Council awards town paving contract to White Pine Paving

The Hampstead Town Council approved a staff recommendation to award a contract for paving various town roads to White Pine Paving. Town staff presented three responsive bidders for the road-paving contract and recommended award to White Pine Paving as the low bidder. “So it's the recommendation of town staff to, we award the contract to White Pine Paving,” a council member said during new business; another council member seconded. The council approved the recommendation by voice vote. The transcript lists three respondents by name as presented at the meeting (as spoken): Bridal (as read), MT Laney, and White Pine Paving (also CJ Miller was mentioned). The meeting record as spoken included a bid-amount reference for White Pine Paving phrased as “for 390,000, $352 is the low bid,” which is internally inconsistent in the audio transcript. The precise dollar amount of the low bid and the contract award amount should be confirmed in the town’s official bid tabulation and contract documents. No member of the public commented on the paving award at the meeting; staff said they are familiar with the bidders and comfortable with the recommendation. The council’s voice vote recorded the motion as approved; individual council-member votes were not recorded in roll call for this item.