The October 6th College Park City Council meeting lasted barely two hours and ended at 9:00 p.m. sharp — but not before the city quietly approved an $867,563 chiller replacement contract that Mayor Motley Broom revealed was awarded to the HIGHEST bidder, not the lowest, at a $270,183 premium over competing quotes. The memo in the council's own packet falsely identified the winner as the lowest bidder, and it was dated and signed before the RFQ was even issued — a procurement red flag that the council majority refused to pull for discussion, letting it pass unanimously on the consent agenda. Meanwhile, public comment erupted over the mayor's pattern of flooding city contractors and staff with open records requests — with one contractor revealing 54 requests targeting his emails alone — while a Ward 3 resident directly accused the mayor of weaponizing the process to build a political narrative against Councilwoman McKenzie. A motion to establish a 9:30 p.m. meeting curfew died for lack of a second, and a stormwater drain Councilman Gay says he has flagged nine months ago still sits open enough to 'literally fall down in the hole.'