Rome Board of Investment and Contracts approves 16 resolutions including property sales, contracts and Chobani pilot allocation amendment

The City of Rome Board of Investment and Contracts met June 12, 2025, and approved 16 resolutions authorizing property sales, contract awards and solicitations, easements for utility work, and an amended agreement on pilot payments involving Chobani LLC.

The approvals, made by voice vote with no recorded objections, covered sales of city-owned parcels, small professional agreements, a change order, procurement requests for asbestos monitoring and a complete-streets project, easements for National Grid upgrades, and an amended allocation of pilot payments tied to a Chobani LLC project.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 1 11: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Michael Burst for the purchase of 1030 East Dominic Street — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 12: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Adirondack Bank — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 13: Authorized change order number 2 to the contract with Barton and Lejudice, DPC pursuant to Board of Investment and Contract resolution number 27 (adopted 01/28/2021) in the amount of $7,500 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 14: Authorized the mayor to approve the sale of city-owned parcel 518 Robert Street to buyer for $1,501 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 15: Authorized the mayor to approve the sale of city-owned parcel 605 Floyd Ave to buyer for $2,000 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 16: Authorized the city clerk to advertise for bids for air monitoring and professional services for asbestos-containing material (RFP 2025009) — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 17: Authorized two easements on Palmer Road for electrical infrastructure upgrades for National Grid — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 18: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with UCM Digital Health — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 19: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Chad Reese, RFA, varsity soccer coach, for an amount not to exceed $1,000 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 20: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Johnson McMahon for an amount not to exceed $1,500 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 21: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Norman Gagnon for an amount not to exceed $750 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 22: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement with Charles Jake Dercola for an amount not to exceed $750 — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 23: Authorized the sale of surplus equipment via public auction — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 24: Authorized an extension of the agreement with Roy Teitzworth Incorporated — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 25: Authorized the city clerk to request bids for the Park Drive Complete Street project (RFB 2025012) — carried by voice vote. - Resolution 1 26: Authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement approving alternative allocation of pilot payments among Chobani LLC, Oneida County Industrial Development Agency, Oneida County and Rome City School District; the board adopted an amendment to the whereas clause to refer to a “manufacturing and distribution center” before carrying the resolution — carried by voice vote.

Meeting notes and context

The meeting was short and procedural: roll call was taken, a motion to dispense with reading the minutes was approved, and the board moved through each resolution with motions and seconding voices recorded but without individual roll-call votes. Several items specified procurement or solicitation identifiers (RFP 2025009 for asbestos-related air monitoring services; RFB 2025012 for the Park Drive Complete Street project). The change order (Resolution 1 13) cited a prior board resolution adopted Jan. 28, 2021. The only amendment offered during the session modified Resolution 1 26 to clarify that the project on the referenced property is a manufacturing and distribution center.

No public comment or department head reports were recorded in the transcript. The board adjourned after completing the resolutions.