Maywood board approves $1.91M First Avenue water-main contract and multiple vendor payments
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Summary
At its April 20 special meeting, the Maywood Board of Trustees approved an omnibus package that included awarding the 2021 First Avenue Water Main Improvements contract to low bidder Swallow Construction Corporation for $1,911,966.00 and authorized numerous vendor payments and engineering contracts listed in the meeting packet.
The Village of Maywood Board of Trustees on April 20 approved an omnibus package of ordinances, contracts and vendor payments that included awarding the 2021 First Avenue Water Main Improvements contract to low bidder Swallow Construction Corporation for $1,911,966.00.
The approvals were taken as part of an omnibus motion covering items A–U on the agenda (with one item pulled). Mayor Edwenna Perkins and Trustees I. Brandon, M. Jones, A. Sanchez, K. Wellington and N. Booker voted Aye; Trustee M. Lightford was absent.
Board members approved a range of capital and operating expenditures included in the packet: sewer televising and cleaning project awards, a professional services agreement with Edwin Hancock Engineering Company for alley/roadway/water-main engineering, and multiple vendor payments submitted for approval including insurance, salt purchases, hydrants and other public-works supplies. The packet also listed a warrant totaling $1,438,633.11 for disbursement through April 14, 2021.
Village Manager Willie Norfleet Jr. and department staff explained that several of the items would be funded from a mix of the Madison Street / 5th Avenue Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Redevelopment Project Area Fund, the village General Fund, and enterprise funds for water and garbage. The meeting record lists the explicit contract and payment amounts in the agenda packet, including Swallow Construction Corporation's low bid of $1,911,966.00.
The motion to approve the omnibus package carried without recorded opposition. The board also noted an Open Invoices Report showing $515.13 in open invoices as of April 14, 2021.
The board pulled one procurement item (a three-year holiday decoration lease) for separate review by the Community Engagement Commission; other approvals proceeded as presented. The meeting adjourned at 8:29 p.m.