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Custer County board authorizes purchase of pneumatic roller and two used Cat graders; accepts Ace/Eaton bridge bids
Summary
The board authorized a special purchase of a pneumatic roller and two used Caterpillar motor graders for the highway department and voted to accept Ace/Eaton Metals' bids for multiple bridge replacement projects. Actions passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
The Custer County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 10 authorized purchases to support county road work and accepted low bids for bridge replacements.
C. Jacobsen, Highway Superintendent, recommended the board proceed with a special purchase of a pneumatic roller through NMC Cat; the board approved the authorization (motion by Supervisor Markham; seconded by Supervisor Parliament). The board also authorized purchasing two used Caterpillar motor graders through NMC Cat: a 2018 Cat 12M3 with 3,828 hours and a 2020 Cat 140-15 with 2,113 hours (motion by Supervisor Markham; seconded by Supervisor Govier). Both motions passed on roll-call votes (ayes — all).
The board closed and opened bids for several bridge replacement projects and recorded competing proposals from Midwest Service & Sales Co., Contech Engineered Solutions and Ace/Eaton Metals. After reviewing the tabulated bids, C. Jacobsen recommended accepting Ace/Eaton Metals' bids for the listed bridge projects; the board approved that recommendation (motion by Supervisor Gibbons; seconded by Supervisor Markham). The meeting record shows Ace/Eaton Metals provided the lowest bid amounts on the items read into the record.
What the board approved and next steps
- Pneumatic roller: special purchase authorized through NMC Cat as recommended by the Highway Superintendent. No dollar amount for the roller was recorded in the minutes.
- Motor graders: authorization to purchase one 2018 Cat 12M3 (3,828 hours) and one 2020 Cat 140-15 (2,113 hours) via NMC Cat. The minutes list the model years and hours but do not state purchase prices.
- Bridge bids: the board accepted Ace/Eaton Metals' bids for multiple bridge projects after tabulation. The published tabulation in the minutes lists numerical bid lines by project; the board motion approved acceptance of Ace/Eaton Metals' entire bid package.
The board did not attach dollar amounts to the equipment purchases in the minutes and recorded only the tabulated bid figures for the bridge projects as read into the record. The items approved will move forward per the county procurement and contracting processes; the minutes do not record contract signing dates or expected delivery/installation timelines.
