bids not high enough

I am neither an officer nor a founder of the Historical Society. I AM a supporter. That has NOTHING to do with the election. NOTHING. Nada. ZIP. Lets talk about the bids that were thrown out because they WERE TOO LOW! How can THAT be? A City official who is supposed to be looking out for the residents throws bids out because they are TOO LOW? Not enough of our tax monies would be spent? Incredible! The City Manager decides that not enough of our taxes would be spent if we took a lower bid? Sounds like the CC project, that STARTED at 150k and went WAY up from there! 150k, BTW, is $300 a square foot for that project, and a VERY NICE profit at that price! The City Manager didnt stop until we paid over $600 a square foot tho. Dr. Mel P. Johnson