Joint drainage board: construction nearly complete; pipe blistering holds final acceptance

At a May 13 joint meeting of Osceola and O'Brien County supervisors, staff reported that contractor work on the Joint Drainage District project is effectively complete but final acceptance will wait until a supplier statement addressing pipe blistering is received.

Spencer, an engineer with ISG, told the board that final cleanup, leveling and seeding were finished in late April and that recent rain helped establish the seed. He said the remaining punch-list item is “pipe blistering” and that the contractor expects the pipe supplier to provide a statement about that condition before staff recommends final completion and acceptance.

The matter matters because the board must formally accept completed construction before final payments and levies tied to the project are set. Spencer recommended no board action at the meeting and that the board delay final acceptance until the supplier’s statement is received.

Board members asked no substantive questions about scheduling; Spencer said once the supplier statement is provided staff will proceed with completing the final paperwork needed for acceptance.

The board took no formal vote on construction acceptance at this meeting and left the work open pending the supplier documentation.