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Ada County commissioners approve equipment transfers, procurement awards and licenses; several bids tabled
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the Ada County Board of Commissioners approved a proclamation, donated sirens, procurement actions including a small re-award to Core & Main, and 88 license/catering renewals; the board also tabled two larger bid awards for later review.
The Ada County Board of Commissioners voted on multiple procurement, permitting and administrative items at its April 1 open business meeting, approving a proclamation designating April as County Government Month and taking several procurement and licensing actions while tabling larger bid awards for later consideration.
The votes affect county property and services, sheriff's office equipment and several construction and maintenance procurements. Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution donating eight emergency sirens to the Custer County Sheriff's Office and approved procurement actions to replace an inaccessible platform lift at the Ada County Sheriff's Office Community Transition Center. The board accepted a withdrawal of a previously recommended bidder for the landfill piping materials contract and re-awarded that line item to Core & Main.
A summary of the most consequential actions follows.
Votes at a glance: - Proclamation: The board approved a proclamation designating April 2025 as National County Government Month in Ada County (motion passed, unanimous). Commissioner Davidson read the proclamation aloud to the board and public.
- Resolution 3082 (donation): Approved the conveyance of eight sirens from the Ada County Sheriff's Office to the Custer County Sheriff's Office (motion passed, unanimous).
- Resolution 3083 (procurement): Opened and approved the procurement of design-build services for a platform lift replacement at the Ada County Sheriff's Office Community Transition Center. Staff said the existing lift is old, frequently fails and cannot be replaced with a ramp because of space constraints; the new lift will provide ADA access between the lobby and a dorm area (motion passed, unanimous).
- Bid 25024 (Ada County Landfill — HDPE thermal fusion fittings division): After receiving notices that the originally recommended bidders could not fulfill their bids, the board accepted withdrawal of the award to Telecommunications Utility Procurement Services and re-awarded the HDPE thermal fusion fittings division to Core & Main in the amount of $1,459.52 (motion passed, unanimous).
- RFP 25028 (design-build for sheriff's radio-site upgrade): Four proposals were opened and read (Day Wireless Systems; Idaho Tower Construction Company LLC; Ontivity LLC; Steelhead Communications). The board tabled final ranking and award recommendation to the April 22, 2025 open business meeting to allow staff time to evaluate proposals.
- Bid 25029 (Landfill topsoil stripping project 2025): Seven bids were opened; total bid amounts (including an owner contingency of $75,000) ranged widely. Bidders and the total bid amounts read into the record were: Compliance Contracting $549,999; Granite Incorporated $693,805; Idaho Site Works $1,122,490; Ninth River Corporation $1,020,399; L3 Construction $610,312; La Riviera Incorporated $1,599,925; Strauth General $588,850. The board tabled award consideration to the April 8, 2025 open business meeting.
- Licenses and permits: The board approved 88 license renewals and one added catering permit as listed on the agenda and authorized the chair to sign the documents (motion passed, unanimous).
- Claims, personnel, tax cancellations and routine agreements: The board authorized payment of the claims journal dated 03/31/2025, approved personnel actions listed on the agenda, approved 11 tax cancellations as identified on the agenda (described in the meeting as statutory tax adjustments), and approved several Expo Idaho and other general agreements identified on the agenda (all motions carried, typically by unanimous voice vote).
Why it matters: The procurement and bid actions affect county capital and operating projects including landfill gas piping materials, radio-site upgrades for public safety communications, and a platform lift that affects ADA access within a sheriff's facility. Tabling the larger construction award decisions gives staff time to complete evaluations and staff recommendations.
What staff said: County procurement and operations staff explained that the platform lift replaces an aging unit for which parts are no longer available and that a ramp is not feasible at that location. Procurement staff read into the record the names of proposers and bidders and requested time to complete evaluations before final awards.
Next steps and scheduling: RFP 25028 (radio-site upgrade) was tabled to the April 22, 2025 open business meeting for final ranking and award recommendation. Bid 25029 (topsoil stripping) was tabled to the April 8, 2025 open business meeting for award. The small re-award to Core & Main will proceed as approved.
