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Board awards low bid to install lights at Graham Park pickleball courts; community group to cover small difference
Summary
The Board of Public Works approved the low bid to install lights at Graham Park pickleball courts. Visit Marshall provided $80,000 toward the project; the winning low bidder is Merkle Company and pickleball user groups will pay a roughly $3,000 difference so the city incurs no additional cost.
MARSHFIELD, Wis. — The Board of Public Works on March 3 approved awarding the contract to install lighting at the Graham Park pickleball courts to the low bidder, Merkle Company, with the pickleball community covering a roughly $3,000 difference so the city’s out-of-pocket cost will be minimal.
Justin Caspersen, parks and recreation director, said the pickleball courts were completed last year and that foundations for lights were included in the original project but lighting was deferred for lack of funds. Caspersen said Visit Marshall contributed $80,000 toward the lighting project and the department received three bids; Merkle Company submitted the low bid.
Caspersen requested board approval to award the contract to the low bidder. A motion to approve was made and seconded; the board approved the award by voice vote and the chair announced the motion carried. The meeting transcript records no roll-call tally.
The decision and funding: Caspersen said the difference between the low bid and other bids was about $3,000 and that pickleball user groups agreed to pay that difference so the city would not incur the extra cost. No additional details on the bid amounts were recorded in the meeting transcript.
