Dubois County Highway Engineer Wins Award From Association of Indiana Counties

FROM LOCAL SOURCES

JASPER -- Dubois County Highway Engineer Brent Wendholt has received the 2020 Outstanding Highway Engineer Award from the Association of Indiana Counties.

The award recognizes his contributions made to county government throughout his years of public service.

Since May of 2014 when Brent became county engineer of Dubois county, he has played a key role in the organization development of the proposed mid states corridor project. 

He has also been active in the progress of the countywide pedestrian bicycle trail. He created a small structure bridge inspection for under 20-foot bridges, updated the county subdivision ordinance, he designs all county bridge projects, and is currently the county ADA coordinator and Title VI coordinator.  

Brent has been an active member of IACHES and is currently Southwest District Director. He also has the distinction of being a County Engineer who also is a past recipient of the IACHES Scholarship Award.

The award was announced Sunday, September 20, during the AIC Virtual Annual Conference. Representatives from public agencies, private entities, and local elected officials addressed issues such as: rural development, protecting employee’s health and workspace, retirement, crisis communications, a Statehouse report, and how to identify and prepare for the next extraordinary event – during the virtual event.