Lafayette City approves $66,574 contract with Dixon Construction and holds North 9th Street bids under advisement

Lafayette City approved a $66,574 contract with Dixon Construction on a recommendation from City Engineer Jeremy Grenard, who told the board only Dixon submitted a sealed quote for the city’s 2026 miscellaneous concrete projects.

"This morning, we have a contract with Dixon Construction for the 20 26 miscellaneous concrete projects," Grenard said, and noted the submitted price was below the engineer’s estimate.

The contract approval included a separate vote to issue a notice to proceed, effective immediately, for the awarded work. Earlier in the meeting the presiding official opened sealed bids for a separate North 9th Street concrete project and read three bids aloud: "Dixon Concrete," $31,004.11; an entry read in the transcript as "Lisonbee 1 from Milestone," $94,370; and "Reach Riley" (also referenced as Reece Riley), base bid $64,677. A motion to place those bids under advisement was made and approved.

The transcript contains inconsistent contractor naming: the bid list included "Dixon Concrete," while the city engineer recommended awarding to "Dixon Construction." The transcript does not provide extra details to reconcile whether those names refer to the same firm; the city engineer’s recommendation used the name "Dixon Construction." The board took no further public discussion and approved both the contract and the notice to proceed by voice vote.

The action concludes the formal procurement steps recorded in today’s meeting; the city did not provide a roll-call vote or further contract schedule details in the transcript.