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Board approves culvert replacement contract; two legislators disclose recusals
Summary
The board awarded a construction contract to BP Excavation LLC for a culvert replacement on Kotel Road and recorded recusals by two legislators who noted financial connections to payments and an apparent bidder; the award carried by voice vote.
The Lewis County Board approved resolution 159 to award a construction contract to BP Excavation LLC for the Kotel Road culvert replacement over the South Branch of Crystal Creek.
Two legislators announced recusals during the resolution discussion. One legislator stated there had been payments made to them as assigned counsel and that they had approved related vouchers and asked the chair to note a recusal in the record. Another legislator said their husband submitted a bid and, although that bidder was not the contract recipient (a clerical error had initially listed him as apparent low bidder), they recused themselves and asked that the recusal be recorded.
The board took a voice vote and the resolution carried. For resolution 149 (auditing and allowing claims totaling $1,950,624.70), the clerk conducted a roll call; multiple legislators voted yes and one member was recorded as recused. That roll call was recorded on the meeting record as part of routine claims approval.
No further investigation or referral was recorded at the meeting; the recusals were noted in the board record and the contract award proceeded.
