Montezuma County pulls low-bid approval from consent agenda after bids exceed engineer estimate
Aug 12, 2026
Chair removed the approval of the parent low bidder from the consent agenda, citing bids far above the county's engineer estimate; the board approved the remaining consent items and reserved the right to reject proposals.
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The Chair of the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners removed the third bullet — approval of the parent low bidder for Montezuma County — from the consent agenda, saying the bids came in far above the county's engineer estimate and no action was required that day. "I will pull bullet point number 3 off, which is the approval of the parent low bidder for Montezuma County," the Chair said at the Aug. 11 meeting.
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