By Debby Woodin
Globe Staff Writer
JOPLIN, Mo. —
A bid to build three basic softball fields without lights and to rough in a fourth field at the Joplin Athletic Complex is slated for council action at a meeting Tuesday.
The council is meeting Tuesday since Monday, its regular meeting day, is Labor Day.
The ordinance would authorize contracting with Branco Enterprises for softball field work in the amount of $833,000, minus a change order to deduct $108,000.
The $108,000 would be subtracted from the bid by forgoing infield drainage, irrigation and play equipment included in the base proposal.
That would leave $725,000 to pay for the basic field installation work, but that amount, when combined with the other associated costs, would leave the city with only enough money for the three basic fields and a fourth one roughed in.
The bid did not include dugouts, warning tracks, field lighting, a concession stand and restrooms, or a paved parking lot.
Seven companies bid on the work and the bids ranged up to $1.268 million.
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