The Shawnee News-Star The Whittaker Street project has hit a snag, being delayed a bit due to a decision by Shawnee City Commissioner to reject the three submitted bids. Last month, Public Works Director Brad Schmidt brought three submitted bids to Shawnee City Commissioners for the city's planned Whittaker Street Rehabilitation project, when the item was deferred to allow time for assessment of the bids. This week City Engineer Seth Barkhimer urged commissioners to reject the bids; the board chose to favor his request, voting unanimously to reject the bids. Bids In March Schmidt said the city had estimated cost for the project around $500,000 — about $134,000 less than the lowest bid that came in.