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Murray County Drainage Authority to hire expert on CD 11 tile-line; MCIT to cover half the cost
Summary
The County approved retaining Chris Otterness of Houston Engineering to prepare an expert report comparing the CD 11 tile to tile formerly under Trunk Highway 30; Otterness quoted $5,000–$10,000 and MCIT agreed to cover half the expense.
The Murray County Drainage Authority, acting in the board meeting March 18, approved retaining an expert to produce a report on the CD 11 tile line in connection with litigation and defense work.
County counsel reported that Mr. Squires (the attorney retained by Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust, MCIT) and Hannah Schacherl Jansen of Rinke Noonan requested the Drainage Authority secure services from Chris Otterness of Houston Engineering to produce an expert report comparing the existing CD 11 tile to tile that previously ran under Trunk Highway 30. Otterness provided a quote in the range of $5,000 to $10,000. MCIT agreed to pay half of the cost of the expert report.
The board approved retaining Otterness on a motion by Roger Zins, seconded by Mark Carlson; the vote was recorded by roll call and passed. The meeting minutes describe the expert report as "imperative" to connect life-expectancy differences between tile segments; the minutes do not specify the final agreed contract amount.
The record identifies the need for an independent engineering opinion to support MCIT's defense against a MnDOT counterclaim; the minutes do not include the expert report text or an estimated completion date.
