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Council approves CGS contract for Parkway Drive sidewalk
Summary
At a Lithonia work session, council voted by voice to award a contract to CGS for the Parkway Drive sidewalk project; staff said the project is funded primarily by a HUD CDBG grant that falls short of the lowest bid, and a 15% contingency will be applied.
Lithonia’s city council voted at a Feb. 16 work session to award a contract to CGS to build a sidewalk on Parkway Drive, taking the action by voice vote.
The project was introduced by the city administrator and a presenter identified as Keith D., who walked council members through funding figures and bids. Staff cited a Community Development Block Grant tied to HUD funding of about $204,000 and said the lowest contractor bid was reported at $225,000. City staff described a baseline figure of $196,411 and said the accepted contract would include a 15% contingency to cover unforeseen conditions.
A council member moved "I make a motion to approve" the contract; the motion was approved by voice vote with the chair saying "eyes have it." The transcript does not record who formally moved or seconded the motion, nor does it include a roll-call tally by name.
City staff told the council the contingency is intended to cap unexpected costs and that, if work neared the grant amount, the council could direct stopping at the grant ceiling. "So 196,411 and then 15%," one speaker summarized when describing the accepted contract parameters.
The council’s action authorizes the award to the contractor with the contingency described in staff recommendations; staff indicated that if costs exceed the contingency they would return to the council with options. The work-session record shows this was a formal procurement award taken as an action item during the meeting.
The city did not specify in the meeting record which council member moved or seconded the motion, nor the numerical counts of yes/no votes; the approval was recorded as a voice vote. The project will proceed under the awarded contract and the contingency noted by staff.
The council moved on to a separate charter discussion after the procurement vote; no additional action on the sidewalk item was recorded in the work session.
