Miller said she will have to submit a justification letter to the Minnesota Department of Transportation explaining the disparity. This is about $235,000 lower than the initial bid. Miller said that through some contract modifications - for an alternative design for temporary erosion and permanent erosion and sedimentation control, along with allowing the contractor to salvage the bituminous material - a supplemental agreement reduced the contract amount to $1.092 million. She also noted that the impact of fuel escalation may have played a factor in the bid price disparity from the engineer’s estimate, which was calculated last winter. She said it appeared the bonding market has been affected by the economic climate and there were other projects bidding after this project that might be more suitable to some of the contractors’ schedules. Miller said staff evaluated the prices bid and also tried to find out why there was only one bid. The company’s initial bid came in at about $1.33 million, which was an almost 30 percent increase above the engineer’s estimate for the project of about $1.026 million. of Albert Lea for $1.092 million for the grading, culvert replacement and aggregate surfacing on Freeborn County Road 12 from County Road 17 to County Road 46.Ĭounty Engineer Sue Miller said Freeborn Construction was the only company to bid on the project. Awarded a contract to Freeborn Construction Inc.The board will vote on an additional bond re-issuance in July. Kluever said with the re-issuance of the bonds, Freeborn County will save more than $1.1 million in interest costs. Approved the re-issuance of bonds: one, for the General Obligation Criminal Justice Center Bond issue for about $7.5 million and the second for the Law Enforcement Center Bond issue for about $5.9 million.His next Freeborn County court appearance is slated for May 11.In a previous interview, Kindler noted that each year the county has contracted with ICE to house federal detainees at the jail, it has received a deficiency during the jail inspection for not having a recreational area. VanRyswyk was previously convicted of 5th-degree meth possession in Freeborn County and operating a motor vehicle with meth in his system, in 20, respectively.
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VanRyswyk, 42, faces charges of felony fleeing police in a motor vehicle, felony 5th-degree drug possession, gross misdemeanor driving after license cancellation, and petty misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.Īccording to Minnesota court records, Vanryswyk’s driver’s license was canceled in Minnesota. Officers claim a search of the vehicle revealed a glass pipe with methamphetamine residue and 1.7 grams of a gray, “rock-like” substance that was not tested, as law enforcement suspected it contained fentanyl. Friday, April 28.ĭeputies allege that the pursuit entered Freeborn County on 640th Avenue and made its way to County Road 46, where several members of law enforcement chased the car until it hit stop sticks placed at CR 46 and 720th Avenue.Īccording to court records, the driver, later identified as Christopher Lloyd VanRyswyk of Buffalo Center, Iowa, exited his vehicle upon being boxed in and resisted handcuffing.
(ABC 6 News) – A Buffalo Center, Iowa man appeared in Freeborn County Court Monday after being arrested for an alleged car chase through the Twin Lakes area.Īccording to court documents, members of the Albert Lea police department and Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office learned that Iowa law enforcement was pursuing a red Ford Ranger into Minnesota at about 10 a.m.
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