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Knott County fiscal court approves NRCS-backed bids for Elk Fork and Salisbury Branch roads
Summary
At a special Sept. 19 meeting, the Knott County fiscal court approved low bids for two NRCS-listed road projects: King Creek was approved for the Elk Fork Road project (bid amount listed in the transcript as 104660) and Miller and Sons was approved for Salisbury Branch Road at $282,415; awards were announced by voice vote.
The Knott County Fiscal Court on Sept. 19 voted to award contracts for two road projects listed with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
The court first introduced a resolution to award a bid for the Elk Fork Road NRCS project and reviewed the advertised evaluation rules, including a requirement that bids fall within 15% above or below the engineer’s estimate. The transcript records the engineer’s evaluation range as $92,013.35 to $124,004.88. Staff read multiple contractor bids; the transcript lists BlueRock at $89,003.59 and a King Creek bid recorded in the audio as "104660" (formating in the record is ambiguous). The court made a motion to approve the King Creek bid for Elk Fork Road; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote (“Ayes have it”).
The court then considered a resolution for the Salisbury Branch Road NRCS project. The engineered estimate (prepared by Keith Reed, cited in the transcript as the civil engineer for NRCS) was read as $294,158. Bids were read aloud: Miller and Sons submitted $282,415 (the low bid), Campbell Design $286,055, and Hinkle approximately $374,003.65. Kevin Wallace moved to approve Miller and Sons for $282,415; Carl Craft seconded and the motion passed by voice vote.
Record details and motions were recorded in open session; vote outcomes in the transcript are recorded as voice votes (no roll-call tallies were provided). The transcript contains some numeric formatting issues (for example, the King Creek bid is rendered as '104660' without punctuation), so amounts are reported here as they were spoken in the record. The court did not elaborate next procedural steps in the recorded segments.
Authorities and project references quoted at the meeting included NRCS and an engineered estimate prepared by Keith Reed, civil engineer for NRCS. The awards were presented as routine contract approvals and were approved by voice vote during the special call meeting.
The court moved on to other business after the awards; no formal appeals or protests of the awards were recorded in the provided segments.
