Pottawattamie County hires inspector services for Trailblazer CO2 pipeline; adds 10% administrative fee for county invoicing

The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on March 31 approved an agreement with Snyder & Associates for inspector services on the Trailblazer CO2 pipeline and separately approved an administrative fee of 10 percent on CO2 pipeline inspection invoices to cover county administrative costs.

The board’s motion (Seg. 443) authorized the county chair to sign the inspector‑services agreement following discussion with County Engineer Andy Wicks and Planning & Development Director Matt Wyant. The vote was recorded as unanimous in the minutes.

At the April 28 meeting the board approved an administrative charge of 10 percent on CO2 pipeline inspection invoicing “to cover county administrative expenses,” to be recorded to Fund 1 (the Board’s budget). The minutes record that this is an administrative fee to be applied to pipeline inspection invoicing and that the finance allocation will come from the Board’s budget line.

According to the minutes, the Snyder & Associates agreement is to supply inspector services for pipeline activity in the county; specifics of scope, hourly rates or payment schedule are in the contract attached to county files (the minutes record approval but do not print full contract text). The board’s action was framed as an administrative and procurement step to ensure county oversight of pipeline work and to allocate a modest administrative recovery to county funds.

The minutes do not include direct quotes from Snyder or pipeline operators, nor do they list a dollar value for the contract in the public minutes. The inspector‑services contract and subsequent invoices are administrative documents that county staff will process through the Auditor’s office.