Franklin County staff seek $1.5 million deal to replace 2,082 water meters
Franklin County staff recommended that the Board of Commissioners award M&E Construction Company, LLC a $1,516,974 contract to replace 2,082 water meters across the county water system. The recommendation, made during the commission’s Jan. 27, 2026, work session, identified M&E as the low bidder and put a significant county utility purchase before commissioners without recording a final board decision.
January 27, 2026 · Appeared on agenda
The next concrete public step is a Board of Commissioners action record—such as minutes or an agenda item—showing whether the board approved, amended or declined the proposed contract with M&E Construction Company, LLC. Until that occurs, residents can see the scope and price staff recommended, but not whether the county will proceed, when replacement work could begin, or how the expenditure would be paid for.
This matter rests on a single official record so far. It stays compact until a later record adds to it.
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