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Committee approves Parks & Recreation organizational review, recommends $912,312 lighting contract to council
Summary
The Finance Committee approved a $29,735 organizational assessment for Parks & Recreation and recommended a $912,312 contract to replace lighting at the Union Street football complex; the lighting award will go to full Bangor City Council because it exceeds the committee's purchasing threshold.
The Bangor City Finance Committee voted to approve an organizational assessment for the Parks and Recreation Department and recommended a separate contract to replace lighting at the Union Street athletic complex.
The committee approved the low bid of $29,735 from the local firm Baridon Macmillan Parker to conduct an organizational assessment of Parks and Recreation. The department had budgeted $20,000 for the assessment; staff said the remainder (about $9,000) can be absorbed within divisional operating budgets. Committee members moved and seconded the measure during the meeting.
The committee also recommended awarding a contract to RL Todd and Son for $912,312 to replace lighting at all three football fields at the Union Street complex. Staff told the committee that by replacing all three fields at once the city lowered costs by avoiding multiple mobilizations; the revised quotes ranged from $912,003.13 to $979,643. Committee members moved and seconded the lighting funding request, and staff said the item will be placed on the full Council agenda next week because the award exceeds the committee's purchasing limit.
Tracy Wolat, Parks and Recreation director, described the new fixtures as LED and said she expected the system to last roughly three decades, adding that the LED fixtures will produce electrical savings. "I would anticipate at least a 30 to the year plus life span of these," Wolat said.
Committee discussion stressed timing and alignment with the parks master plan. One member said the organizational assessment will help guide decisions about possible consolidation of facilities and improve planning for future feasibility studies.
The assessment and the lighting project proceed on different timelines: the assessment will begin after contract execution, and the lighting contractor will mobilize once weather conditions allow. The lighting award will return to the full Bangor City Council for final approval. The organizational assessment contract will be executed at the committee level because it falls within the committee's authority.
No ordinances or statutes were cited during the discussion; funding sources are city capital and operating budgets already approved in the FY25 budget process.
