Danbury City Board of Awards approves contract renewals, locks half of school-bus propane at $1.35 per gallon

The Danbury City Board of Awards on July 10 unanimously approved multiple contract renewals and procurement decisions, including a price lock that covers half the city school bus fleet’s annual propane use.

Chair Trick Bolt opened the meeting and said the board had a full agenda and would move Health & Human Services items to the top. The board awarded an annual RFQ for eviction services to Shepherd’s Moving and Storage after receiving a single bid; the firm’s storage rate was announced as $1 per square foot and a $60 fee to release stored goods. The award was made contingent on execution of the prepared agreement.

Hernandez Carvallo, the board member identified as the director of health and human services, moved to renew an advisory contract for Ed Surgi to serve as department adviser to the Lake Kenosha Commission at the prior billing rate of $45 per hour; the motion passed unanimously.

On a multi-part decision about propane for the Danbury school bus fleet, the board confirmed that Norman E. Mitchell had offered two pricing options: a lock-in price…