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Council awards seawall design, playground and court restorations and new police motorcycles
Summary
The council approved design and engineering contracts for a King Park seawall ($133,200), awarded Murphy Field court restoration ($270,429.58), a manhole-inspection amendment ($94,500), and purchased two police motorcycles ($39,100). All items were described as budgeted.
At the Sept. 9 session the Newport City Council approved several infrastructure and procurement items already budgeted in their respective capital accounts.
The Department of Public Services recommended awarding a contract to GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. for professional engineering services to design and provide construction administration for the King Park Seawall Reconstruction, not to exceed $133,200. The council approved the design-only contract; councilors and staff noted the city had secured a Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank resiliency grant that funded larger mitigation work.
Separately, the council approved awarding Murphy Field tennis and basketball court restoration to Hartford Paving Corporation for a not-to-exceed total of $270,429.58. Director Wheeler and engineering staff described cracked courts that had exceeded their lifespan and laid out a timeline of a few weeks per court for the work, weather permitting. The project includes replacing damaged fencing and upgraded backboards to current city safety standards.
The council also approved Amendment No. 2 to the Wright-Pierce contract for manhole inspections and resident project representation (RPR) services, not to exceed $94,500, with all funding from the Water Pollution Control Fund capital account. Councilors noted the item was budgeted.
The Police Department's recommendation to purchase two Harley-Davidson FLHTP Electra Glide motorcycles from Russ Ocean State Harley-Davidson (Warwick) at $39,100 as the lowest responsive bidder was approved; staff noted the purchase was budgeted.
"An incredible amount of good work went in, from the City on this," the Chair said when discussing the King Park work and the grant that funded resiliency efforts, commending staff for grant-winning and project planning.
All four procurement items were approved by the council that evening.
