Cave Creek staff: bids received for Desert Hills water system; public briefings planned
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Town staff told the Water Advisory Committee that bids for the sale of the Desert Hills water system have been received and are under evaluation; an executive session is expected March 16 with a public presentation tentatively scheduled later in March.
Town staff reported to the Water Advisory Committee that bids were received in response to an invitation for bids to sell the Desert Hills water system and that those offers are currently under evaluation. An agency official said the town has engaged a consultant to run the IFB process and that staff plans an executive session on March 16 followed by a public presentation during a regular meeting on March 24.
The presentation included procedural details: staff said evaluation will consider operational and future impacts, outstanding debt tied to Desert Hills, and how bids would affect the town’s debt service. "We're actually in the evaluation process," the agency official said, noting that staff could not provide bidder counts at the meeting. Committee members asked for a public timetable and clarity on what will be released after the executive session.
The committee did not take formal action on the sale at the meeting; staff said the executive-session review will produce direction to present publicly if council chooses to do so. The committee set follow-up dates to review materials and requested that staff circulate any available executive-session summary or public-facing report once the council determines what may be released.