Greenlee County awards fairgrounds ball-field contract after executive session

The Greenlee County Board of Supervisors awarded the construction contract for a ball field at the Greenlee County Fairgrounds to Peterson Landscaping after reviewing two qualifying bids and receiving attorney advice in executive session.

Tony Hines, public works manager, reported two bids: Curtis Landscaping (reported in the meeting as $455,002.78 "and some change") and Peterson Landscaping (reported as approximately $265,000; numeric transcription in the record is inconsistent). The county moved into executive session to receive legal advice about the two bids and then reconvened in open session, where the chair summarized that neither bidder had access to the other's submission and that any deviations were immaterial.

"Curtis came in at $455,002.78 and some change, and Peterson came in at about $265,000," Hines said during the discussion. Board members who inspected an existing Peterson installation described the workmanship as good and supported awarding the contract to Peterson. Supervisors emphasized the project's timeline and asked staff to press the contractor for a February 1 completion date.

Supervisor Campbell moved to award the ball-field construction contract to Peterson Landscaping; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. The meeting transcript contains inconsistent numeric transcriptions for the Peterson bid and for the motion's spoken dollar figure; the article does not assert an exact final contract dollar amount because the meeting record is unclear. The board asked staff to proceed with contracting and to coordinate project completion.

Why it matters: The project will build playing-field infrastructure at the county fairgrounds, advancing recreational and community-event capacity. The board's award directs staff to finalize contracting and schedule construction to meet the requested completion window.

The board closed the agenda item after recording the award and moving to subsequent items.