(KLZA)--The Nemaha NRD Board of Directors has approved an amendment to the contract with HDR Engineers for designing a sediment basin at Kirkman’s Cove Recreation Area near Humboldt. 

The amendment will increase this years contract amount with HDR by $10-thousand, allowing completion of the environmental work required to obtain a Corps of Engineers 404 permit.  

Board members approved a well permit application for Anthony Johansen southeast of Falls City. The well met the required number of points for approval. 

After 10 years of unchanged rates for use of the Nemaha NRD Districts no-till grass drilling service, the Board approved a new rate of $26 per acre with a $150 minimum charge beginning in the spring of 2017.