Committee debates Cornerstone's past work before approving traffic-calming contract

Staff presented bids for project 2026-10 (traffic calming and pavement patching), naming Cornerstone Pavers as the low bidder and LaVine as the second-low bidder, with a reported $192,000 difference between the two. The Chief engineer cautioned that the previous large DOT project (National Avenue) had performance issues tied to landscape/street-scape work and subcontracting choices, though staff said the current contract is smaller and lacks those elements.

"The low bidder is Cornerstone Pavers," staff said when reading the bid results. A committee member recalled the prior project, saying it "didn't sound very successful" and described operational problems. The chair and others noted the public interest in contractor performance but moved through procedural motions: item 50 was placed on file, item 51 was denied, and item 52 was approved; each motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.

The transcript records concerns about Cornerstone's past performance but no recorded formal disqualification or rejection of the low bid on performance grounds. The decision recorded in the session approved the recommendation for item 52; specific contract award documents and the contract amount were not specified in the meeting record.