Providence Board of Contract and Supply Meeting – October 20, 2025
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Providence Board of Contract and Supply Meeting – October 20, 2025
The Board of Contract and Supply of the City of Providence convened on Monday, October 20, 2025, at 6:02 PM. Nine members were present, three were absent. Kyle Delgado was elected Chair for the meeting. The meeting included the opening of bids, discussion on several contract items, votes on continuations, and approval of multiple items and minutes.
Roll Call and Opening
- Roll call showed nine present (Kyle Delgado, Robert Baptista, Sarah Silveria, Elaine Richards, Joseph DePina, Patricia Planfei, Shamari Husband, John Arzimanian, Dante Bellini) and three absent (Mayor Smiley, Councilman Gonçalves, Cyril Stevens).
- Motion to elect Kyle Delgado as Chair passed unanimously.
Opening of Bids (Section B)
- Numerous bids were opened, including:
- Item 12 – Sale of Mester Street School: Three bids received – K&F Development ($1,025,000), Eric Edelman ($1,500,000), and a third bid of $350,000.
- Item 10 – Roof replacement at 552 Academy Ave: Two bids – Sheep Metal and Roofing ($1,734,400) and Commercial Roofing and Contracting ($1,386,000), plus a breakdown from JD Rivett and Company totaling $2,254,000.
- Items 8 and 9 (municipal red light/speed camera systems and parking enforcement management system) were extended to November 2025 and November 2025 respectively.
- Item 11 – Lease land for sodium chloride storage: No bids received; item dropped.
- Other items for snow ice control, appraisal services, data destruction, timber harvesting, and various contracts.
- Bids referred to the clerk’s office by unanimous vote.
Advertisements (Section C)
- Motion to approve the advertisements and re-advertise item 2 from Section B passed unanimously.
Discussion Items
- Item 16 – Construction management services: A director explained that the contract would be converted to a design-build approach, with costs reduced by $1.6 million and total digital costs of $70 million.
- Item 20 – Quarterly report question: Director Shamari Husband asked when the last quarterly report for this item was submitted to the city council. No answer was available. A motion to continue item 20 to the next meeting was made by Director Baptista and seconded by Director Delgado. The motion failed (2 ayes, 6 nays, 3 absent). Director Sarah Silveria explained her nay vote: “I voted nay because I don’t want to hold up work in the city to find out if we have a quarterly report submitted.”
- Item 21 – City fleet manager awareness: Director Husband asked whether the city fleet manager was aware of the item. The board requested that the fleet manager attend the next meeting to answer questions.
- Board independence: Director Husband commented on the split vote on the continuation motion, stating, “I think that sort of validity of this board, there should be some independence for everyone’s vote.” He noted votes appeared to follow administration lines.
Key Outcomes
- Motion to continue item 20 failed: 2 ayes (Husband, Arzimanian), 6 nays (Silveria, Richards, DePina, Planfei, Bellini? – note: Bellini not recorded aye/nay in call but listed later as aye on final vote), 3 absent. The item remained on the agenda.
- Approval of items 1 through 27, with item 28 withdrawn: Passed (8 ayes, 1 nay, 3 absent). The items cover contracts and purchases from the agenda.
- Minutes from October 6, 2025: Approved without amendments.
- Adjournment: Motion passed unanimously.
Note: The transcript did not provide a formal agenda or minutes; the summary is based solely on the recorded proceedings.
Meeting Transcript
Good afternoon, welcome to the City of Providence Board of Contract and Supply Meeting of Monday, October twentieth, twenty twenty five. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Yes, and Madam Claire, just for the record, I received a communication from Chairwoman Ryan, uh, who holds a seat for the committee on finance, and she is appointing Robert Baptista as for designate for today's meeting. Mayor Smiley is absent. Kyle Delgado. Present. Councilman Gonçalves is absent. Robert Baptista. Sarah Silveria, present. Elaine Richards present. Joseph DePina. Present. Patricia Planfei. Present. Shamari Husband. Present. John Arzimanian. Present. Dante Bellini. Present. Cyril Stevens is absent. You have nine present and three absent. You have a quaint. I'd like to entertain my um a motion to elect myself chair personal meeting. Motion made by Director Delgado, seconded by Director Richards, all in favor. All opposed, the eyes have it. Um, please let the record reflect that we're joined today by Michael Khalisi, deputy city solicitor. So noted. Like to entertain a motion to go to section B, opening of bids. Second motion made by Director DePina, seconded by Director Richards, all in favor. All opposed, I have it. Section B, opening of bids, item one, City Council office design bill, board nine, gateway sign for sack streets under the two bits. Item two, departments of housing and human services, scaling and sustaining safer use, reducing overdose and substance related terms. The business item will be the advanced. Item three, Department of Housing and Human Services, Treatment and Recovery Supports Infrastructure Enhancements Grants two point oh this is um open doors. I don't see. Uh youth, sorry, uh, beat the streets, New England, twenty thousand dollars. Item five, department of housing and human service, post bottom care for equitable maternal health outcomes, one year contract with two one year options for interval. One bid. One bid. Family services at Rhode Island, twenty thousand dollars. Item six, department of people and culture, labor units, compensational classifications. Two bids. Um hourly rates not to exceed one hundred eighty-five thousand. Item seven, Providence Police Department Sound Camera Pilot Program, twenty twenty-five, one-year contract with two one-year options to renew. This items being extended to November, twenty twenty-five. Municipal red light and speed camera systems, five-year contract with five one year options for renewal. This item is also being extended to eleventh third, twenty twenty-five. Item nine, department of public property, municipal parking enforcement management system, five-year contract with five one year options for renewal. This item is being extended to the 11th third, twenty twenty-five.
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