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Jay (ICAP representative) told the Board of Supervisors on April 21 that recent equipment valuations submitted by department heads revealed about $3 million in underinsured county equipment. The county currently insures many older road graders and other heavy equipment at values well below replacement cost; Jay said one current replacement estimate for a road grader is about $475,000 while several 2011–2012 graders on the schedule are insured for roughly $245,000.

The county’s options, Jay said, include switching scheduled items to replacement-cost values (with a higher premium) or changing to actual cash value (which would lower premiums but increase county exposure to replacement costs). Jay gave preliminary, not-final estimates for the renewal if the county increases limits: approximately $6,000 to cover the $3 million equipment shortfall at replacement value, about $10,000 to raise the jail’s building limit (from $5.3 million to $10 million as discussed at the meeting), and roughly $24,000 to raise the courthouse limit (from $15 million to $30 million). Jay estimated the aggregate increase would be in the neighborhood of $40,000 on top of the county’s current annual ICAP cost of $319,748.

Jay also discussed deductible strategies. Increasing the courthouse and jail deductibles to $5,000 or $10,000 could produce rate relief that offsets some of the added coverage cost. He recommended the board consider both the effect on premiums and the county’s tolerance for higher out-of-pocket losses.

County staff recommended a practical change to when the county pays the renewal premium. Because ICAP’s billing often arrives after the fiscal year closes, staff proposed setting the payment to July 1 so coverage is placed in the new fiscal year and departments have time for budget amendments. Jay and county staff said ICAP offers a commitment form to provide coverage from July 1 while billing is finalized, which would let the county avoid last-minute budget stress.

Supervisors asked for a follow-up meeting when ICAP provides actual renewal figures and deductible factors. Jay said he would return to present the specific cost impact of a $5,000 or $10,000 deductible and the final renewal numbers, likely in late May or early June once ICAP publishes its July 2025 renewal rates.

No formal action was taken at the meeting; the board directed staff to continue department-level valuation reviews, gather firm ICAP estimates for replacement-cost and actual-cash-value scenarios, and return with a recommendation.

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The company said seismic imaging is necessary before drilling and that without the change in setback the survey would leave large data gaps and force trucks onto private fields. Kyle Handy, land negotiator for Twin Rivers Exploration, told the board the company will carry a $2 million insurance policy, provide a full indemnity to the county, log every vibration shot with GPS and place PPV monitors near tiles and other structures. “The PPV measurements are also located with GPS, and we’ll show you the measurements we have at our time,” Handy said.

County staff and drainage officials said they want more review. Courtney Morris, identified in the meeting as drainage administrator, and Adam (county engineer) described a field demonstration held with three engineering firms and county representatives; Twin Rivers and a drainage contractor also put camera equipment inside tiles and tested buried clay tile under a vibrating truck. Company consultant Bill Manske of Manske Drainage said crews installed historic clay tile at shallow depth, ran a vibration test, then inspected the tile and found no visible damage. “They weren’t cracked, they weren’t broke, they weren’t anything,” Manske said of the test tiles.

Trustees and several residents pressed for caution. A drainage trustee and a longtime resident said many district tiles are old, vary widely in depth and some are already cracked, arguing that vibrations could accelerate failures and lead to costly future repairs. “When you start vibrating anything, you’re going to have something,” one trustee said, noting examples of 16-inch district tile more than a century old.

Twin Rivers officials proposed operational limits and oversight intended to reduce risk: limiting most work to gravel shoulders, using PPV monitors and third‑party monitors available to the county, issuing landowner notices at least two weeks before operations, and staffing the project with landowner liaisons. The company also said the truck “shoots” a seismic point about every 90 feet and typically passes a single property in only a few hours; it estimated a full 370-mile program would take several weeks to complete.

Supervisors declined to change the permit at the meeting. Supervisor Dean Klooz read an email and indicated he was “firm on the 250-foot setback.” At one point Klooz offered a motion to maintain the 250-foot restriction but was told the item was not before the board as an action item. The board asked Twin Rivers to provide a KMZ file of the revised route maps and invited the company to return. County officials asked for time to consult the county attorney and the county’s insurers. Twin Rivers agreed to come back with additional materials and to meet again in roughly two to three weeks.

The discussion also covered longer-term implications if exploration leads to drilling. Twin Rivers said a producing hydrogen well pad would be similar in footprint to conventional gas operations — a temporary 5‑acre drilling pad reduced to roughly 1.5 acres for a long-term wellhead — and that collecting multiple wells could involve localized pipeline gathering lines near road rights-of-way.

The supervisors did not adopt any ordinance or change the existing permit at the meeting and set no deadline for a final decision. Twin Rivers will return with maps and additional documentation; county staff will consult legal and insurance advisers before the board revisits the request.

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Most significant formal actions:

- The board approved Resolution 2025-18 awarding the contract for bridge project BRO-S C099(106)-8J (Taylor Avenue/Lueck Lane area) to Merriman Bridge Construction (transcript: \"Merriman Bridal Construction out of Alcona\") for $557,691.44. Supervisor Dean Klooz made the motion to approve the resolution; the motion was seconded and the vote carried with all supervisors present recorded as voting aye.

- The board adopted Resolution 2025-17 to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 Wright County budget after a public hearing. A motion to adopt the resolution passed; supervisors recorded unanimous ayes on the motion.

- The board approved a liquor license for Top of Iowa Lucky Wife LLC for the effective dates Aug. 28–Sept. 2, 2025. The motion was made by Supervisor Ben Ellis and seconded; the motion carried.

- The board approved a cigarette, tobacco and nicotine vapor permit for Casey’s General Store. The motion passed unanimously.

- The board appointed Savannah Sussner as medical investigator per an email recommendation and approved a job posting for a heavy equipment operator in the bridge and sign maintenance facility with base pay of $29.46 per hour. Both motions carried.

- The Board of Supervisors approved routine minutes and claims as presented, including approval of drainage-district minutes and work-order invoices that were considered earlier during the drainage trustees session.

Several motions were routine and carried with aye votes from supervisors present. The board did not take action on the requested amendment to the seismic/road-use permit for Twin Rivers Exploration; that item was deferred for further review and follow-up.

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Wright County reviews underinsured equipment, buildings ahead of ICAP renewal; board asks for cost scenarios

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Wright County supervisors approve bridge contract, adopt FY25-26 budget and several routine permits and appointments