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Council declines to award Decorah Athletic Complex contract; staff to pursue rebid and code options on parking lot

3651002 · June 4, 2025
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Summary

Council chose not to award the single $3,107,176.28 bid for the Decorah Athletic Complex and instead directed staff to explore rebidding the project with adjusted scope, alternate bid formats and potential municipal code changes on parking‑lot surfacing.

Decorah City Council debated a $3.1 million bid for the proposed Decorah Athletic Complex and ultimately did not award the contract, sending the project back to staff to consider rebidding with package changes and possible municipal code adjustments for parking‑lot surfacing.

Staff told the council the single bid received from Skyline Construction Inc. totaled $3,107,176.28 (including a $50,000 in‑kind donation reflected in the tabulation), which was about 9% over the engineer’s estimate. Staff recommended rejecting the single bid…

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