Authorize Great Western Surety takeover agreement

5:54:09Okay.

5:54:10Um I rarely do this, but given that this is your last meeting in December, um well this is actually for Commissioner Moore's benefit, so Um Uh we have been negotiating with Great Western Surety for a takeover agreement for DAB's um projects. Um their lawyer did not get back to us today, so I don't have anything to say.

5:54:41Please authorize us to be to do something that's substantially similar to this, but if you would authorize the county administrator to sign a takeover agreement that has been approved by the County County Attorney's Office that is substantially similar to that which DOT entered into to them. Um God speed. That way that way we don't have to wait until January if we finally come to some

5:55:07negotiation. She made a motion. I made a second. All in favor?

5:55:13Aye.

5:55:16What about fifty two? Well

5:55:17here about fifty two. Matter of fact, let me explain s let me explain too what's going on so they're aware of it and I wasn't even gonna bring it up, but it's it's important that you all know. So the new So as we know, the D A B defaulted, Diverging Diamond, fifty two, they've all been selected. Fifty four we're still waiting on. Unfortunately, the surety is trying to How was kind of word it? Tie our hands with compl with moving forward with this in a ta there's two separate there was two separate

5:55:47bonds, there's two separate takeover agreements, one's for the state's project and there's this little small obviously a small project that the county has as well. They're really tying things up, waiting for our agreement when they literally do not have to. They could start on this road tomorrow.

5:56:03Well

5:56:03through this

5:56:04And I'm I was told that Based on Secretary Gwynn's

5:56:09conversation with

5:56:10me. Conversation with you and That there was actually equipment moving out on fifty six this weekend. So I think D O T's portion is in fact moving forward out of the interstate.

5:56:25Fifty four, you mean?

5:56:27Fifty four.

5:56:28Fifty four. Fifty four. Good. Yes.

5:56:30Started on fifty six, right? I thought I'd

5:56:32So that's still fifty-six is part of the diverging diamond. But yes. So I had thankfully, thankful to thank thanks to Secretary Gwynn. I had multiple calls with them and Jeff and Dan this week. So if you s heard that today. Yeah. That's news I haven't heard, so thank thankfully.

5:56:48It was I was told fifty six, but Well fifty

5:56:51six is a whole different project.

5:56:53Yeah.

5:56:53Okay. But that was also DAV, was it not?

5:56:55Yes, about

5:56:56that.

5:56:56Yeah, but that they've already started that project.

5:56:57They started that project a month ago.

5:57:04Well that's what was going on. They were trying to and I I hate to say it, I think they're trying to use the county as leverage. And uh Yeah. It's not cool. Not DOT's fault.