Neosho council approves on-call concrete contract with Goins Enterprises

Neosho — The City of Neosho on Tuesday approved an on-call concrete services contract with Goins Enterprises, a move staff said will standardize street- and sidewalk-repair work and reduce the city’s need to chase individual contractors.

City staff presented three bids for estimated quantities: Goins Enterprises at $295,750; Marion Company at $584,250; and ATS Contractors (amounts reported in the transcript as “300 and 50,750”). Staff recommended awarding the contract to Goins Enterprises. Nate, the presenting staff member, said the arrangement will give the city a single contractor to perform repairs according to city specifications and make billing and enforcement more consistent.

Councilmember (speaker 9) moved to approve the recommended contractor; the motion was seconded. The council then approved bill 2025-02, the ordinance authorizing an agreement between the city and Goins Enterprises, by a 7–0 roll-call vote.

Nate told the council the program uses estimated quantities to produce a dollar amount per repair item and that contractors will be billed based on those estimates when they apply for a street-cut permit. He said the approach is modeled on a similar method used in Joplin and is intended to ensure cuts are properly repaired and to reduce staff time spent tracking contractors.

Council discussion included questions about whether contractors would make more careful cuts knowing the city would complete repairs; Nate and councilmembers noted specifications require the cut be bridged 12 inches beyond the original excavation and that prior patches done with asphalt had not held up. No councilmember opposed the measure.

The ordinance authorizing the agreement passed unanimously; city staff will complete contract execution and implementation steps described in the ordinance.

Next steps: the mayor is authorized to execute the agreement with Goins Enterprises as described in ordinance 2025-02.