Agreement on Sherwood Park tabled after county seeks clarification on $730,000 drainage payment

The Dickinson County board tabled consideration of an agreement concerning Sherwood Park after staff reported the most recent draft did not reflect the county’s required treatment of financing and contract line items.

Staff described early drafts as having the drainage contractor’s engineering charges deducted from a $730,000 figure. Because of the source of county funding, staff requested the documents be rewritten so that Olson Incorporated would pay Steph Construction $730,000 for drainage work and then bill the county foundation separately for remaining Olson contract amounts. County staff said they received a revision the morning of the meeting that the county attorney had not yet reviewed.

Because the county attorney had not read the latest revision, a board member moved to table the agreement; the motion passed and the item was rescheduled for the next meeting so the attorney and staff can complete review and provide corrected attachments.

What was on the table - Parties referenced in the transcript: Conservation Foundation of Dickinson County Conservation Board, Olson Incorporated, and Steis Companies LLC (name spellings and punctuation appear inconsistently in the record). - Financial point in dispute: $730,000 described as payable to a drainage contractor for work at Sherwood Park; transcript shows inconsistent references to which party would deduct or pay engineering amounts.

Next steps The board directed that the revised agreement and attachments be provided and reviewed by the county attorney before the board takes further action. The item will be placed on the next meeting agenda for final consideration.