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Cole County staff report $16,917.93 rail-spur repair cost and propose on-call maintenance contracting
Summary
County staff reported an emergency repair to the rail spur cost $16,917.93, asked the commission to ratify the emergency procurement, and outlined plans to seek on-call contractors and quarterly inspections to reduce future emergency closures; the transcript does not record a vote outcome on ratification.
County staff told the Cole County Commission on Oct. 14 that an emergency inspection and repair of a county-owned rail spur had been completed and that the final invoice for the work was $16,917.93.
The staff presentation recounted inspections on Sept. 17 that revealed conditions requiring immediate work, mobilization of a rail contractor on Sept. 19 and follow-up flagging and finishing by Union Pacific on Sept. 23. "The final cost of repairs was $16,917.93," the presenter said. Staff asked the commission to ratify the emergency…
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