Polk County supervisors approve series of bids, plats and service agreements; authorize closed session on litigation

The Polk County Board of Supervisors approved a package of resolutions, bid awards, plats and service agreements and set a closed session to discuss litigation, during a regularly scheduled meeting (meeting date not specified).

The actions approved by the five-member board included acceptance of construction bids for sanitary sewer and drainage projects, approval of plats and easement contracts, renewal of retail alcohol licenses, funding agreements with the Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, and community development grants. The board voted unanimously on most items, moved one road-budget item to deferment, and authorized a closed session under Iowa law to discuss strategy with counsel in pending or imminent litigation.

Among the items approved, the board adopted a resolution approving a quitclaim deed to Glacier DC for a vacant parcel at 1249 Fourth Street in Des Moines (agenda item 6). It approved the 2025 sanitary sewer improvements on Northeast Fifth Street, Northeast Sixth Street, Northeast Aurora Avenue and Northeast 40 Fifth Place (item 7) and accepted a bid of $896,899.20 from Graff Excavating of…