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Lawndale awards $280,986 street-sign contract and selects GovPilot for citywide software
Summary
The Lawndale City Council unanimously approved a $280,986 contract to replace 66 overhead street-name signs and authorized a 20% contingency, and approved purchasing GovPilot as the citywide software platform; staff cited price and functionality and described modules, implementation and data-migration work.
The Lawndale City Council on May 4 voted unanimously to award a construction contract for overhead street-name sign replacement and to buy a citywide software platform intended to consolidate permits, code enforcement, licensing and public-works workflows.
Street signs: Public Works staff reported three bids ranging from about $280,000 to $448,000 and recommended awarding the contract to Eleknor Belco Electric, Inc. for $280,986 to replace 66 signal-mounted overhead street-name signs. Staff also recommended a 20% contingency (roughly $56,000) and authorization for the city manager to file a notice of completion after project closeout. Public Works told council this is the third year of a multi-year replacement program and that the 66 signs this year “conclude our program” of planned replacements; council approved the award unanimously.
Citywide software: Council also approved staff’s recommendation to contract with GovPilot for a bundled set of modules to serve community development, municipal services, public works and finance. Staff said they issued an RFP, received four responsive proposals and selected GovPilot based on price and functionality after demonstrations with department staff. The presenter described benefits including online applications, live dashboards, property profiles, GIS integration and module-based reporting.
Cost details and questions: staff presented multiple cost figures during the report. At one point the presenter described a base cost of about $30,000 plus $6,000 for implementation and data migration; later staff said adding two community-development modules brought a "total to $46,000," and another line in the presentation listed "36,000 for annual fees and then 6,000 implementation and data imports." Council members pressed staff on why GovPilot’s price was substantially lower than some competitors and asked who will be responsible for verifying that historic records and data are transferred correctly; staff said department heads will oversee their own data migration and that staff had solicited feedback from other cities that use the software. The council approved the purchase and contract award unanimously.
What it means: the street-sign contract completes a multi-year program of replacements for Lawndale’s signs, and the software purchase is intended to centralize disparate city systems in a single cloud platform with public-facing application tracking and internal dashboards. Staff said additional modules may be added later as needs arise.
Next steps: staff will execute the contracts, proceed with implementation and report back to council on timeline and data-migration assurances.
