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Blue Earth County approves $309,088 truck purchase and $48,500 change order for hydroelectric FERC surrender work

Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners · March 18, 2026
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Summary

The board awarded a bid for a tandem-axle truck (net $309,088) and approved Barr Engineering change order No. 2 for $48,500 related to the Rapidan hydroelectric FERC license-surrender work, bringing total change orders on that contract to $186,500.

Blue Earth County commissioners authorized two public-works expenditures on March 17: the purchase of a 2027-or-newer tandem-axle truck with dump body and sanding equipment and a $48,500 change order to Barr Engineering for work related to surrendering the Rapidan hydroelectric facility’s FERC license.

Public-works staff recommended awarding the truck procurement…

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