Perry County opens bids for five road projects; INB Paving appears to be low bidder

Perry County officials opened bids on contracts for work on five county roads and identified an apparent low bidder, a county staff member said. The roads listed were Cattail Road, Bell Hollow, Scarlet Avenue, Shady Lane and Starbrite Road.

A county staff member said, “the reason we're here today is solely for the purpose of opening bids for ... Cattail Road, Bell Hollow, Scarlet Avenue, Shady Lane, and Starbite Bright Road.” The statement was made as officials read and compared three submitted proposals.

The staff member read the bid amounts recorded in the transcript: one bid listed as 1,428,928 and attributed in the transcript to a bidder recorded as “JH Rudolph,” a second listed as 1,365,590 attributed to “CNR Construction,” and a third listed as 1,266,110 attributed to “ENB Paving.” The staff member said the apparent low bidder (as transcribed) was INB Paving and that staff would review funding and contractor qualifications before recommending an award.

A committee member asked whether the bids covered all roads together or had been submitted as separate line items; the staff member said the bid documents appear to be broken down and that the county would verify the bid structure before proceeding.

Earlier in the meeting, the chair opened the session and the assembly approved the agenda by motion; the transcript records a mover and a seconder but does not include a roll-call tally. After the bid opening, the chair asked for and received a motion to adjourn; the transcript documents the motion and second but does not record an explicit verbal vote tally.

County staff said the next steps are internal review of the bid breakdown, verification of available funding, and examination of contractor qualifications before any contract is awarded. The meeting closed shortly after those announcements.