On March 1, the City of Carroll received three bids for the Merchants Park Baseball Stadium renovation project slated to get underway after the conclusion of this year’s baseball season. This is the second letting on the project, as the first bids requested last year yielded only one submission that the City Council rejected as it exceeded the budget estimates. Since that time, the Carroll Athletic Association and the city entered into a 28E agreement with North Central Correctional Facilities for prison labor to complete a portion of the high-priced demolition work. The three new bids from Badding Construction of Carroll, Rotert Construction of Halbur and Henkel Construction of Mason City were more in line with expectations. The lowest bidder with a base bid of $709,000 and three alternates of $122,000 brought Rotert Construction’s total to $831,000. Parks and Rec Director, Jack Wardell explained the alternate work selected by the city.
To cover the costs of the alternates, the city of Carroll has allocated additional funding.
The City Council approved the acceptance of the base bid and alternates.
