The Albany Board of Contract and Supply on June 6 opened bids for multiple 2025 public-works contracts, recorded the submitted base-bid amounts, awarded the tree maintenance and emergency work services contract to JV Tree Specialist LLC, and extended a separate existing contract under the terms and prices of the current agreement through Aug. 15, 2025.

President Joe Stenson (Budget Department), Darius Sunfire and William McCree presided over the bid openings. The board read base bids for a range of projects including a complete-street and service-replacement contract (total base bid reported at $6,294,000 for one contract bundle), a combination speed pump installation project (base bids reported in the $680,000–$843,000 range across bidders), court resurfacing, filtration-plant work and other water and roadway projects. Meeting remarks recorded each bidder and their base bid amounts as they were opened.

On behalf of the Albany Water Board, the board offered a resolution to award the tree maintenance and emergency work services contract to JV Tree Specialist LLC (listed in the record as JB tree specialist in the bid readout) for the amounts included in the company's bid submitted May 20, 2025. The resolution language was read into the record; the minutes show the award motion was presented and the bidder and bid amount were recorded.

Separately, the board recorded a recommended extension of an existing main contract (city contract number 9406) for a project titled in the materials as "preserved enhancement" (BFI contract), extending the contract until Aug. 15, 2025 at the prices and terms specified in the existing contract. The extension amount as read into the record was $2,193,900.

Why it matters: the bid openings show the fiscal scale of forthcoming public-works procurements and identify contractors that may perform street, water and filtration work in Albany. The awarded tree-maintenance contract and the contract extension set immediate vendor responsibilities that affect maintenance, emergency response and construction scheduling.

Discussion vs. decision: most of the meeting consisted of reading and recording sealed bids (information-only); the board took formal action to award the tree-maintenance and emergency work services contract to JV Tree Specialist LLC and to extend contract number 9406 under existing contract terms through Aug. 15, 2025. The minutes do not include a roll-call vote count for the award or extension; the record shows motions and standard procedural acceptance of the agenda and adjournment.