Hall County opens four bids for asphalt project C-40(550), refers packages to public works and engineers

At the meeting the board opened and read four bids for a county asphalt project identified in the record as C-40(550). The clerk read the bidders and the totals into the public record and the chair moved to accept the bids as read and refer the packages to the public works director and the county’s engineering firm for review; the motion carried (recorded as 6 yes votes).

Bids read into the record included: - Jill Asphalt (Grand Island): total project bid read as $1,919,313.53. - Gary Smith Construction (Grand Island): the amount was read aloud but portions of the figure in the transcript were unclear; the clerk read numbers that correspond in the record to approximately $1,093,170.10 (transcript audio/readback contained garbled phrasing when the clerk read the digits). - Vance Paving, Inc. (Hastings): $1,328,101.76. - Order Construction (Hastings): $1,303,593.11.

The board’s recorded action was to refer those bids to the public works director and the county engineering firm for review and recommendation; staff said there would be follow-up to clarify bid details and return with any clarifications at the next meeting.

Note on numbers: the clerk read the amounts into the record; one bid amount (Gary Smith Construction) was read with unclear phrasing in the transcript. The county will verify the figures during the review process.