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Lancaster County approves engineering amendments, procurement and multiple contracts; transcript lists a likely contract-amount error
Summary
The board approved multiple engineering contract supplements and task orders for the 98th Street project, an environmental assessment contract for a HUD-funded N.162nd Street project, purchases of two motor graders, a propane supply agreement, and a mill-and-fill maintenance contract (the transcript records an implausible amount that appears to be a transcription error).
Lancaster County commissioners on July 21 approved a series of engineering amendments, procurement items and contracts presented by county engineering and purchasing staff.
County Engineering explained supplemental preliminary-engineering work with Alfred Benesch & Company related to the federal-aid 98th Street environmental process; the board approved a supplement and an associated professional-services amendment for preliminary and final design work, and staff noted the county’s typical 20% local match, with federal aid covering the remaining 80% for some elements.
The board also approved a professional-services agreement with Felsberg, Holt & Olvig to perform an environmental assessment required under a HUD economic-development initiative for North 162nd Street (Davie Road to Ashland Road). County staff said the agreement positions the county to proceed once the directed HUD funding is fully executed.
Separately, the board approved a purchase order to Nebraska Machinery Company for two CAT 140‑16 motor graders in the amount of $693,220.20 and a contract with John Ott Oil and Propane not to exceed $25,000 for fuel supply. Engineering staff explained the rationale for equipment replacement timing and delivery expectations.
The board voted to award a mill-and-fill maintenance overlay project on West Denton Road to Constructors Incorporated. The meeting transcript records the contract amount as $1,000,808,150,965.09 — an implausible figure that appears to be a transcription or clerical error in the record. Commissioners discussed that the project is a heavy maintenance overlay intended to extend pavement life roughly 15–20 years, but the correct contract amount should be confirmed with county purchasing records; the board carried the motion to approve the contract.
Other approved items included on-call professional services task orders with Alfred Benesch & Company (total not to exceed $264,250.50 for a specific task order), the acceptance of a HUD-directed environmental contract, and typical consent approvals for smaller purchases and property payments.
