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Council approves Community Center flooring; commissioner presses for competitive bidding
Summary
Council approved $5,680 and $12,340 flooring estimates from McDaniel’s Furniture for the Pinckneyville Community Center; Commissioner Kevin B. Hicks argued future purchases should be bid, while a community member said local vendor options are limited.
The Pinckneyville City Council on Aug. 12 approved two flooring estimates from McDaniel’s Furniture for the Community Center — $5,680 for the board room and $12,340 for the upstairs hall and waiting room — but the vote included a brief exchange over procurement practices.
Commissioner Kevin B. Hicks said he supports doing business locally but argued that “all future requests should go out for bid,” pressing for a more competitive procurement approach on future facility purchases. Rhonda Shubert, speaking during that agenda item, said both McDaniel’s and their flooring installers visited the site to measure and provide the estimate and that “there is no other flooring sales option in town.” The council voted to approve both flooring requests.
The discussion highlights the council’s recurring procurement choice between supporting local businesses and using competitive bidding to seek broader market responses. The minutes record approval of the McDaniel’s estimates and note the procurement concern raised by Commissioner Hicks; no formal change to the city’s bidding policy was adopted at the meeting.
The council also approved other facility and maintenance contracts that evening, including a security camera installation at the Community Center and sidewalk and intersection visibility projects, but those items were handled as separate motions.
