Knott County fiscal court awards Braden's Creek NRCS repair contract to King Creek; NRCS review required

Knott County fiscal court voted to award the Braden's Creek NRCS road-repair project to King Creek after reviewing two bids that exceeded the project's NRCS allotment. The court recorded the motion to award and approved it, then indicated the award will be forwarded to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for final review and approval.

At the meeting Speaker 2 presented two bids for the Braden's Creek project: one recorded in the discussion as $467,425 and a second listed as $481,004.91. Speaker 2 told the court both bids were "a little bit over what that was allotted through NRCS," and emphasized that NRCS will vet calculations and must sign off before an award becomes final. Speaker 2 also said, "If you don't attend this and go out with NRCS and the engineer and the inspector, that you're not eligible to bid the project," explaining the pre-bid site-visit requirement.

Court members discussed inspection and compliance. Speaker 3 asked whether daily inspection would occur; Speaker 2 responded that an NRCS inspector would be on site daily and would enforce the engineered plans, requiring contractors to correct work that did not match the specifications. Speaker 2 identified the project engineers as Donnie Dodd and SC Schneider, noting they are consultants NRCS uses to design projects.

Calvin Wallace made the motion to award the contract to King Creek (recorded as the motion text by Speaker 2). Speaker 1 seconded the motion, and the court voted in favor; Speaker 2 recorded "Ayes have it." Speaker 2 reiterated that even though the fiscal court approved the award locally, NRCS must review and give final approval because the bids exceeded the NRCS estimate and funding parameters.

The court did not provide a detailed final tally in the record beyond the unanimous "Ayes have it" statement and did not clarify differences between several bid figures discussed during the meeting. The next procedural step is sending the award documentation to NRCS for a final determination on funding and acceptance.