Meeker declares emergency; asks for proposal to get well working

MEEKER — After determining the existence of a public health and welfare emergency, Meeker’s Board of Trustees gave the go-ahead Dec. 10 to bypass the bid process and request a work proposal in order to move forward on the town’s water pump installation project.
“We’ve already done a bid process, twice,” said Regas Halandras, board member. “So if this proposal comes in, it’s a bid and it solves our problems right there. We just need…