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Board rejects irregular scrap‑meter bids and will rebid sale
Summary
Bids opened for the city's scrap‑meter sale included unsealed or irregular entries and one unusually high unsealed amount; the board rejected all bids and voted to rebid to ensure sealed, comparable offers.
The board opened bids for a planned scrap‑meter sale and found inconsistencies in the submitted offers, including one unsealed or improperly filed high figure.
Bids included amounts ranging from $0.50 to $0.88 per pound and one irregular submission that listed $377.77 per pound (which staff flagged as likely misfiled). The board discussed options — accepting the realistic sealed bids, rejecting noncompliant offers or rebidding — and ultimately voted to reject all bids and rebid the sale to ensure sealed and comparable submissions.
Staff noted the advertisement authorizes the board to reject all bids; rebidding will incur only modest reprospective newspaper advertisement costs. The city expects to rebid and reopen the process with clear sealing and submission instructions.
