Staff recommends sealed bids for drainage work after bid inconsistencies
Jul 28, 2026
Board and staff discussed how drainage bids were handled last season and whether future solicitations should require sealed bids and specification of whole-ditch scope to reduce bidder confusion; staff said they have spreadsheets from other counties to inform the approach.
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A staff member and board members discussed drainage-district bidding practices and whether sealed bids would reduce ambiguity. "When we do this next year, I think we need to put that they're sealed bids and when they're doing our office by because, the open bids... you don't want to be reviewed them," the staff member said, urging clearer bid instructions and, in some cases, bidding the whole ditch rather than piecemeal segments.
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