Clerks opened and read bids Monday for the 2025 disaster-recovery bridge rehabilitation project (Project No. 959488 / 25-0026; FEMA DR-4879).

Staff read three bids in public: a J3 local bid at roughly $2,000,000, a Gibson & Associates bid at $1,065,192.88 and a consortium/Niche bid at $1,012,362.50. The work descriptions across bids included mobilization, traffic control, repositioning bridge decks, replacing abutment caps and bearing pads, deck-joint work, hot mix asphalt, metal guard fences, concrete riprap and related items.

A commissioner moved that the court receive all bids and refer them to the county engineer for review and recommendation; the motion was seconded and the court voted unanimously to accept the bids and return with award recommendations at a December meeting.