Board opens jail repair bids and schedules special meeting to award contract

County staff opened seven bids for jail projects and supervisors discussed next steps for evaluation and award. The bids read into the record included offers from Triple D Construction, Long Construction, Oldtown Roofing, D Carlo (Des Moines), Temper Trucking, Souls Co., and others with amounts discussed in meeting packets. Board members asked the county’s staff (Adam) to review bid completeness and recommended a possible special meeting before vendor deadlines.

"First one I'll open is from Triple D construction. It is for $73,000 450," the clerk read as bids were tallied, and supervisors discussed a range of bids from roughly $69,640.78 to about $124,680. Supervisors proposed a special meeting to act rather than wait until the regular meeting to avoid missing vendor deadlines; the board confirmed a special meeting on Wednesday, July 29 to review bids and make a final award.

Staff will circulate reviewed bid summaries and recommendations in advance of the special meeting and present a formal recommendation for board action at that session.