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Audubon County approves sale of parcel to Iowa DOT for Highway 71 bridge project
Summary
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors approved the sale and easement of a county parcel to the Iowa Department of Transportation for a Highway 71 bridge project, authorizing the chair and auditor to sign the purchase agreement; the sale price recorded was $1,450.
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors on July 16 approved the sale of a county parcel to the Iowa Department of Transportation to support a bridge project on U.S. Highway 71. The board held a public hearing, then voted to approve the purchase agreement and an associated easement and authorized Chairman Heath Hansen and County Auditor Lisa Frederiksen to execute the documents.
The county certified the conveyance for Parcel No. 2 in the SW quarter of the SW quarter of Section 36, Township 78 North, Range 36 West, identifying the project as NHSN-071-4(58)--2R-05. The certified purchase price recorded in the documents is $1,450, to be exchanged along with other contractual considerations set out in the Purchase Agreement and Easement approved by the board.
The action followed a published notice and a public hearing. Auditor Lisa Frederiksen certified that notice had been published in accordance with Iowa law and that a hearing had been held. The board’s motions to approve the Purchase Agreement and Easement were made by Rick Thompson and seconded by Heath Hansen; the record shows votes “all in favor.”
The board directed the auditor to deliver the executed agreement and conveyance to the Iowa DOT right-of-way agent in exchange for the consideration specified in the agreement. No specific timeline for conveyance closing was recorded in the meeting minutes.
What happens next: County officials will complete execution and delivery of the documents to Iowa DOT per the approved Purchase Agreement and Easement.
