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Rome Board of Investment and Contract approves budget transfer and a series of contracts and amendments
Summary
At its July 24, 2025 meeting, the City of Rome Board of Investment and Contract unanimously approved a 2025 budgetary transfer and multiple contracts, change orders and contract amendments, including amendments with CDM Smith totaling $978,800.
The City of Rome Board of Investment and Contract on July 24, 2025, approved a 2025 budgetary transfer and a series of contracts, change orders and contract amendments, authorizing the mayor to enter into agreements with several vendors and approving contract amendments related to the Railroad Street interceptor upgrades project.
The board voted to dispense with reading the minutes and approved them by voice vote. The board then approved Resolution No. 143, authorizing a 2025 budgetary transfer; Resolution No. 144, authorizing the mayor to enter into an agreement with Rome Environmental Solutions and Testing LLC for an amount not to exceed $25,000; and Resolutions Nos. 145–149, authorizing mayoral agreements with individual contractors — Richard Bohning ($1,175), Kevin Dundon ($500), Gary Johnson ($500), Isaac French ($500) and Ryan Quinn ($500). All motions were moved and seconded on the record and carried by voice vote.
The board also approved Resolution No. 150, authorizing change order No. 2 to the contract with MJ Dakota Incorporated, pursuant to Board of Estimate and Contract Resolution No. 192 adopted Aug. 15, 2024, in the amount of $154,998.40. The board approved Resolution No. 151, authorizing Amendment No. 4 to the contract with CDM Smith New York Incorporated, pursuant to Board of Investment and Contract Resolution No. 110 adopted July 15, 2021, for $935,200. Finally, Resolution No. 152 authorized Amendment No. 6 to the contract with CDM Smith relative to the Railroad Street interceptor upgrades project for $43,600.
Each resolution was carried by voice vote with the same on-record procedural moves. The roll call at the start of the meeting recorded Mayor Lanigan, John Nash, Jared Feeney and Bridal Adams as present; Joe Giuliano was recorded as excused. No individual roll-call votes naming each member were recorded in the transcript; votes were recorded as unanimous voice votes.
No substantive public comment or extended discussion of the individual contracts or amendments is recorded in the transcript. The board completed the agenda items and adjourned by voice vote.
Votes at a glance - Minutes approval: Motion to dispense with reading and approve minutes — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 143 — Authorizing 2025 budgetary transfer — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 144 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Rome Environmental Solutions and Testing LLC, amount not to exceed $25,000 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 145 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Richard Bohning, $1,175 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 146 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Kevin Dundon, $500 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 147 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Gary Johnson, $500 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 148 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Isaac French, $500 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 149 — Authorizing mayor to enter agreement with Ryan Quinn, $500 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 150 — Authorizing change order No. 2 to contract with MJ Dakota Incorporated (per Board of Estimate and Contract Resolution No. 192, adopted Aug. 15, 2024), $154,998.40 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 151 — Authorizing Amendment No. 4 to contract with CDM Smith New York Incorporated (per Board of Investment and Contract Resolution No. 110, adopted July 15, 2021), $935,200 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote). - Resolution No. 152 — Authorizing Amendment No. 6 to contract with CDM Smith related to the Railroad Street interceptor upgrades project, $43,600 — moved, seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote).
Meeting context: The transcript records roll call, approval of minutes, a sequence of resolutions presented and carried by voice vote, and a motion to adjourn. The record shows no extended debate, no public comment on the listed items, and no detailed discussion of contract terms in the provided transcript.
