Valley County Buildings and Grounds opened bids Oct. 8 for a courthouse boiler replacement and for landscape maintenance and snow removal. After review, the board voted to award the boiler replacement to ACHO Engineered Systems for $109,500, subject to final staff review of bid completeness and compliance with the solicitation.

Commissioners asked staff to confirm the contractor's bid package met all specifications before executing the contract; the motion was amended to require staff review prior to final signature. "I will amend my motion to have it reviewed," a commissioner said during the vote.

The board also received multiple bids for a bundled landscaping and snow-removal contract covering several county properties. Commissioners requested staff evaluate the bids in detail and confirm whether work could reasonably be done by county crews before contracting out the work. The landscaping and snow-removal item was tabled for final approval at the next meeting.

Staff will return with a reviewed contract and signature pages for the boiler work and a more detailed recommendation on landscaping and winter services at the next meeting.

Quoted remarks in this article are limited to those recorded during the bid openings and motions; staff will provide contract documents to the chair for signature after the required review.