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Supervisors authorize drainage repairs, approve change order and payout for DD60 sub 4 project
Summary
The Board authorized contractor work to remove beaver dams in a drainage district, approved a $34,000 deduct change order for DD60 sub 4 and approved payout No. 4 for $14,778.66; motions carried unanimously.
Kossuth County supervisors on Feb. 27 authorized several drainage-related actions, including removal of beaver dams in a drainage district, approval of a change order that reduced a contract amount, and approval of an interim payout to a contractor on DD60 sub 4.
Lede: Supervisors authorized Marge (drainage official) to engage a contractor to remove two beaver dams along railroad right-of-way east of Whittemore in PAK 1 drainage district, and they approved change order No. 5 for the DD60 sub 4 improvement (a $34,000 deduct) and payout No. 4 for $14,778.66.
The nut graf: The board discussed specifics and asked staff to sign documentation; Marge explained the repair request came from a landowner (Quinn Dollhauser) and recommended assigning a contractor with long reach for beaver dam removal. For the DD60 sub 4 work, the engineer noted a deduct because less rock was used than initially estimated; that produced a reduction in the contract sum. Supervisors then approved the deduct change order and the contractor pay application.
Motions and votes: A motion by Wacker authorized the drainage repairs; the board approved it unanimously. Supervisors then approved change order No. 5 for DD60 sub 4 (a deduct of approximately $34,000) and later approved payout No. 4 for $14,778.66; both motions passed by unanimous voice votes.
Ending: Staff were instructed to coordinate the beaver-dam removal with the selected contractor and to finalize change-order paperwork and payout documentation for the DD60 project. The board also agreed to place an intergovernmental drainage agreement item on a future agenda concerning a Minnesota drain if additional approvals are required.
