(KNZA)--The Brown County Commission on Monday voted to reject all bids received for upgrades to the courthouse elevator and to rebid the project with more precise bid specs.

The Commission received bids from three companies.

Representatives of the companies met with the Commission, during the past several weeks, to discuss the scope of work they proposed for the elevator modernization.

The current elevator was installed in 1980.

In other business, bids were open for a new riding lawn mower for the courthouse grounds. 

The Commission voted to accept a bid from Hiawatha Implement for the purchase of a John Deere 730 Signature series lawn tractor with blade and rear wheel weights for $12,035.

The tractor will double as a snow plow.