Madison County held a public bid opening for the fiscal-year 2026 OPS Systems Safety project. Moderator (Speaker 1) opened the session and asked for confirmation of the meeting date, which the transcript records inconsistently.

Speaker 3 identified the project as "Field Day 25 12, fiscal year 20 26 ops systems safety project" and read Garrett Paving’s bid aloud: "So the quote is for $1,043,257.99," a figure recorded verbatim in the transcript. The county recorded a second submission from C W Matthews as received by Christina Baxter at 09:28 a.m., but the transcript renders the bid amount as a repeated sequence of "828" and does not provide a clear monetary total.

The transcript also contains a line in which Speaker 3 reads a "Sole price" as "$909,185,630 dollars and 6¢." That value is inconsistent with the other amounts on the record and appears to be a transcription anomaly; the county’s staff will need to confirm the correct figures from the signed bid documents.

On next steps, staff said they will review quantities and the bids, involve the project manager who works with the DSP project to validate the submission, and take the recommendation to the Board of Commissioners for consideration. As Speaker 3 said on the record, "We will review the bid and hopefully do a bid award tonight." The transcript does not record any formal motion or vote; it records only staff statements about review and referral to the board.

The bid opening was videoed and, according to the transcript, the video can be watched live or a summary obtained the following morning. The record ends with brief thanks among speakers.

Next procedural step: procurement staff will complete their review and present a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners; the transcript does not specify a date for that board action.