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Written by: Bryan Hunt - Breese Journal Editor
Johannes Construction received $157,958.80 for work on the new health department building through Feb. 24, according to health building chairman Ken Knolhoff, sharing that at Monday's Clinton County Board meeting.
Payment comes from the health department building fund.
Ken Knolhoff and County Board Chairman Brad Knolhoff were at the worksite — Tenth and Franklin streets in Carlyle — on March 14, watching crews remove sand and other materials from the site.
This follows the discovery of an old well and fill sand where the excavation took place.
Ken Knolhoff said it was certified that the existing dirt met requirements to support concrete.
On March 15, County Board member Mike Kuhl was on-site watching crews truck in and spread rock at the site.
"Boy, does it look a lot different down there now," Ken Knolhoff said of the change.
He said crews did not have to dig out more dirt than was figured, but they did have to add more rock than was planned.
If the weather holds out, crews are ready to pour footings, he said, though the forecast called for rain Tuesday through Thursday.
A fix in the works
In news from the road and bridge committee, the board approved buying two Freightliner dump trucks, from Truck Centers Inc. of Troy, a single-axle truck at $98,409 and a tandem-axle truck at $107,621.
The cost is chassis and truck only; the county will have to get bids on the dump and hydraulics, County Engineer Dan Behrens said.
Behrens said one would be paid for in this fiscal year and the other truck in the next fiscal year.
Behrens also told the board, as was suggested, he sent letters to the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding the condition of Old U.S. Route 50 between Carlyle and Huey, and Illinois Route 161 between Bartelso and Germantown.
He's not received a response and doesn't expect anything soon.
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