Callahan County schedules April 3 bid opening for sheriff’s 2025 Chevrolet pickup

Callahan County Commissioners Court on March 17 set dates for advertising, the bid filing deadline and a bid-opening meeting for the sheriff’s planned purchase of a 2025 Chevrolet pickup.

County staff said advertising would begin on the Wednesday following the March 17 meeting and run for two weeks, with notices placed on the 19th and the 26th, and recommended that bids be filed at the county judge’s office by 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday before the bid opening. Commissioners scheduled a called meeting on April 3 at 8:30 a.m. to open and consider the bids.

The court’s action followed a short staff presentation about the advertising schedule. Commissioner Winner made the motion to set the April 3 call meeting at 8:30 a.m.; Commissioner Clark seconded the motion, and the court voted unanimously in favor. The court later approved a motion to adjourn on a motion by Commissioner Winner, seconded by Commissioner McGowan.

The meeting lasted roughly three minutes from the time the judge called it to order at 8:30 a.m. The court did not discuss financing, specifications for the pickup, or other procurement details during the called meeting; those items were not specified in the record.

The schedule set by the court governs the public notice period, the filing deadline at the judge’s office and the date on which commissioners will open the bids for the sheriff’s office vehicle procurement.