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Commissioners take two CCMG road bids under advisement pending INDOT funding
Summary
Starke County heard sealed bids for two CCMG road projects and voted to take the proposals under advisement so INDOT can confirm whether newly identified state funds will cover the projects before the county awards a contract.
Rachel, speaking for county highway staff, opened two sealed CCMG bids for Total Road (State Road 23/County Road 900 East to County Road 1150 East) and for the county-line segment from US 35 to South Main.
"I don't want you to accept any of these bids today," Rachel told the commissioners, asking them instead to "take them under advisement" so she could send the bids to the Indiana Department of Transportation to determine whether INDOT will fund the work. Two contractors submitted split bids: Reley (part bids totaling roughly $1.93 million as read on the tape) and ENB Paving, Inc. (total bid amount read at about $933,737). Rachel said INDOT had declined the initial call but later discovered extra funds and invited counties to resubmit projects by May 1.
Commissioners discussed the project scope—two‑inch milling and two‑inch hot‑mix asphalt overlay with localized patching—and confirmed that the work would match paved driveways but not gravel driveways. After questions about edge‑of‑road berming and patching, the board voted to take the bids under advisement and forward them to INDOT; staff said they would return with an acceptance recommendation at the next meeting if INDOT confirms funding.
The action is procedural: commissioners did not award either contract at the meeting. The board asked staff to obtain INDOT's written funding determination and bring a final award to a subsequent session.
