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Residents press council on wide bid spreads and repeated use of same engineering firm
Summary
Residents and some council members questioned why Spicer and a small set of engineering firms repeatedly win village work after a TMF grant bid showed a low bid well below earlier estimates; the engineer defended the recommendation citing prior performance and grant-driven procurement.
At the council meeting several residents and council members raised concerns about procurement practices after the village engineer reported a wide range of bids for a TMF grant project.
Austin Alexander Spicer said the low bid for the TMF grant project came in at $131,564 from Montelof (MEC Underground Solutions), while the highest bid was roughly $259,000. "The low bid…
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