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Page 1 of 1 Worden, Heather From: Berndt, Keith Sent: Friday, September 07,200710:36 AM To: {Cass}-Commissioners Cc: Johnson, Bonnie; Worden, Heather; Montplaisir, Michael Subject: Update on Closed County Bridges RECEIVED SEP 7 20071 CASS COUNTY COMMISSJON Commissioners, I'm writing to provide an update on the closed bridges that have received significant attention in recent days. Durbin Bridge (located on the south side of section 32 of Durbin Township): I've put together a plan to replace the rotted abutment timber. I met this morning on site with Industrial Builders and expect to have a cost proposal shortly for completing the work. Its a relatively easy job to repair that part of the bridge so I expect the proposal will be affordable. Industrial Builders will likely be able to complete this work the week of September 17th. These repairs should allow us to safely reopen the bridge for reduced loads in a timely manner and keep the cost below for threshold for going through the 6 week formal competitive bid advertisement process. This is a quick fix that will allow us to get the bridge open but it does not address the decayed piling and deck. Everest Bridge: We've put together a plan which involves replacing both abutments on the Everest Township Bridge. It will be more expensive than the above Durbin Bridge fix, but I'm hopeful we can keep the contracted portion of the work below $30,000 so we are not required by law to go through a lengthy bid process. I plan to get informal bids next week and have a recommendation on a contract for the September 17 Commission meeting. If you'd like to place these matters on the regular agenda at the September 17th meeting, I could brief it at that time. Otherwise, I'll place the contract approval documents on the consent agenda. Keith Berndt 9/7/2007