Councilor Carlos Jennings raised concerns about the cost the city paid three years earlier to light Field 1 at Community Park and asked staff to revisit the estimate for lighting Field 3.

Jennings said a prior invoice listing $47,400 for 20 LED lights “seemed a bit high” and asked a vendor contact to review typical fixture pricing and industry practice. “Dollars 47,400 seemed a bit high for 20 LED lights,” Jennings said.

Jason Horner of Horner Lighting (introduced in the meeting as representing Horner Lighting/Horner Automation Group) told the committee fixture prices vary by quality and supplier but said a top-of-the-line fixture typically runs about $1,400–$1,600 per unit (Horner cited $1,598 per fixture in the discussion). Horner said that industry practice often includes markups by installers to cover labor and profit, which can substantially raise a single-source installed price.

Parks Director Eric Martin said the city paid about $68,000 for the Field 1 contract and that installation costs there included labor and use of existing wires and switchgear; he estimated Field 3 would require more or stronger fixtures because it is a larger field and might need 25–30 lights depending on engineering specifications.

Committee members noted additional costs beyond fixture purchase: engineering to specify required lumen levels and pole siting, contractor installation, and potential differences in installer markup. Horner said many suppliers provide in-house photometric engineering or spec guidance and contractors then price the installation.

Jennings and Horner estimated raw fixture costs for 20 fixtures would be roughly $32,000 (about $1,598 each) versus the $47,400 figure on the earlier quote; Martin said previous install labor in that contract appeared to be about $8,600 but could have included other site work. The committee did not vote; members directed staff to obtain engineering specifications and multiple bids before proceeding and to weigh retrofit and sourcing options.

No formal procurement decision was made. The parks director said lighting Field 3 is not the department’s top priority at present but that the city would pursue engineering and updated pricing if the committee places the item higher on the priority list.