Unidentified Speaker, a city staff member, opened a public bid-opening session for the City of Webster Groves and announced that sealed bids for demolition of two residential structures — 834 North Forest Avenue and 838 East Pacific Avenue — are now closed and being reviewed.

The projects’ scope, as read by Unidentified Speaker, includes full removal of the structures, asbestos testing and remediation, utility disconnection, site restoration to a uniform grade and removal of dead trees and excessive vegetation. The speaker said work must comply with the Webster Groves Municipal Code, the 2015 International Building Code, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, and the St. Louis County Department of Public Health air pollution control program.

During the bid opening the city read four submissions aloud and verified each for required documentation. Bid number 1, from ZNL Wrecking Company, listed a bid amount of $53,600; the city recorded that the package included the certificate of nonsegregation, non-collusion affidavit, subcontractor utilization form, superintendent submittal form and a bid bond, and confirmed the bid qualified to proceed to evaluation. Bid number 2, from Hillsdale Demolition Contracting, carried a bid amount of $83,356 and similarly contained the required documents and a bid bond; the speaker said it would move on to the next phase.

Bid number 3, submitted by Saline scribe Creek Grading LLC, was read as $77,500 and was confirmed to include the required paperwork and bid bond. The fourth bid, from Tubbs and Sun Construction, showed a bid form amount of $43,410; the transcript records a cashier’s check amount as "$21.70 and 50¢," which appears to be a transcription anomaly in the record. The speaker noted notations on some submitted forms but stated the fourth bid will move to the next phase as well.

The city official said each qualifying bid will be evaluated and that a bid award is expected within one to two weeks. No formal award or vote occurred during the session; the bid opening was limited to verifying required documentation and confirming which submissions advance to evaluation.

The city did not specify dates for the evaluation milestones or identify a projected contract start date in the session. The transcript also contains a garbled line regarding the bidding identifier (transcribed as "11 24 dash w f t o 1"), which the city may need to clarify in official records.