The Bolivar City Council approved awarding a neighborhood infrastructure construction contract to the next-lowest bidder after the apparent low bidder withdrew its proposal.

City staff reported that the lowest bidder, the company that had performed work at Sand Beach Lake, submitted a bid that later contained a roughly $40,000 miscalculation and withdrew the bid. The city engineer recommended awarding the contract to MSBC of Jackson at $495,000. The grant-construction budget for the project is $519,000.

Mayor Matysick announced the bids and the recommendation. The council moved to award the contract to the $495,000 bidder; Councilman Williams moved the approval and a second was recorded. The mayor called for the vote and the motion carried.

City staff said the project will proceed under the grant terms and that the awarded bid remains below the grant construction amount. No contested protests or appeals were noted on the council record during the meeting.

Council members did not record additional conditions on the award during the public action; staff and the engineer will proceed with contract finalization and project scheduling under the grant requirements.