Clerk opens bids for South Sludge Pond; Hodges Farm low bidder at $169,000

A clerk opened sealed bids on Tuesday, Sept. 8, for the South Sludge Pond project, identifying the solicitation as "bid number 26Dash038." "This is the bid opening for the South Sludge Pond, bid number 26Dash038," the clerk said at the start of the session.

The clerk read three bids. "Our 1st bid is from Hodges Farm and Dredging for a $169,000," the clerk said, identifying Hodges Farm and Dredging as the apparent low bidder. The second bid, from Midwest Injection, was read first as $257,000 and then corrected to "$257,500." The clerk also read a $170,000 bid from Sandyland Environmental and then closed the opening: "And the last bid we received is from Sandyland Environmental for a total of $170,000 and that will conclude the bid opening." No award or decision was announced during the session; the bids were recorded at the opening for later review.