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Council awards wastewater lift‑station materials contract and rejects East Main bids, plans rebid
Summary
Council authorized award of a bid for packaged wastewater lift‑station materials, allowing the mayor to sign after legal review, and rejected East Main/Town Creek repair bids as exceeding the project engineer's estimate and directed a rebid.
The Tupelo City Council approved an award for packaged wastewater lift‑station materials and rejected bids for an East Main Street/Town Creek repair project, directing a rebid.
A council member moved that the city award the bid for packaged wastewater lift‑station materials and allow the mayor to execute a contract after legal review, subject to later ratification; the motion was seconded and approved. Council did not record additional discussion on the award during the meeting.
On a separate item, the council voted to reject all bids for the East Main Street/Town Creek repair project as exceeding the project engineer’s construction estimate and directed staff to rebid the project. The motion on the floor stated the bids exceeded 20% of the engineer’s estimate and the council voted to reject and rebid. (At the start of the meeting an earlier agenda amendment used the phrase “exceeding 10% of the project engineer’s construction estimate” when describing the desired motion language; the council later voted on language stating 20%.)
Council approved both measures during the routine agenda; the mayor was authorized to sign the wastewater contract after legal review and the East Main project will be rebid per council direction.
