1. Minnesota Department of Transportation State Aid for Local Transportation Prepared for Minnesota County Highway Accountants Conference April 29, 2010

2. Advertising Requirements State Statutes - 160.17 Road Construction Contracts; Counties and Towns < $10,000 – may get two quotes >$10,000 and <$50,000 either 2 quotes or open bids > $50,000 – advertise and get bids

3. Advertising, cont. County contract - once a week for 3 successive weeks Town contract - once a week for 2 successive weeks the last publication to be made at least ten days before receiving bids …

4. Federal Requirements Not really a requirement FHWA CORE Curriculum – use State law or practice Suggests using Trade Journals or Bulletins Internet is acceptable as a supplement to traditional means

5. Advertising Your Projects Construction Bulletin’s last publications was 4/16/2010 Designated as the Trade Journal WHY? What Now?

6. CONTRACT PITFALLS Use of DCP packet contents by LPA’s Use of Administrative sections from Mn/DOT vs SALT Proprietary Items

7. ARRA Projects

8. How Many ARRA Projects involved Bridges?

9. ARRA Project Summary Low bids resulted in excess ARRA funds 10 projects moved from Tier 2 to Tier 1 Some questions on using State Wage Rates

10. REGULAR ’09 FEDERAL PROJECTS

11. SUMMARY ARRA PROJECTS TOTALED $255,125,368 OUTSTATE ARRA PROJECTS = $87,778,348 OUTSTATE PROGRAMMED PROJECTS TOTALED $125,344,703