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County moves remonumentation work forward: peer-review appointments, survey agreements and a county representative contract approved
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Summary
The committee recommended a slate of licensed surveyors for the remonumentation peer-review board, approved monumentation survey agreements tied to the state grant, and recommended a one-year county representative contract with Brian Reynolds for $12,000; staff said the program is 88% complete on grid corners and 43% on meanders.
Barry County staff briefed the committee on the county's remonumentation program and the committee recommended approval of a set of administrative items needed to continue the work. The committee recommended appointment of licensed surveyors to the Remonumentation Peer Review Board, approved monumentation survey agreements tied to the 2025 grant program, and recommended a one-year county representative (Brian Reynolds, P.S.) agreement for $12,000.
Why it matters: Remonumentation is a multi‑year, state-linked program to recover and mark public land corners and related surveying work. That data underpins property surveys, title work and public mapping. The committee's approvals enable contracted surveyors to continue field work and reporting to the state.
Staff report: A county staff presenter described progress: "We are up to... 88% of the total corners completed... 43% of the meanders," and said the work submitted to the state sometimes exceeds contracted corner counts in a given year. The packet listed the licensed surveyors the committee recommended appointing to the peer review board: Steven C. Colbert (Arrowland Surveys Inc.), Michael P. Pratt (Crane Land Surveying PC), Cameron Reed (Excel Engineering Inc.), Randall J. Jonkers (Jonker Land Surveying PC), Rodney Lee Breadwig (Land and Resource Engineering, LRE), and Ryan Miller (RD Miller Land Surveying).
The committee also heard that the monumentation contracts reflected a grant-based adjustment to per-surveyor amounts (packet language noted an adjustment described in meeting materials). The county representative agreement for 2025 with Brian Reynolds, P.S., was presented as a one-year contract for $12,000 and noted in the packet as budgeted for 2025.
What happened next: Motions to recommend the appointments and agreements to the Board of Commissioners carried by voice vote. Staff will execute agreements and submit required reports to the state when authorized by the Board.
Context: Remonumentation is a multi-year state program; packet language and staff remarks describe ongoing progress and grant-based contract adjustments. The committee recorded no roll-call tallies in the transcript; motions were carried by voice vote.
