Clark County to Re-Bid Hogue Town Pipe Items After No Bids

Clark County Board | August 21, 2026

Article Summary: County Engineer Dallas Richardson told the Clark County Board on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, that a material letting for the Hogue Town project drew no bids on its concrete pipe items and that IDOT wants the bidding process run again. The board unanimously approved highway claims and a resolution updating intergovernmental agreements with townships and cities.

Clark County Highway Key Points:

No bids were submitted for the concrete pipe items in the Hogue Town material letting; IDOT wants the Highway Department to let the bid process again.

An HSIP grant application has been submitted for Clarksville Road, covering a study from Westfield to Marshall and a 20-year plan to upgrade the road.

The Casey 450th Street box culvert is expected to begin in mid-October, and a Safety Shoulders project west of Westfield could be let as soon as January 2027.

The board approved a resolution updating existing intergovernmental agreements with townships and cities because of new road commissioners and a mayor.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026, heard that a material letting for the county’s Hogue Town project drew no bids on its concrete pipe items, and that IDOT wants the Highway Department to put the work out for bids again.

County Engineer Dallas Richardson delivered the report during the highway discussion portion of the meeting, working through his own agenda of projects, grant applications and departmental business. The minutes record no further explanation of why the pipe items drew no response, and no revised letting date was given.

Richardson’s report also covered several projects in and around the county’s three largest communities. The Clarksville Road HSIP grant application has been submitted, he said, to fund a study running from Westfield to Marshall and to produce a 20-year plan for upgrading the road. A Safety Shoulders project west of Westfield will have a letting “possibly in January of 2027,” according to the minutes. The Casey 450th Street box culvert should start in mid-October.

Solar-Related Road Work and Oil-and-Chip Season

Richardson reported a great deal of activity on the Moonshine Solar Farm Road Improvement project. He also told the board that oil-and-chip work around the county had begun that day in Parker Township and would work its way down to Moonshine Solar. Oil and chip is the seal-coat surface treatment generally used to maintain rural road surfaces.

The minutes do not state the cost of any of the projects Richardson described, do not give a total for the highway claims the board approved, and do not record any board member questions or comments during the highway discussion. No dollar figure of any kind appears anywhere in the Aug. 21 record.

OSHA Inspection and Lockout/Tagout Work

The final item on Richardson’s agenda was the OSHA inspection. The Highway Department is working on the lockout/tagout requirement, which requires pictures, Richardson told the board. The minutes carry no additional detail on the inspection — no date, no findings, no deadline and no indication of whether any citation is involved. Richardson reported no new or old business.

Resolution Updates Township and City Agreements

The board’s one highway action beyond claims was a resolution updating existing intergovernmental agreements with townships and cities, which the minutes attribute to new road commissioners or a mayor taking office. Board Member Mike Parsons moved approval and Board Member Susan Guinnip seconded. The chairman put the question, and upon the roll being taken all members present voted “aye,” whereupon Chairman Rex Goble declared the motion adopted.

The minutes note the resolution is attached to the official record but do not assign it a resolution number, and the attachment was not included in the materials reviewed for this report. The record does not identify which townships or cities are party to the updated agreements, or which offices changed hands.

Earlier in the meeting, the board approved the county highway claims on a motion by Parsons seconded by Guinnip, again by unanimous voice of the members present. General claims were approved separately on a motion by Guinnip seconded by Board Member Randal Stephens.

Highway business is a standing feature of the board’s monthly agenda; the posted Aug. 21 agenda carried “Highway discussion” and “Highway resolutions(s)” as items 8 and 9, immediately after the two claims approvals. County Clerk Laura H. Lee’s Aug. 17 notice to board members advised that both a Highway Meeting and the regular meeting of the Clark County Board would be held Aug. 21 at 8:00 a.m. at the Clark County Courthouse. The minutes reviewed for this report cover the regular meeting only.

Board Member Brandon Burkybile, of District 2, was recorded absent at the 8:00 a.m. roll call. Six of the board’s seven members were present. The board adjourned at 10:35 a.m. until Sept. 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. for budget hearings.