Bonner County commissioners remand two motor-grader bids to Road and Bridge for review

Bonner County commissioners opened bids for a 2026 motor grader at a special meeting Dec. 3, 2025 and voted to remand the two offers to the Road and Bridge department for analysis and recommendation.

Speaker 2 called the meeting and stated the purpose was a "bid opening for a Road and Bridge 2026 motor grader." Speaker 1 read one proposal from Western Cat for a "2025 Caterpillar 140 all wheel drive motor grader" with a bid price the speaker said was $370,160 and a buyback value of $180,000. Speaker 2 read a second proposal from Papi Machinery with a bid amount the speaker said was $409,750 and a buyback price the speaker read as $340,000 (the transcript also records an apparent verbalization of "$3.40").

After confirming that a formal award would not be made at the session, Speaker 1 moved "to remand these 2 motor grader bids over to Road and Bridge for analysis and recommendation." Speaker 2 seconded the motion. The board called for public comment and board deliberation; none were offered. During roll call, the transcript records Commissioner Gordon responding "Yes" and Commissioner Dauke responding "Yes," and the motion was declared passed.

The record does not include a procurement award, contract number, or further details about timing for Road and Bridge's recommendation. The meeting adjourned at 10:03 a.m.

What the record shows and what is not specified: the transcript provides the bidders' names (Western Cat; Papi Machinery), model referenced (Caterpillar 140), the two bid amounts announced aloud ($370,160 and $409,750), and stated buyback values ($180,000 and $340,000). The transcript contains an inconsistent verbalization of the second buyback as "$3.40"; the article reports both the figure as stated and the alternate verbalization rather than resolving it to a single corrected number because the record does not supply a corrected written bid form.