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Resident questions jail demolition award; administrator says clerical error corrected and contractor agreed to lower price
Summary
A resident questioned the county’s jail demolition procurement at the July 15 meeting; the county administrator said staff had made a clerical error listing the awarded proposal at $400,000 instead of $440,000 and the contractor agreed to perform the work at the lower amount.
During public comment on July 15, a resident questioned the county's decision on the jail demolition procurement and why a lower proposal was not awarded.
Ron Frank, a county resident, said he has attended many lettings and asked why the lowest proposal — about $130,000 lower than the awarded firm’s proposal — was not selected. He also questioned a perceived $40,000 discrepancy in another bidder's submission and whether that should have disqualified that bid.
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