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Council rejects bids for animal shelter improvements, directs staff to rebid focused alternates

5969143 · October 21, 2025
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Summary

Bids for the bridal (animal) shelter project exceeded available ARPA funding; council rejected all bids and authorized staff to rebid focusing on alternates (isolation/intake addition, replacing interior chain‑link with masonry, and antimicrobial coatings). Vote was unanimous.

City engineers recommended rejecting all bids for a planned animal‑shelter improvements project after the low bids came in well above the available budget. Council agreed and authorized staff to rebid the project with a narrowed scope that prioritizes sanitary and intake improvements; the motion passed unanimously.

City Engineer Will Watchel told council eight bids were received for the shelter upgrade work on Sept. 11, for a package that originally included two 3,000‑square‑foot covered kennel sheds and…

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