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County approves two-cycle Pictometry flight agreement using buffer enforcement funds
Summary
Pipestone County approved a multi-flight Pictometry aerial imagery agreement to continue high-resolution imagery every other year, funded from state riparian/buffer enforcement aid reserves; commissioners approved a roughly $33,005 payment plan for the first contract tranche.
Pipestone County commissioners approved an agreement on May 27 to continue biennial Pictometry aerial imagery flights, including higher-resolution coverage for Edgerton and Pipestone city areas, and to pay the vendor in four installments.
Kyle (Environmental Services) presented the proposal, saying the contract covers two flights and that the total initial estimate payable over four payments for the contract before the board was $33,004.63; he said the full two-flight cost would be roughly $66,800–$67,000. Kyle proposed using the county’s riparian protection aid reserve—state funds the county has received under the buffer law—to pay the imagery and related GIS maintenance costs.
He said the county has used imagery previously to verify buffer compliance and to identify after-the-fact structures; the Pictometry platform is available to cities and county staff through an EagleView online interface. Kyle outlined that the reserve balance would permit funding imagery every other year for roughly a decade, but he warned the state aid may not continue beyond this year and that the county would need another revenue source once the reserve is exhausted.
Commissioners asked about funding and the reserve’s flexibility. Kyle said the riparian aid account has been used previously to cover imagery, ESRI software payments and contracted GIS maintenance, and that counties take different approaches to allowable uses of those state funds. The board voted to approve the contract as presented.
The agreement allows the county to maintain updated aerial imagery for land-use, buffer enforcement and permitting work and gives municipal partners online access to the imagery.
