The Cass County Board of Supervisors met Tuesday morning at the courthouse in Atlantic. During their session, Engineer’s assistant Dennis Vogl provided information on three projects.  The Iowa DOT has reviewed bid(s) received by Cass County for the projects.  Only one apparent bid was received for each project.

A bid for first project was 114.8% of engineer’s estimate.  County Engineer Charles Bechtold said “Re-advertising the project without any change to the contract requirements would not likely result in a lower bid.  After a short discussion, the Board approved a motion to award a contract for an Olive Street hot melt asphalt overlay project, to Henningsen Construction, Inc. in the amount of slight more than $2-million dollars.

A bid for a second project (a concrete box culvert replacement on Newport Road) was less than engineer’s estimate. The project was awarded to Gus Construction Co., Inc. for $408,131.20. And, the bid for the third project (a HMA overlay on the Lewis Road for 2020), was 102.7% of engineer’s estimate.  The county engineer said “Re-advertising the project without any change to the contract requirements would not likely result in a lower bid.” The Board awarded the project to Henningsen Construction, Inc., for a little more nearly $1.035-million dollars.

In other business, County Treasurer Tracey J. Marshall said she had received an offer to purchase a 2019 County Held Tax Sale Certificate for a parcel of real estate.  Per the agreement, the purchaser would pay back taxes, penalty, interest and an assignment fee.  After short discussion, the Supervisors voted to assign a Tax Sale Certificate Theodore Wonio, for all back taxes, penalty, interest and the assignment fee.