Commissioners open bids for CDBG waterline project and accept Section 3 compliance presentation
The court opened five sealed bids for the Jim Wells County CDBG waterline replacement (project cited as CDB230313) and heard a Section 3 presentation from GrantWorks explaining a $500,000 award with a $10,000 county match, local hiring/outreach requirements, and a 12‑month threshold prompting expedited action.
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Commissioners opened sealed bids for a CDBG-funded waterline replacement project in Rancho Alegre, read by project engineer Raul Garcia. Garcia said the work will replace existing 2‑inch lines with 8‑inch pipe, add fire hydrants and tie into a 12‑inch McMasters line to complete a system loop. "We received 5 bids," Garcia said; the list included offers of $359,503.05, $385,703.08, $444,444.00 (listed), $534,305.03 and $698,010.05. He said he will tabulate bids and return with a recommendation next week.
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