Aliceville council approves Broad Street waterline contract; engineer recommended lowest bidder

The Aliceville City Council on May 12 approved the engineer's recommendation to award the Broad Street waterline replacement contract to the lowest bidder after staff reported three bids were received for project reference 225882025.

City staff reported that bids included Norris Brothers Excavating ($399,140), Cornerstone Civil Contractors LLC of Tuscaloosa ($249,471) and Lavender Inc. (reported in the transcript as the lowest bid, approximately $224,984). Staff said the project includes two contract components (A and B); Contract B requires additional work and will be extended to May 26. The staff report noted Appalachian Regional Council/Foundation grant funds are being used and that approximately $157,293 remained available for Contract B work.

"We received three bids with Lavender Inc. submitting the lowest bid," the staff member reported, and said the engineer attached a recommendation and contract for award. The chair put the recommendation in the form of a motion; Councilwoman Spencer moved and Councilwoman Jones seconded. The council approved the motion by voice vote.

Transcript inconsistencies: the meeting transcript contains multiple spellings and figures (the lowest-bidder name was also transcribed once as "Lambda Inc." and bid amounts appear in slightly different forms in different lines). The council-approved action follows the staff and engineer recommendation as presented at the meeting; the city clerk or procurement office should be contacted for the certified contract amount and the finalized award documents.

The council did not record roll-call vote tallies in the transcript; the chair stated the motion carried.