Canfield council member says Mahoning Valley Sanitary District rejected $106 million bid; rebid expected
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Councilman Tisch reported that the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District rejected a $106,000,000 bid that had been driving rate concerns and said the district plans to rebid the project later this year.
At the meeting, Councilman Tisch, who also serves on the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District board, reported that the district rejected a $106,000,000 bid for a repair project because the bid far exceeded the district's estimate. "The bid was submitted for $106,000,000," Tisch said, and "they rejected that bid because it was well over the estimate of $909,000." He told council the district will re-examine the project and likely rebid it later this year.
Tisch framed the rejection as taking the immediate pressure off the city for the $106 million figure that had been reported in local coverage; he said the rebid process will proceed and that the ultimate costs and any rate impact will be determined through the sanitary district's procurement and budgeting process.
Tisch also told council he has participated in recent MBSD meetings and said he has heard no signs of contamination reaching the far north of the district's service area. The council did not take formal action on the district matter; the report was informational.
Council members had no follow-up motions recorded on the sanitary-district item during the meeting.
