July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Dozer action tabled (3/28/05)
Commissioners may not make purchase
By By Mike Snyder-
The bids may be open, but Jay County Commissioners may not be buying a new bulldozer.
The commissioners, after learning how much — or, in this case, how little — was being offered for the trade-in of a county-owned bulldozer, tabled action until the bids can be reviewed by Jay County surveyor Brad Daniels.
Commissioners Gary Theurer, Faron Parr and Milo Miller Jr. made no decision, but made it clear they favored running the current dozer for a while after the highest trade-in allowance in four bids opened this morning was $16,000.
The lowest net price for a new bulldozer was from Brandeis Equipment Co. of Fort Wayne, for a Komatsu model at $129,240.
Other bids received, in order of net price: McDonald Machinery Co., Fort Wayne, Case, $139,998; Holt Equipment Co.,, Indianapolis, John Deere, $140,875; and Southeastern Equipment Co., Fort Wayne, New Holland, $142,400.
The commissioners had previously said they might decide not to purchase a new bulldozer even though they solicited bids.
They said that it might be more cost-efficient to keep making repairs to the current bulldozer.
Also this morning, the commissioners agreed to a modification in a tile repair project on and around a bird sanctuary in northern Jay County.
Ken Brunswick, of the Friends of the Limberlost organization, said that a slight change in the route of a tile will save money by reducing the amount of tile to be replaced.
The property is located east of U.S. 27, just south of the Jay-Adams county line. The tile empties into Limberlost Creek, about one-quarter mile east of U.S. 27.
The new tile will be 10-inch smooth wall plastic tile, and will help drain neighboring properties, Brunswick told the commissioners.
Friends of the Limberlost is in the process of purchasing 39 adjacent acres from Limberlost Conservation Inc., a group formed in the 1940s that attempted to site a state park along Limberlost Creek. Brunswick said this morning the plans for the park called for the Limberlost to be dammed, creating a 900-acre reservoir.
In other business this morning, the commissioners:
•Heard Daniels report he has not received a report from a Wells County surveyor working on a solution for persistent flooding around homes along county road 1000 West, south of county road 400 South in Richland Township.
Dru Hall, who owns a home in the area, told the commissioners, “I’d like to get something done before it starts raining again. It’s been two months already. It’s time to get rolling.”
“Hopefully we’ll get some word in the next two weeks,” Theurer told Hall.
•Were asked for help by Jackson Township resident Bob Axe. Axe said that a tile along county road 250 West, between county roads 300 and 400 North, has not worked property since the county highway department worked on the road recently.
Daniels planned to check the situation late this morning.
Axe’s property is in the Loblolly Watershed.[[In-content Ad]]
The commissioners, after learning how much — or, in this case, how little — was being offered for the trade-in of a county-owned bulldozer, tabled action until the bids can be reviewed by Jay County surveyor Brad Daniels.
Commissioners Gary Theurer, Faron Parr and Milo Miller Jr. made no decision, but made it clear they favored running the current dozer for a while after the highest trade-in allowance in four bids opened this morning was $16,000.
The lowest net price for a new bulldozer was from Brandeis Equipment Co. of Fort Wayne, for a Komatsu model at $129,240.
Other bids received, in order of net price: McDonald Machinery Co., Fort Wayne, Case, $139,998; Holt Equipment Co.,, Indianapolis, John Deere, $140,875; and Southeastern Equipment Co., Fort Wayne, New Holland, $142,400.
The commissioners had previously said they might decide not to purchase a new bulldozer even though they solicited bids.
They said that it might be more cost-efficient to keep making repairs to the current bulldozer.
Also this morning, the commissioners agreed to a modification in a tile repair project on and around a bird sanctuary in northern Jay County.
Ken Brunswick, of the Friends of the Limberlost organization, said that a slight change in the route of a tile will save money by reducing the amount of tile to be replaced.
The property is located east of U.S. 27, just south of the Jay-Adams county line. The tile empties into Limberlost Creek, about one-quarter mile east of U.S. 27.
The new tile will be 10-inch smooth wall plastic tile, and will help drain neighboring properties, Brunswick told the commissioners.
Friends of the Limberlost is in the process of purchasing 39 adjacent acres from Limberlost Conservation Inc., a group formed in the 1940s that attempted to site a state park along Limberlost Creek. Brunswick said this morning the plans for the park called for the Limberlost to be dammed, creating a 900-acre reservoir.
In other business this morning, the commissioners:
•Heard Daniels report he has not received a report from a Wells County surveyor working on a solution for persistent flooding around homes along county road 1000 West, south of county road 400 South in Richland Township.
Dru Hall, who owns a home in the area, told the commissioners, “I’d like to get something done before it starts raining again. It’s been two months already. It’s time to get rolling.”
“Hopefully we’ll get some word in the next two weeks,” Theurer told Hall.
•Were asked for help by Jackson Township resident Bob Axe. Axe said that a tile along county road 250 West, between county roads 300 and 400 North, has not worked property since the county highway department worked on the road recently.
Daniels planned to check the situation late this morning.
Axe’s property is in the Loblolly Watershed.[[In-content Ad]]
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