# Seelyville opens bids on four water-system jobs; the lowest range from about $355,000 to $3.8 million, with no contract awarded yet

## What happened
The council met at 11 a.m. only to open and read out sealed contractor bids, which are then handed to HWC Engineering (the town's engineer) to check against the project requirements [t=193]. Division A, the water treatment facility, drew two bids, from Graves Construction Services at $707,070 and MSI Construction at $780,000 [t=218]. Division B, water tank rehabilitation, drew one bid of $1,173,679, and Division C, the water distribution work, drew bids from about $3,766,577 (B&T Drainage) to $6,083,040 (Mid-South Utility Group) [t=284] [t=356]. Division D, work on Main Street and Oakwood Harrison, drew four bids from $354,961 (B&T Drainage) to $437,404 [t=492]. Staff had proposed this Sept. 30 bid opening at the council's Aug. 11 meeting [t=796].

## The outcome
No contract was awarded. Speakers said the bids would be reviewed and the matter would return to the council's first meeting in October to award; no date was stated. [t=660] The motion to close the bid meeting carried on a voice vote. [t=680]

## Sources
- [Bid-opening process explained, 3:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=193)
- [Division A bids, 3:38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=218)
- [Division B bid, 4:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=284)
- [Division C bids, 5:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=356)
- [Division D bids, 8:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=492)
- [Award expected at first October meeting, 11:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=660)
- [Aug. 11: staff propose the Sept. 30 bid opening, 13:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hRpmS63qh8&t=796)

*Also known as: Seelyville water project bids · Seelyville bid opening · Seelyville water tank rehabilitation bid · Seelyville water main bids · Main Street and Oakwood Harrison, Seelyville. Contractor names and some amounts come from machine transcription and may be misheard.*