San Jacinto County commissioners move to correct legal notice, change bid window from 60 to 90 days

San Jacinto County commissioners returned from an executive session and moved to correct a published legal notice after discovering a one-digit typo that read '60 days' but should read '90 days.' The change applies to the legal notice tied to specified contract items and a local project referenced in the meeting transcript.

The Chair (Speaker 2) told the commissioners that "there was a 1 digit typo in the legal notice that said 60 days, and it needs to say 90 days," and said staff had already run the advertisement. Because the ad had run, the body sought to ratify a correction rather than starting the notice process over. The Chair summarized that the executive session had covered "legal notices and legal contract over the MIT Mod grant funding."

The chair asked for a formal motion; the meeting record shows a motion described by the Chair to change the notice and contract language for agenda items discussed as "6 6 7 and 6 8 9" (also referenced elsewhere as item 689) to replace the 60-day language with 90-day language. The Chair identified the motion as coming from Commissioner Motunno with a second from Commissioner Donny; one participant (Speaker 1) voiced, "I'll 2nd that." The transcript indicates the change was treated as a consensus decision, but a roll-call vote tally was not recorded in the provided segments.

Commissioners discussed the practical effect of the correction. The Chair said the contractual language allowing up to 90 days to decide whether to accept bids does not require waiting the full period if conditions such as environmental reviews are completed sooner; in that case, staff could proceed earlier. The body also noted contractors generally resist excessively long bid windows, and that while longer notice (for example 120 days) could be used, it is uncommon.

Meeting discussion referenced rounds of bidding and a forthcoming publication schedule for the corrected notice; speakers said the ad would appear in the paper the next day and the following Thursday. The project tied to the notice was referred to in the transcript as the "midnight project." The meeting record shows the commissioners reconvened from executive session at 11:09 and proceeded to this action and related procedural items. No formal vote count or further legislative language was recorded in the available transcript segments.

The county said the correction is intended to align the written legal notice with the intended contract timeline so that the bidding and contract review process complies with the county's procurement timeline and the notices already published.