Angola council conditionally accepts bids for divisions 3–4 of infrastructure project; approves grant appropriation and wastewater change order

The Angola City Common Council on Monday, March 3 accepted bids for divisions 3 and 4 of the Volcano Infrastructure Improvement Project but made the awards contingent on the state27s approval of bids and funding for divisions 1 or 2. The council also approved the second reading of an additional-appropriations ordinance for local road and bridge matching grant funds and approved a change order increasing the wastewater treatment biosolids improvement project by $5,576.98.

The bids for divisions 1 and 2, which cover water and sewer work tied to a state park and include interest-free funding, came in higher than the city engineer had projected. Amanda, a staff member, told the council the administration was "looking at a variety of options" for divisions 1 and 2, including accepting the bids as submitted, modifying the scope, or rebidding.

Mayor Martin and council members discussed the funding linkage between divisions. Council member (unnamed for the motion) moved to "award the divisions 3 and 4 to the lowest…