Wright County supervisors approved intergovernmental 28E agreements and heard a broad update from the secondary roads department covering active projects, winter operations and permitting issues.

Adam Clemens (identified in the packet as Wright County engineer in the transcript) presented a 28E agreement with the city of Belmont covering county road maintenance inside the city’s corporate limits; the board moved to enter the agreement and the motion carried. Separately, the board reviewed a previously executed 2018 agreement with the city of Clarion for road maintenance within city limits and confirmed administrative filing procedures for 28E reports.

Secondary roads staff reported ongoing bridge work (reinforcing steel and cold‑weather pour constraints), liquidated damages days on a contract (the deputy referenced “like, 30 some days”), recent salt orders and shed restocking, and routine work orders. The department said crews worked through recent blizzard conditions, at times operating before state DOT crews to clear county roads.

Supervisors also discussed a drilling‑related site that sought a wider driveway opening; county staff said the county’s design limit for driveway mouth width is 40 feet (the private request was for 45 feet), so a 40‑foot opening was approved via a driveway permit and an in‑spring roadway review was planned. The discussion noted the site operates with bright lights visible from county roads.

All approvals were made by voice vote as recorded in the meeting minutes; where specific numerical tallies were not recorded the minutes report only voice approvals.