Four steel purchases totaling nearly $110,000 were approved on Tuesday to be used on various bridge projects throughout the county. The Jasper County Board of Supervisors approved the low bids from Skyline Steel and Oden Enterprises for more than 100 pieces of steel in various sizes and structures.
“These are part of the bridge building,” assistant to the engineer Pam Olson said.
Skyline Steel had the low bid of $51,187 for 70 pieces of 10”x42#x45’ H-Pile. The county received two additional bids from Oden and Husker Steel on the product.
Oden had the low bid on the final three proposals. For the 13 pieces of 12”x79#x50’ U-Pile the bid came in at $24,478, for the 20 pieces of the eight Gage 45 foot sheet piling the low bid was $7,560 and for the steel girder bridge superstructure Oden presented the only bid at $56,755.
“We purchase the superstructure and it is a kit that comes together,” Olson said. “We get plans with it that everything is certified and tested.”
In other business:
• Andrew Main was approved for hire as a maintenance technician in the maintenance department. His pay rate is $17.93 per hour with a starting date of Monday.
• A public hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. March 7 for the fiscal year 2017-2018 Budget Hearing.
Contact Jamee A. Pierson at 641-792-3121 ext. 6534 or jpierson@newtondailynews.com