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Commission rejects transfer-station construction bids amid cost concerns, seeks cheaper options
Summary
After an engineer and contractor presented cost estimates for a new landfill transfer station, commissioners voted to reject the current construction contracts citing escalating prices and uncertainty about funding and asked staff to pursue alternatives and equipment purchases instead.
The Linn County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to reject the current construction contracts for a proposed transfer station and tipping floor at the county landfill after hearing detailed bids and engineering cost estimates.
Why it matters: Staff and the contractor presented a construction estimate around $1.7 million plus roughly $91,000 in engineering/inspection and an additional equipment budget in the low hundreds of thousands, pushing total project planning estimates to approximately $2.3 million.…
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