County approves help for Baldwin Court

The McLeod County Board approved contributing dollars, not to exceed $12,000, toward excavating costs to assist in the drainage issues at Baldwin Court near Lester Prairie.
Scott Borst and John Pafko, residents in the Baldwin Court area, presented commissioners with an outline of the work to be done, which includes laying drain tile, and  job estimates from Litzau Excavating, Inc., Juul Contracting and Rickert Excavating.
Borst said he’d like to see the project begin as winter is coming. “I don’t want to hit spring without this getting done.”
Commissioner Sheldon Nies asked about the timeline of the project and questioned if McLeod County gets involved, “do we need to rebid and get our own bids?”
Highway Engineer John Brunkhorst said the county wouldn’t have to get new bids. “$100,000 trips that threshold (of considering rebids),” he said.
The bid from Litzau Excavating, Inc., totaled $42,150; Juul Contracting bid $32,621 for the project, and Rickert Excavating bid $29,722.
“Litzau’s bid was way too much for any of us (neighbors) to cover, and Juul Contracting was outside of our personal budget, too. I prefer choosing Rickert Excavating, though I know it’s not a general consensus between all of us neighbors,” Borst said.

For more, see the Oct. 29 print edition of The Chronicle.