WOODBURY COUNTY IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO DEMOLISHING THE OLD COUNTY JAIL BUILDING LOCATED AT 407 7TH STREET ACROSS FROM THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
COUNTY BUIDLING SERVICES MANAGER KENNY SCHMITZ READ 17 BIDS, RANGING FROM AROUND $496-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO TEAR DOWN THE OLD JAIL.
THE LOWEST BID, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS, WERE REJECTED BECAUSE OF INCOMPLETED PAPERWORK SUBMITTED IN THE BID PROCESS.
THAT MEANT A LOCAL COMPANY HAD THE LOWEST BID, WHICH SCHMITZ HAD READ TO COUNTY SUPERVISORS:
JAILBID1 OC…….AND 18 CENTS. :13
SCHMITZ TOLD SUPERVISORS THERE WAS A PROVISION IN THE BID THAT COULD RESULT IN EXTRA COST:
JAILBID2 OC………..AN ADDITIONAL COST. :20
THAT FIGURE WAS STATED IN THE BID AS $30 DOLLARS PER CUBIC YARD OF FILL MATERIAL.
THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS WERE PLEASED TO HAVE A LOCAL COMPANY HAVE THE LOWEST BID AND VOTED 5-0 TO APPROVE LIEBER CONSTRUCTION TO DO THE DEMOLITION.
LIEBER CONSTRUCTION WAS THE LOW BIDDER TO DO THE SITE PREPARATION DIRT WORK AT THE NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT CENTER BACK IN APRIL OF 2021.
