Bid approved for Sundance West water tank

The Sundance City Council convened on Thursday evening to approve a bid for the project to replace the water storage tank in Sundance West. The bid was awarded to low bidders Timberline Services.

The low bid was $593,000, which undercut the engineer’s estimate of $822,947 by quite a margin.

“He is below significantly,” commented Mayor Paul Brooks.

Michelle Sell on behalf of city engineers Triydro explained there are a couple of reasons for the difference. The first, she said, is that most contractors factored in mobilization at between $75,000 and $112,000.

The engineer’s estimate was $74,000,...