County commissioners consider $25,340 irrigation and landscaping bid for Colstrip Human Services building

Rosebud County commissioners discussed a $25,340 bid for irrigation system work and landscaping at the Human Services building in Colstrip during their meeting on Tuesday, August 11 (year not specified). The Chair read a bid that included a Rain Bird sprinkler system for $16,002.20, site preparation and clearing for $2,300, landscaping and aesthetics for $1,300, minor concrete infrastructure for $3,200, and technical execution for $2,320. The Chair identified the contractors as a partnership of David Beerline of Beerline Brothers and Mark Sargent of Montana Land Consulting, both of Forsyth, and said the contract would require an initial $10,000 payment and a final payment of $15,340.

A committee member who moved to approve the bill for services said, "A few years ago, the sprinkler system that was in over there had leaks and created some flooding in the senior citizens," noting the system is old and was installed when the building was first put up. Commissioners discussed uncertainty about timing: because it is mid-August, the member said crews may need to turn the system on to test it, then drain it, and might not make the system fully operational until the next irrigation season. The transcript ends after the Chair called for a vote; the record does not show the result of the vote on this motion.