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Kossuth supervisors approve landowner-funded repair at district site and a contractor change order
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Summary
Supervisors authorized landowner Brian Toole to pay for filling a damaged drainage site (Repair Site 378-1) with county oversight and approved change order No. 2 that raises the riprap contract by $18,533 to $460,513.75.
The Kossuth County Board of Supervisors voted April 14 to allow a landowner to pay for filling a damaged drainage outlet and approved a separate change order that increases an ongoing riprap contract.
At the meeting, an agency official described a failing intake and a washout near Highway 18 south of Algona and said landowner Brian Toole offered to hire a contractor to fill and compact the site before the county installs riprap. The board asked that an engineer inspect the material and installation method and placed that condition in the motion.
The clerk read the motion to approve the work “by Brian Toole to pay for fill on Repair Site 378-1 in coordination with Rifle Excavating,” pending additional engineer investigation. The motion was moved by Kyle Stecker and seconded by Keith Wirtz, and the board approved it by voice vote.
As the private-fill motion concluded, the county engineer presented change order No. 2 to the riprap contract. The change order adds two sites and adjusts riprap quantities, increasing the contract amount by $18,533. The engineer said the revised contract total, including the change order, is $460,513.75.
“We’ll get it done,” the agency official said when describing the planned repairs and contractor coordination.
The board’s approvals leave the county responsible for inspecting and overseeing the riprap placement and for any portion of the work the county will pay for (the motion covered the fill and labor paid by the landowner, with the county covering the riprap installation portion as planned). No additional contingencies or refunds to the landowner were adopted; supervisors said the riprap layer is intended to protect the repaired section from immediate reoccurrence.
The change-order approval followed a standard voice vote. Supervisors asked staff to circulate the change-order paperwork for signatures and to provide the board copies of the site photos and specifications attached to the contractor’s change-order documentation.
Next steps: the county engineer will complete the additional onsite review requested in the motion, staff will circulate the signed change-order paperwork, and the county will coordinate implementation with Rifle Excavating and the landowner.
