Commissioners Meeting 10 05 2026

The Boone County Commissioners’ meeting on October 5, 2026, included several procurement and capital-project approvals. The board selected Jason Lee for the county-owned farm lease at $310 per acre for 37.84 acres, approved a copier lease and maintenance agreement for Purdue Extension, and authorized pre-approval to replace a prosecutor’s office vehicle. It approved an engineering task order with Engineering Resources, Inc. for design of the Bridge 195 replacement and a master services agreement with GI Consultants, one of the firms selected through the Highway Department’s engineering-services RFP, which drew 19 proposals. The board also approved three change orders for the 2026 asphalt-resurfacing contract; the final contract amount was stated as $1,712,457.21. Bond releases and maintenance-bond acceptance for Peabody Farms West sections 3 and 4 were approved, though several bond figures in the transcript are unclear.

The board approved awarding the jail generator replacement and old-generator removal project to Houston Electric, Inc., with the presenter proposing use of remaining bond funds. It also approved an owner-consent form for an accessory shed on county-owned property. Staff reported that the design RFP for the Key Bank project was due later that week and that legal services may need to shift to contract services in 2027 because the proposed budget does not fund a county attorney employee beginning January 1. Claims were proposed for approval with fund 9214 tabled while it is reviewed. During public comment, a resident raised questions about authorization and payment related to a prior $50,000 Sundi Solutions IT agreement; the transcript records no response or action on those questions.