Anderson City board opens misplaced bid, takes two water‑treatment bids under advisement

The Anderson City board on March 24 reviewed two bids for water‑treatment chemicals and voted to take them "under advisement." The board convened at 1:30 p.m. and moved quickly into a staff report on recent procurement for sodium hypochlorite and sodium bisulfate.

Water pollution control staff told the board the city had expected bids for both sodium bisulfate and sodium hypochlorite. Staff said an expected bid from Brintec Mid South was misplaced on a desk but would be opened at the meeting. "It just got misplaced on top of the desk out there, so we're gonna open that today," the water pollution control staff said.

Staff presented pricing for sodium hypochlorite at $1.64 per gallon and reported a calculated total of $147,600 for the contract as discussed. For sodium bisulfate staff reported $2.07 per gallon with a total of $93,150. Those figures were provided during the procurement update and attributed to staff reporting to the board.

A committee member moved that the board "take under advisement" the hypochlorite bid as presented, noting the request came from the city attorney and Mr. Caldwell; the chair seconded and the motion passed on a voice vote. The committee member made a separate motion to take the sodium bisulfate bid under advisement as presented; the chair seconded and the motion likewise passed on a voice vote.

The board did not make a final award at the meeting. The motions recorded in the transcript place both bids in a review status (taken "under advisement") so additional review or formal award is implied as a next step but no date or decision timeline was specified on the record.

The meeting moved on to other business and adjourned at 1:35 p.m.