Board Rejects All Park Grading Bids, Wants to Rethink Park Projects
With costs for Splash Station mounting, board members decided that accepting a bid to begin construction on the other two parks was unwise.
At Wednesday night's meeting, the Wentzville Board of Aldermen voted to reject all the bidders—including the bidder recommended by staff—for the grading work that would have begun construction on Heartland Park and Peruque Valley Park. Read more: Gundaker Asks Board to Reconsider Construction Bids for Peruque Valley, Heartland Parks Board President Rick Stokes led the discussion after Mayor Nick Guccione recused himself because he was related to one of the bidders. Stokes said, "The mayor and I have discussed our concern in light of current progress at Splash Station close to exceeding contingency, whether it made sense to commit going forward with two additional parks." Interim city public works director Doug Lee told the board that the …
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