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Board takes agricultural lease bids under advisement after bidder failed to present certified funds
Summary
During a bid opening for two agricultural tracts, the board found a single bidder had submitted a personal check rather than the required certified check and voted to take the bids under advisement while the attorney reviews the documentation.
The board opened bids for two agricultural lease tracts and discovered the single envelope contained personal checks rather than the required certified check for at least one tract. The chair asked the district attorney whether the irregularity would disqualify the bids.
The attorney told the board the lack of a certified check was a technical flaw and recommended the board take the bids under advisement while counsel reviews whether the irregularity could be waived. A board member moved to take the bids under advisement and asked the attorney to seek official documentation on the check; the motion passed.
The two tracts in question were listed on the bid form as Tract 1 (20 acres, minimum bid $567) and Tract 2 (10.7 acres, minimum bid $400). The face amounts of the bids recorded in the envelope matched the minimums ($567 and $400), and the apparent bidder name on the check read "David Cheney" (as noted from handwriting).
The board did not award either lease that night and deferred action pending the attorney92s review and any corrected documentation the bidder might provide.
