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Linn County board closes hearing, confirms final courthouse plans and refers bids for review
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Summary
The Linn County Board of Supervisors closed a public hearing with no public comment, adopted a resolution granting final approval of plans for an interior remodel of the county courthouse and opened four construction bids, referring them to staff and the project architect for review; a low apparent bidder will be recommended for award at a later meeting.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Monday opened and closed a public hearing on plans for the Linn County Courthouse interior remodeling project and approved a resolution giving final sign-off on the plans.
"This is the courthouse interior remodeling project on the 2nd Floor or Main Floor, of the courthouse as was discussed previously," said Darren Gage, director of policy and administration, noting the hearing notice ran in the Gazette on Dec. 10 and that staff had received no written or oral public comments. The board then closed the hearing and, by voice vote, approved a resolution confirming the plans, specifications, form of contract and estimated total cost.
After adopting the resolution, county staff opened four sealed bids and read the bid tabulation for the record. The apparent low bidder on the tab sheet presented to the board was Garland Construction; staff said they received four bids and will verify submissions and arithmetic before returning to the board to award a contract. The board voted to refer the bid proposals to Linn County staff and the project architect for review and tabulation.
The bids included base bids and a bid alternate to replace piping; the precise dollar figures as read from the tabulation were garbled in the transcript record and will be confirmed in the official bid tabulation. Darren Gage told supervisors the numbers will be checked and staff will bring an award recommendation to the board at its Wednesday meeting.
The board's procedural votes to open and close the hearing and to refer bids were voice votes with the motions carrying. No final contract award was made at the meeting.
Next steps: staff and the project architect will complete the bid review and arithmetic check and return to the board with a recommendation to award the contract.
