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Humboldt County approves 2080 agreement to join seven‑county Murray Bridge grant application
Summary
Supervisors voted to approve a 2080 agreement to join six other counties in applying for a bundled RAISE (bridge) grant and passed Resolution 2024‑12‑09 tying the county to the same project; county expects roughly a $2.5 million share and already holds $2 million in federal bridge funding.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a 2080 agreement to join six other counties in a bundled RAISE-style bridge grant application for the Murray Bridge and passed Resolution 2024-12-09 to commit the county to that same project.
The agreement authorizes the county to participate in a seven-county application led through the Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau. Under the joint request, the group is applying for $25,000,000 split among the seven counties; the county’s portion was described in the meeting as approximately $2.5 million. County staff said the county already has $2,000,000 in competitive federal highway bridge funding toward the project.
County presenter Ben said the group is “re upping and and tweaking the application” after scoring five of eight categories in the prior round and aiming to score at least six. “They’re re‑upping and tweaking the application. So we need to score highly on — I think it’s six out of the eight categories that are in the application,” Ben said during the discussion.
The board held two formal actions on the item: a motion to approve the 2080 agreement with the Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau as the point lead, and a motion to adopt Resolution 2024-12-09 tying the county to the project. Both motions were made and seconded during the meeting and were approved by voice vote; no roll-call vote tally was recorded in the transcript.
Officials said the counties will continue to refine the application language and supporting materials to improve scoring. The county also noted the Iowa Department of Transportation and other partners will vet and narrow the large slate of bridge projects statewide; presenters said the DOT reduced the competing projects to a set the speaker called the “Magnificent 7,” which included this grouped application.
No schedule for construction or exact local match requirements was presented at the meeting. Supervisors and staff framed the vote as a necessary step to keep the county’s project competitive in the multi-county application process.
Votes and formal actions recorded in the meeting on this item are reflected below in the article’s actions array.
