Elkhart County commissioners approve claims, demolition bid, sewer easement, regional partnership, network upgrade and bridge design authorization

Elkhart County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 2, 2024 approved payroll and regular claims and took a series of administrative actions including awarding a demolition contract for a county-owned property at 30723 Old US 20, approving an easement for the Southwest 4-acre sanitary sewer project at 24348 County Road 142 pending legal review, joining the South Bend–Elkhart Regional Partnership to pursue state funding, approving a network upgrade work order with Interlink subject to legal review, and authorizing preliminary engineering for Bridge 253.

The actions were presented by county staff during the public meeting. May Kratzer of Planning and Development told commissioners the county received a single bid for demolition of the county-owned parcel at 30723 Old US 20 and that the bid — from B and E Excavating — was for $5,300. "We did get 1 bid, so it does happen to be the lowest bid because it's the only bid," Kratzer said. Commissioners moved and seconded the item; the record shows the motion passed 2 to 0.

County Attorney Craig Witch reviewed an…