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Sarpy County approves bridge-design contract and several interlocal agreements for traffic signals and road improvements
Summary
The county approved a $542,475 professional services agreement with HGM Associates for Flug Road bridge design, an interlocal to fund a 174th/Highway 370 traffic signal (developer-funded), and multiple sanitary-improvement-district agreements for localized road work; one commissioner abstained on the signal item due to a stated conflict of interest.
Sarpy County commissioners on March 31 approved a professional services agreement with HGM Associates for design and replacement of the Flug Road bridge and a series of interlocal agreements tying developer reimbursements to traffic signals and local road improvements.
Deputy County Administrator Scott told commissioners the county received $500,000 in county bridge match program funding and recommended the $542,475 agreement with HGM Associates for the Flug Road bridge (project C772612). The board approved the contract.
Scott also presented interlocal agreements with the City of Gretna and several sanitary improvement districts to construct a traffic signal at 174th Street and Highway 370; he said developers surrounding the intersection will contribute to the signal costs so the county's net outlay would be essentially zero. During the motion on that item the transcript records a commissioner stating they needed to abstain and not participate because of a conflict of interest; the public record in the transcript does not tie that abstention to a name. Scott stated the state’s contribution for the 174th/370 signal was zero and explained that, by policy, developers typically are responsible for signalization when new development feeds a state highway.
Other interlocal agreements approved include a developer contribution for the Aspen Creek West plat toward 192nd Street and Corn Husker Road improvements (Resolution 95) and an agreement with SID 322 (Steel Ridge South) for Shramm Road improvements from 156th to 168th Street; staff said bids on that segment will be opened in the coming weeks.
What happens next: the county will execute the HGM design contract and proceed with interlocal execution and project delivery; the transcript indicates developer reimbursements and partner-city commitments are expected to fund most of the signal and local road improvements.
