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County engineer updates: box culverts, Casa 25 design consultant and shop door repair approved
Summary
Pipestone County Engineer Nick Bergman reported on multiple road and maintenance items. The board approved repair of a 15-year shop door for $1,993.17 and accepted Ericsson Engineering as the low bid for the Casa 25 (Dale Barn Road) design consultant; other maintenance issues and staffing/contracting plans were discussed.
County Engineer Nick Bergman gave commissioners a bundled update on capital and maintenance work, including culvert contracts, a consultant selection for the Casa 25 (Dale Barn Road) project and a small building-repair bid.
Bergman said most pipes for Box Culvert Contract No. 1 have been installed but were completed late and the spring cleanup could not be finished because the ground froze. He described variable responses from contractors on Contract No. 2 and said the district may need to use outside consultants more frequently while the highway crew is short-staffed.
On Casa 25 (Dale Barn Road), Bergman reported the county solicited bids from seven firms and received five. He recommended Ericsson Engineering as the low and competitive bidder: "We worked the most with Ericsson Engineering and they're the low bid and their proposal looked really good," Bergman said. The board moved and seconded to accept Ericsson Engineering’s proposal and approved the selection by voice vote.
Bergman also presented three proposals for repair or replacement of three damaged panels on a 15-year-old shop door. The lowest bid, from Midwest Overhead Door, was $1,993.17 to replace three panels (a full door replacement bids were considerably higher). A commissioner moved to approve the repair and the board carried the motion by voice vote.
Other maintenance updates included winter plowing, retrofitting equipment (a Murray County shoulder-mount), tree work and routine shop repairs. Bergman said the county is experiencing failures of electrical level-monitor sensors on a fuel tank installation: "Our sensors are going out 1 by 1…He thinks that the conduit is filled up with water and is freezing," Bergman said, describing ongoing troubleshooting and the county’s effort to monitor tank levels manually until spring.
Bergman said a motor grader was rear-ended in a snow event and is at John Deere undergoing frame repairs; the operator has returned to work. He noted the county will track consultant spending compared with the cost of filling a vacant technician position to decide whether outsourcing remains cost effective.
No additional committee-level changes were directed; Bergman will return with bid details for upcoming striping work and other projects as numbers firm up.
