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Votes at a glance: Hubbard County board approves highway contracts, park purchases, leases and other routine business
Summary
The Hubbard County Board approved multiple bids and routine items, including highway construction and bridge replacement contracts, a county road revocation, park equipment purchases and an RFP authorization for paid family leave.
Hubbard County commissioners approved a series of motions and contracts at their meeting, including highway construction bids, a federal bridge project, a road revocation to Todd Township, park and facility purchases, and other routine business. Most items passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call counts in the meeting transcript.
Key actions (approved by the board):
- Awarded the low bid for State Project SP02913013 (milling and bituminous pavement on County Road 13 from Trunk Highway 87 to Trunk Highway 34) to Anderson Brothers of Brainerd, Minnesota for $2,749,240.46.
- Awarded the low bid for State Project SP02945015, a federal bridge replacement on Cassaw 45 over the Necktie River, to Garrett Hansen Contracting of Blackduck, Minnesota for $992,900.50.
- Approved revoking County Road 103 and turning that segment back to Todd Township (county to maintain the road until June 1, then transfer per the resolution).
- Approved the pavement marking quote (county project 2092501) from Sir Lines A Lot (Edina, Minnesota) for $60,219.60.
- Approved the pavement messages and crosswalks contract (county project 292505) with Sir Lines A Lot for $45,380.00 (low quote; additional locations may be added to the project).
- Approved a cooperative construction agreement with the City of Park Rapids for reconstruction under SAP 029601007; the city will review and approve its portion and the county plans to advertise the work and open bids in mid-May.
- Approved the spring highway sweeping quote from ProSweep Incorporated (vendor has performed this work previously for the county).
- Approved the Heartland Park playground/basketball-standard replacement: purchase of two commercial basketball standards (Crystal Sports LLC quote) for $5,948.00.
- Approved annual porta-potty rental for county parks from Portable John Rental Service (Bemidji) for $2,750.00.
- Approved a one-year lease extension for the Department of Corrections to remain in its current county space on the same monthly rent.
- Authorized a request for proposals to solicit private insurers for the state'mandated paid family and medical leave program (see separate article).
- Approved that per diem will apply to required emergency management training courses for commissioners (per county per diem policy).
Motions and votes were recorded as voice votes with "aye" responses and the chair declaring motions carried; the transcript does not include roll-call tallies for these items. Where a mover or seconder was recorded in the transcript, that information is included in the actions list below.
