Murray County commissioners adopt $4.2 million road grant resolution, award major contracts and approve licenses
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Summary
The Murray County Board of Commissioners on March 4, 2025, adopted a $4.2 million state grant resolution for a CSAH 13 flood mitigation and road‑widening project, awarded major road and seal‑coat contracts, approved liquor and gambling permits, and took several routine personnel and property actions.
The Murray County Board of Commissioners voted March 4 to accept a $4.2 million state appropriation for a road‑widening and flood mitigation project on County State‑Aid Highway 13 and approved a series of contracts, licenses and administrative actions.
The board adopted Resolution #2025‑03‑04‑01, pledging to complete the CSAH 13 project between marked U.S. Highway 59 and Keely Island near Lake Shetek even if costs exceed the $4,200,000 grant from the State of Minnesota. The county committed a local match of $411,380.43 from the County State Aid Highway construction fund and authorized the County Administrator to execute necessary agreements with the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Why it matters: the project includes preliminary design, right‑of‑way work, road construction, dike raising and shared‑use paths; the grant and county match advance a multi‑phase project that county officials say will address flooding and add pedestrian infrastructure.
The board also awarded the county maintenance striping contract (CP 01‑25) to Sir Lines‑A‑Lot, LLC for $84,428.10 and awarded the large seal‑coat contract (SAP 051‑030‑003) to Asphalt Service Technologies for $895,204.60. Staff presented the engineer’s estimates and competing bids during the meeting; commissioners voted to accept the lowest responsive proposals.
Votes at a glance: • Resolution #2025‑03‑04‑01 (SAP 051‑613‑009 — CSAH 13 grant): adopted (unanimous vote recorded in minutes). • Maintenance striping CP 01‑25 to Sir Lines‑A‑Lot, LLC — award approved. • Seal coat SAP 051‑030‑003 to Asphalt Service Technologies ($895,204.60) — award approved. • Set bid opening for gravel crushing CP 02‑25 — April 10, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. • Liquor and 3.2 malt‑liquor license renewals — approved (contingent on paperwork). • LG214 and LG230 local acknowledgments for Currie Town & Country Boosters — approved; township acknowledgment waived. • County contracts with Avoca, Currie, Dovray, Hadley and Lake Wilson for sheriff services — approved.
Other board business included correcting the purchase price for a Parks Department 2025 Polaris Ranger to $22,935 (the board rescinded and re‑approved its January 21 motion to reflect the actual sale price and noted the on‑line auction of the old machine brought $6,350) and accepting the donation of a railroad velocipede for the End O Line Railroad Park and Museum with a commemorative plaque for James Malecki.
The board opened a public hearing on a drainage petition and later adopted findings and an order to abandon County Ditch 28 after staff recommended abandonment if the ditch no longer served a public benefit. The hearing record shows a public comment period was opened and immediately closed before the board adopted the order.
What’s next: the CSAH 13 project now moves toward state agreement execution and subsequent design and right‑of‑way work; procurement timelines for contracted work will follow county purchasing procedures.
Reporting note: motions and recorded actions are taken from the March 4, 2025 board minutes; vote tallies are those recorded in the minutes and packet materials.