The Cass County Board of Supervisors held their regular weekly meeting, Friday (today), during which the Board awarded a bid for a bridge replacement project. 

(the Bridge is #208 on Indian Creek St., over a tributary to Indian Creek, from White Pole Road, north .4 miles on the west line of S5-T75-R37.)

That’s Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken, who said the project was let through the DOT on April 20^th. There were three bids, the lowest of which ($621,942) came from A.M. Cohron, of Atlantic, and was within three percent of the Engineer’s estimate of $600,000. The other bids included: Gus Construction, Inc. (In Casey), $674,162; and Jenco Construction, Inc. (of Des Moines), $887,286).

In his report to the Board, Wolken said the Secondary Roads is still hauling contract rock in the county. There are about 140 miles worth of road to be covered this Spring. About 90-miles of Schildberg rock is hauled down, and they’re almost done applying that, and some other source of road rock.

Wolken said the Hunt Bridge had wood pilings and abutments that had deteriorated, and did not pass their rate capacity. A.M. Cohron handed the repairs and shoring-up of the deck and pilings. The work done will enable the load rating to be increased past the previous limit. The $60,000 cost of repairs was preferable he said, to a new $1-million bridge, and should be good for at least 20-to 25-years.

In other business, the Cass County Board of Supervisors approved the assignment of tax sales certificates in Section 7 of Grove Township (essentially an area adjacent to Frederickson Iron Recycling).