With only one item on the agenda, members of the Dawson County Commissioners Court expected a special called meeting Tuesday afternoon to last only a few minutes.
But questions and discussion over bids for the purchase of caliche-type material for road repairs kept the commissioners busy for more than 45 minutes.
In the end, they accepted two bids for regular caliche, but tabled two others for processed caliche-like material.
Accepted were bids of $3.25 per square yard from Lamesa Six Inc. and $3 per square yard from Oaks Family Trust.
Tabled were five separate bids from DavisWetzel Group, ranging from $6.50 to $16.10 per ...