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Commission directs KLJ to prepare easement documents for County 55 drainage project; grader purchase deferred
Summary
Cavalier County commissioners asked KLJ to prepare right-of-way easement documents for the County 55 drainage project with an estimated cost of $57,000 and tabled a motor grader purchase pending local bank loan-rate information.
Commissioners met with Jeff Daley of KLJ, Road Supervisor Terry Johnston and Road Foreman Sheldon Romfo to review current roadwork, including a drainage project on County 55 that requires right-of-way easements through the gorge.
Daley presented a proposed contract for KLJ to obtain the easements and estimated the expense at $57,000. The commission directed KLJ to prepare the required easement documents and asked Johnston and Romfo to work directly with affected landowners to secure signatures. The minutes show this direction but do not indicate any final payment authorization; the action recorded is to prepare documents and pursue signatures.
The board reviewed Sourcewell bids for a motor grader from RDO and Butler. Commissioner Greg Goodman moved to table a decision on purchasing a motor grader until loan rates are received from local banks (seconded by Stanley Dick); the motion carried. The minutes note commissioners also discussed the possibility of purchasing two motor graders. The minutes record "motion carried" for the tabled decision but do not provide a roll-call tally.
Next steps in the minutes are for KLJ to prepare the easement paperwork and for county road staff to meet with landowners; the commission did not record a final procurement decision for heavy equipment during this session.
