Clark County Approves Engineering Agreement for Casey Culvert

Clark County Board | September 18, 2026

Article Summary: The Clark County Board approved a resolution authorizing a Local Public Agency engineering agreement with Chastain Consulting Engineers for a box culvert installation on Casey Township road TR 66A, also identified in county records as 450th Street. The agreement itself was not included in the meeting materials, and no cost, term or funding source appears in the public record of the vote.

Casey Culvert Engineering Agreement Key Points:

• The board approved the resolution unanimously, with all six members present voting aye; District #3 was absent.
• County Engineer Dallas Richardson told the board the engineering agreement is required before the culvert can be installed.
• The resolution is marked “(See Attached)” in the minutes, but the attachment was not provided — no engineering fee, project phase, completion date or funding source is recorded.
• Richardson also reported oil-and-chip work nearly finished, mowing underway, and two other projects starting soon.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, approved a resolution authorizing a Local Public Agency engineering agreement with Chastain Consulting Engineers for a box culvert installation on Casey Township road TR 66A, identified in the county’s own record as 450th Street.

The motion was made by Mike Parsons and seconded by Todd Kuhn. The minutes record that the chairman put the question and that all members present voted aye. Six of the board’s seven members were present; District #3 was recorded absent at the 8 a.m. roll call.

The culvert came before the board through the highway engineer’s report earlier in the meeting. Richardson, identified in the minutes both as Highway Engineer and as County Engineer, told the board that a resolution for an engineering agreement was required for the Casey 450th Street box culvert installation, and pointed members to the resolution appearing later on the agenda as item 9.

A box culvert is generally the rectangular structure set beneath a roadway to carry a watercourse through the embankment, and Local Public Agency engineering agreements typically govern the terms on which a consulting firm performs design and engineering work for a local road project on a local government’s behalf.

Beyond that, the public record of this action is thin. The minutes close the item with “(See Attached),” but the resolution and the agreement were not among the materials distributed with the meeting. As a result, no engineering fee, no project phase, no schedule, no resolution number and no funding source appears anywhere in the record of the vote. Nothing in the minutes states what the existing structure at the site is, why it is being replaced, or when construction would follow the design work.

Broader Road Program Reported the Same Morning

Richardson’s report placed the Casey culvert alongside several other items of highway work. He told the board that Hogue Town and the project west of Westfield are in the process of starting soon, and that oil and chip should be finished in a couple of days. The Highway Department, he said, is going to make approximately 300,000 gallons this fall; the minutes do not state what material the figure refers to. Mowing has started. Richardson reported no new or old business.

The board separately approved the county highway claims on a motion by Brandon Burkybile, seconded by Susan Guinnip, again with all members present voting aye. As with the engineering resolution, no dollar amount for the highway claims appears in the minutes and no claim list was provided.

Neither the minutes nor the agenda records any discussion of the culvert beyond Richardson’s report, and no member is recorded as having asked a question about the agreement before the vote.