion made by Director Richards,
05:40seconded by Director Delgado all in
05:42favor.
05:42>> I.
05:43>> All opposed,
05:44I have it.
05:45Um Director Delgado, do you have any
05:46items you'd like to review?
05:48>> No, chair, very much.
05:49>> Perfect.
05:51Very good. I'd like to entertain a
05:52motion to approve items
05:541 through 32 with 8 and 24 being
05:57referred to City Council.
05:58>> Honorable Hall Williams.
05:59>> So moved.
06:00>> Second. Motion made by Director DePina,
06:02seconded by Director Richards. Madam
06:04Clerk, roll call, please.
06:08Bonnie Hawkins.
06:11Al Vilardo.
06:12>> Aye.
06:13>> Councilman Gonzales is absent.
06:15Councilwoman Ryan is absent. Sarah
06:17Solitario.
06:18>> Aye.
06:19>> Elaine Richards. Aye.
06:21Joseph DePina.
06:22>> Aye.
06:23>> Patricia Fairclough.
06:24>> Aye.
06:25>> Shamari Husband.
06:26>> Aye.
06:27>> Donna Arzoumanian.
06:28>> Aye.
06:29>> Don Tebelini.
06:30>> Aye.
06:31>> Thomas Murgado.
06:32>> Aye.
06:33>> We have nine ayes, one nay, two absent,
06:36and the motion carries. The matters are
06:38approved. I'd like to entertain a motion
06:39to go to Section D, approval of minutes.
06:41>> So moved.
06:42>> Second.
06:42>> Motion made by Director Richards,
06:44seconded by Director DePina. All in
06:46favor?
06:46>> Aye.
06:47>> Opposed? The ayes have it.
06:48The board's been provided a copy of the
06:50minutes from Monday, September 21st
06:51Board of Commissioners Supply Meeting.
06:53Are there any corrections or edits?
06:55Hearing none, I'd like to entertain a
06:57motion to approve the minutes from
06:58Monday, September 21st.
07:00>> So moved.
07:01>> Second.
07:02>> Motion made by Director Richards,
07:03seconded by Director Tebelini. All in
07:05favor?
07:05>> Aye.
07:06>> Opposed? The ayes have it. I'd like to
07:08entertain a motion to adjourn.
07:09>> So moved.
07:09>> Second.
07:10>> Motion made by Director DePina, seconded
07:12by Director Richards. All in favor?
07:13>> Aye.
07:14>> Opposed? The ayes have it. The meeting