FOCUS ON WATER — Bids for a major water project and financial issues involving the city’s swimming pool were discussed at Monday’s Follansbee Council meeting. -- Warren Scott

FOLLANSBEE — Issues involving water, whether it be what flows through the city’s water treatment system or what’s contained in the local swimming pool, were a recurring topic at Monday’s Follansbee Council meeting.

Mayor Scott McMahon announced the Army Corps of Engineers has opened bids for the city’s long-awaited water project.

But he said unfortunately, the lowest bid came in at $9.5 million, far above the $4 million that had been secured for the project.

The Army Corps of Engineers had assumed the task of selecting a contractor, as a condition of the $3.1 million it awarded to the city, while the city has comm

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