The Hamilton County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning accepted a bid from a Wisconsin firm for the work of resurfacing on a road in the county this summer. Mathy Construction of Onalaska, Wisconsin submitted a bid for $2,774,083.63 for the resurfacing of Hamilton County R-77 or Young Avenue in far southeastern Hamilton from the Story County line up to Highway 175.Hamilton County Engineer Ryan Weidemann said the work will begin over the summer months, but R-77 will remain open to motorists during the resurfacing project. There will also be pipeline repairing work in the area. The engineer’s estimate for the resurfacing work was at over $3,015,000.
The Supervisors approved the revised landscaping plan for the planting of trees at the Blairsburg 23 Site for the Master Matrix this spring. The lease for the former Iowa Department of Health and Human Services building at 1900 Superior Street was tabled until the February 24th supervisor meeting.. The date of February 24th for the public hearing for the multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan was set and will begin at 9:00 a.m. that day.
In other matters, the Hamilton County Supervisors tabled action on the Hamilton County Hometown Pride with Ottie Maxey until the February 24th board meeting.