Clark County OKs Engineering Deal for $1.5M Road Work North of Casey

Clark County Board Regular Meeting | May 15, 2026

Article Summary: The Clark County Board on May 15, 2026, unanimously approved a resolution for an engineering services agreement with HLR, a step toward bidding out soil cement stabilization work the county highway agenda lists for Emily Solar in Parker Township.

Blue Mound Road Work Key Points:

• Approximately $1.5 million was agreed upon for road improvements in the Blue Mound area north of Casey, according to the minutes, which do not say who agreed to the figure.
• The soil cement portion of the repairs is required to be bid out.
• HLR will assemble the bid package and handle soil sampling and inspections during the process.
• The resolution passed unanimously on a motion by Todd Kuhn, seconded by Randal Stephens. No resolution number appears in the minutes.

CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Board on Friday, May 15, 2026, unanimously approved a resolution for an engineering services agreement with HLR, clearing a step toward bidding out soil cement stabilization work described on the county’s highway agenda as “Soil Cement Stabilization for Emily Solar in Parker Township.”

The item came before the board under Highway Discussion, No. 8 on the agenda, and was voted on under Highway Resolutions at No. 9. According to the minutes, approximately $1.5 million was agreed upon for road improvements in the Blue Mound area north of Casey. The minutes do not say who agreed to that figure, between which parties, when, or in what form.

The soil cement portion of the repairs is required to be bid out, the minutes state, and the engineering services agreement with HLR is the mechanism for getting there. HLR will be putting together a bid package, along with some soil sampling and inspections that will be completed during the process.

Kuhn moved to approve the resolution for the engineering agreement and Stephens seconded. All members present voted aye and Chairman Rex Goble declared the motion adopted.

No number, no dollar figure, no firm

The minutes assign the resolution no number. The agenda lists the item only as “Highway resolutions(s).” No copy of the resolution or of the engineering services agreement accompanies the meeting materials, and the record carries no dollar value for HLR’s work, no schedule, and no bid date.

HLR is not identified anywhere in the meeting record beyond the initials. The county has not stated what the firm is, where it is based, or how it was selected.

Emily Solar is likewise not described. The minutes name the project only in the agenda item’s title and do not state what it is, where in Parker Township it would sit, who is developing it, whether it has been permitted, or how it relates to the $1.5 million in Blue Mound area road improvements beyond appearing in the same item. Separately, County Engineer Dallas Richardson reported under old business that road work has started for the Moonshine Solar project. Nothing in the record connects the two.

The resolution itself and the engineering services agreement with HLR are the documents that would close most of these gaps.