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Harvey County renews engineering contract with MKEC, excludes construction-supervision language
Summary
The county voted to renew its contract with MKEC Engineering (relationship since 2014) with a narrow wording change in section 5(f) to exclude construction supervision; commissioners agreed to put the contract out for bid in five years.
Harvey County commissioners voted Sept. 30 to renew the county’s contract with MKEC Engineering, a relationship officials said has stretched back to 2014 and includes ongoing bridge and pavement projects.
Jim, representing MKEC, recommended renewal and noted the only substantive contract edit is language in section 5(f) removing references to construction-supervision duties—work the county said it has not asked MKEC to perform. Commissioners discussed procurement history; staff said the contract was last put out for bid in 2019 and recommended leaving the renewal period in place for continuity given the firm’s staffing capacity and institutional knowledge.
A motion to accept the contract terms and authorize the county administrator to sign carried; commissioners noted they expect to return the contract to bid after five years to ensure competitive procurement.
The meeting record does not list statutory citations by number; the presenter referenced statutory language tied to the contract’s verbiage but did not quote a specific statute.
