Pelham council approves sports-park renovations bid, reappoints parks members and affirms runoff polling officials

The Pelham City Council on Sept. 22 approved a set of routine and project measures, including awarding a contract for Pelham Sports Park renovations, reappointing members to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and affirming polling officials for the municipal runoff scheduled for Sept. 23, 2025.

All measures passed unanimously among council members present. The council also approved a consent agenda that included the Sept. 22 meeting agenda, approval of Sept. 8 minutes and a resolution to accept a proposal for a traffic‑signal warrant evaluation study.

The consent agenda included Resolution 2025092201 to accept a proposal from Skipper Consulting for a traffic‑signal warrant evaluation at the intersection of County Road 11 and Great Oaks Parkway; the resolution was budgeted and was approved as part of the consent agenda. City Clerk/ Treasurer Mr. Seal asked that the council affirm the polling‑official appointments for the municipal runoff; he said, “This is just affirming the appointments that we made a couple months ago for the municipal general election.” The council voted to approve that affirmation.

The council approved Resolution 2025092202 to appoint citizens to the Pelham Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. The resolution reappointed Kevin Jones (Place 3) and Leonard Smith (Place 4) and confirmed Emery Plunkett as the student representative; the city stated that student representatives serve one‑year terms and that the terms for Jones and Smith run through Sept. 30, 2028.

The council also approved Resolution 2025092204 to accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid from Costin General Contractors Inc. for the Pelham Sports Park Renovations Project. City staff told the council they received two qualified bids and that both came in about $274,000 over the budgeted amount; staff recommended accepting the lowest responsible bid and moving the project forward.

All votes were announced as unanimous among those present; the meeting record shows the motions were approved by the council with members answering in the affirmative during roll calls.

Looking ahead, the council scheduled its official canvass for the municipal runoff for Sept. 30, 2025, at noon.

Votes at a glance: - Resolution 2025092201 (Consent agenda): Included approval of the Sept. 22 agenda and Sept. 8 minutes; acceptance of Skipper Consulting proposal for a traffic‑signal warrant evaluation study. Outcome: Approved (unanimous among members present). - Resolution 2025092202: Reappointment of Kevin Jones (Place 3), Leonard Smith (Place 4) and confirmation of Emery Plunkett as student representative to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Outcome: Approved (unanimous among members present). Term end for Jones and Smith: 09/30/2028; student representative term: one year. - Resolution 2025092203: Affirmation of polling officials for the City of Pelham municipal runoff election on 09/23/2025. Outcome: Approved (unanimous among members present). - Resolution 2025092204: Acceptance of the lowest responsive/responsible bid from Costin General Contractors Inc. for Pelham Sports Park Renovations Project. Staff reported the apparent low bid totaled roughly $274,000 over the budgeted amount; council approved moving forward with the lowest responsible bidder. Outcome: Approved (unanimous among members present).

(Decisions described above are drawn from the Sept. 22 council meeting record; where roll‑call names were given in the transcript they were used for attribution; where individual movers/seconders were not identified in the record the article reports the formal outcomes as recorded.)