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Union County approves multiple highway contracts and right-of-way agreements
Summary
The board accepted a gravel-crushing bid at $3.95/ton, approved three voluntary right-of-way donations for SDOT projects, approved a Grade A bridge replacement bid and recorded a project change order (minutes show inconsistent numbers); motions carried.
Union County commissioners on Aug. 5 approved several highway-related contracts and right-of-way donations as part of routine business and the highway agenda.
The board accepted a gravel crushing bid from First Rate Excavating at $3.95 per ton after a motion by Commissioner Dailey and a second from Commissioner Kimmel; the motion carried. The board also approved three AGREEMENTS FOR VOLUNTARY RIGHT OF WAY DONATION for SDOT projects: Terri Kennedy et al. (property near Beresford; temporary easement ~0.273 acres), Allen J. and Angela K. Andrews (property near Beresford; temporary easement ~0.039 acres), and Randall J. and Debra K. Mollett (property in Vermillion area; perpetual and temporary easement acreages listed in the minutes). The motions to accept each donation carried.
The minutes record approval of Project BRO 806(00)22-6 (aka 64088-090). Those entries list a 'contract price prior to change order' of $477,063.75, a 'change order' amount of $14,532.25 and a 'contract price incorporating this change order' of $462,531.50; the board recorded the motion as carried but the numeric entries in the minutes are internally inconsistent (the listed change order and the resulting contract price do not arithmetically align). The minutes do not provide further explanation or a roll‑call tally for that vote.
Commissioner Dailey moved, and Commissioner Ballard seconded, approval of a bid from Grade A for $309,079.03 to replace bridge 64-080-251 over Lewison Ditch; the motion carried and the minutes list the contract amount. The minutes also list additional highway-related vendor payments in the claims section, including large payments noted in the claims list.
Why it matters: these decisions authorize spending and land rights necessary to advance county road and bridge projects; right-of-way donations and contract awards directly affect project schedules and property interests. The minutes record approvals but do not include roll-call vote tallies or detailed contract documents; the change-order entry contains inconsistent numbers that require clarification in the county contract files.
The board took no formal action on a separate discussion about changing the speed limit near Wynstone (the item was discussed but not acted on).
