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Holt County awards $831,941.95 microsurfacing contract; approves $85,500 engineering amendment
Summary
On May 18 the Holt County Board of Supervisors accepted the low bid of $831,941.95 from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers for the C45(578) Ewing East & West microsurfacing project and approved a $85,500 amendment to the JEO Consulting engineering agreement to support the work.
The Holt County Board of Supervisors voted May 18 to accept the low bid of $831,941.95 from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC for the C45(578) microsurfacing project on Ewing East & West, with a contractor start date listed as July 20, 2026.
The decision followed a public bid opening where two other bids were recorded: BMC Ent DBA Missouri Petroleum at $953,902.40 (start July 15, 2026) and Asphalt Surface Technologies Corp. at $1,073,660.71 (start Aug. 1, 2026). Andrew Wilshusen of JEO Consulting Group reviewed the bids for the board prior to the vote.
Why it matters: the board’s acceptance of the low bid moves a major road-maintenance project toward execution during the 2026 construction season and allocates county construction funds for a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar contract.
The board also approved JEO Consulting Group Engineering Agreement C45(578) Amendment No. 1 for $85,500. The amendment was presented and adopted as part of the board’s actions tied to the microsurfacing project; the amendment and contract award were recorded separately and both motions carried.
Supporting details and financial context: the Construction Asphalt Fund showed balance/activity for 2026 and the board approved claims and fund transfers during the same meeting; the county recorded the construction fund total as $141,636.45 on the claims list presented that day. The bid award motion and the engineering-amendment motion passed with recorded roll-call votes as entered in the official minutes.
Next steps: Fahrner Asphalt Sealers was accepted as the low bidder per bid specifications with an indicated July 20, 2026 start date; the engineering amendment with JEO Consulting was approved to support project delivery. The board did not specify contract execution dates beyond the noted start date in the meeting record.
