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Danbury Board of Awards approves multiple ARPA-funded purchases including stadium lighting and fire truck refurbishing
Summary
The Danbury City Board of Awards on Sept. 18 approved eight procurement actions and one added emergency elevator repair, including a $372,645 stadium lighting contract, a $1.1 million fire truck refurbishment and a $132,000 ERP implementation; several purchases used ARPA funds or sole‑source justifications.
Chip Volpe, Danbury City’s purchasing agent, told the Board of Awards on Sept. 18 that the panel approved a series of procurement actions to cover equipment, repairs and software implementation across municipal departments. "This brings the amount over $15,000, which is a limit of my authority," Volpe said, explaining why multiple requests required the board’s sign-off.
The board voted unanimously to amend an existing purchase order for traffic-signal electrical repairs, increasing the estimate for the fiscal year to $75,000. The original purchase order vendor is listed in the record; the request to increase the PO was submitted by the engineering department.
Construction Services sought and received approval to award Musco Sports Lighting $372,645 to…
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