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Commission approves $288,472 payment for Neosho River Bridge work, OKs inspection invoices and equipment purchases
Summary
The Neosho County Commission approved a large contractor payout for the Neosho River Bridge project, multiple inspection invoices funded from specified accounts and several equipment purchases and transfers of auction proceeds to the equipment reserve.
Neosho County commissioners on Jan. 13 approved a $288,472.12 payout to Bridges Inc. for work on the Neosho River Bridge on Elk Road north of Chanute and approved a set of related inspection invoices and equipment purchases.
Commissioners voted to pay Bridges Inc. $288,472.12 under contract BSN 661, KDOT project number 67C5209-01. The payout was presented as pay estimate number 5 on the county's bridge project.
The commission also approved professional inspection invoices from Cook, Flatt & Strobel (CFS): invoice No. 54430 for $37,430 (Grady Road overlay, charged to Special Highway) and invoice No. 54431 for $92,300 (Seventieth Road overlay, charged to the pilot fund). A third invoice for bridge inspection services, CFS invoice No. 54426, for $18,902.33 was approved and charged to ARPA (special bridge/ARPA funds), per the meeting discussion.
In other equipment actions, commissioners agreed to place proceeds from a Purple Wave online equipment auction ($113,950 reported by staff) into the equipment reserve account and flag the funds for road-and-bridge equipment needs. Commissioners voted to authorize purchase of a replacement air compressor and dryer up to $11,500 from the equipment reserve after staff presented quotes and availability concerns; the motion authorized staff to secure the specified Ingersoll Rand model or equivalent and to manage delivery logistics.
No details were provided in the meeting about additional contingency funding for the bridge payout beyond the existing contract, and commissioners discussed holding a contractor's check if outstanding corrective work remained to be finished before final payment.
Clarifying details discussed at the meeting included the funding source for each invoice: the Grady Road inspection charge was taken from Special Highway funds; the Seventieth Road inspection from the pilot fund; the bridge inspection from ARPA funds; and the Purple Wave proceeds were earmarked for equipment reserve account no. 146 for future road-and-bridge purchases. Commissioners said the air-compressor purchase would come from the same equipment reserve account.
Staff said some suppliers had long lead times and shipping windows up to 12 weeks for large compressors; the commission approved an up-to-$11,500 authorization so staff could secure inventory quickly where available.
The motions approving the contractor payout, inspection invoices and equipment purchases passed in open session.
