Norton board awards contracts for fuel-island guardrails and power supply

The Norton Board of Control voted unanimously Tuesday to award two contracts for safety and operational upgrades at the service department fuel island.

Unidentified Speaker 3 presented a motion to award the purchase and installation of guardrails for the service department fuel tank pad in an amount not to exceed $8,780. Unidentified Speaker 4 described the work as "a wrap around the fuel tanks" intended "so vehicles don't run into it" and said the city obtained two quotes. Unidentified Speaker 2 moved the motion, and Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded; the clerk recorded an affirmative roll call and the motion passed. One member, Mister Deharpart, was excused.

The board then moved on to a related item: awarding the purchase and installation of a power supply for the service department fuel pumps in an amount not to exceed $6,548. Unidentified Speaker 4 said the unit "is needed to operate the fuel island" and includes emergency shut-offs; two quotes were obtained for that work as well. Unidentified Speaker 2 moved the motion, Unidentified Speaker 3 seconded, and the motion passed on a recorded roll call.

The board accepted the minutes for Feb. 2, 2026, "as submitted," and at 6:03 p.m. Unidentified Speaker 3 moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded and the meeting was adjourned.

The transcript records the motions, the quoted explanations of the required work, the stated not-to-exceed contract amounts, and that two quotes were obtained for each item. The transcript does not specify contract vendors or funding sources; those details were not provided during the meeting and are therefore not reported here.