June 12, 2007

 The regular meeting of the Barry County Road Commission was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Chairman Willcutt.

Members present:  Willcutt, Dykstra, Fiala and Managing Director Brad Lamberg.

The agenda for June 12, 2007 was approved.

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The minutes of May 15, 2007 were approved as read by the Secretary with the correction to the motion to accept the resolution from Charlton Park for grading and applying dust control to park roads.  Motion was made by Commissioner Dykstra not Commissioner Willcutt.

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to approve the payroll for payment.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

CHECK              NAME                                                                            AMOUNT

5/29/07                Barry County Road Commission                                       $80,692.01

6/12/07                Barry County Road Commission                                       $94,767.22

           

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to approve the bills for payment.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

   Check               Name                                                                         Amount      

    21207                 ALRO STEEL CORPORATION                                           $581.68

    21210                 MICHIGAN CHLORIDE SALES LLC                                    $34,432.20

    21211                 NAPA AUTO PARTS                                                       $128.27

    21212                 WYOMING ASPHALT PAVING CO                                    $1,565.98

    21213                 AIS CONST EQUIP CORP                                                 $823.05

    21214                 AMERICAN MESSAGING                                                $10.01

    21215                 APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES                            $248.79

    21216                 ASR CORPORATION                                                       $90.00

    21217                 BARRY COUNTY LUMBER                                               $55.98

    21218                 BEN’S TECH SUPPLY                                                       $70.30

    21219                 BESCO WATER TREATMENT INC                                    $61.75

    21220                 BILL SEIF CHEVROLET-BUICK INC                                    $244.41

    21221                 BLUE CARE NETWORK                                                   $18,902.96

    21222                 COGITATE INC                                                               $90.00

    21223                 CONSUMERS ENERGY                                                     $2,051.41

    21224                 CRAIG HAMILTON                                                         $100.00

    21225                 CSI/GEOTURF, INC.                                                         $1,249.93

    21226                 DORNBOS SIGN & SAFETY INC                                        $1,618.20

    21227                 EAST JORDAN IRON WORKS                                          $534.93

    21228                 ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE                                             $45.00

    21229                 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS                                                $6,000.72

    21230                 FILLMORE EQUIPMENT, INC                                           $3,492.96

    21231                 CHRIS BEBEAU BCRC                                                     $329.34

    21232                 GUARDIAN ALARM COMPANY                                      $23.92

    21233                 HASTINGS ACE HARDWARE                                          $72.75

    21234                 HEATHER SMITH                                                           $30.00

    21235                 JDE EQUIPMENT COMPANY                                            $315.82

    21236                 JERRYS TIRE SERVICE                                                     $1,497.06

    21237                 JIM WICKHAM                                                              $113.75

    21238                 KENT OIL COMPANY, INC.                                              $21,173.80

   Check               Name                                                                         Amount      

    21239                 LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC                                               $314.34

    21240                 M&K QUALITY TRUCK CENTER                                      $466.15

    21241                 MANPOWER OF HASTINGS                                            $1,068.56

    21242                 MICHIGAN CAT                                                             $1,869.45

    21245                 MICHIGAN CHLORIDE SALES LLC                                    $37,835.31

    21246                 MICHIGAN COMPANY INC                                              $74.67

    21247                 MICHAEL R KLUCK & ASSOCIATES                                 $87.00

    21248                 MODEL COVERALL SERVICE                                           $74.98

    21249                 NAPA AUTO PARTS                                                       $54.17

    21250                 NEXT GENERATION                                                       $72.00

    21251                 NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS                                          $269.39

    21252                 ONE COMMUNICATIONS                                                $167.74

    21253                 OSCAR W LARSON COMPANY                                        $356.00

    21254                 POWERNET GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS                        $29.05

    21255                 PREMARC                                                                     $10,826.51

    21256                 QUALITY STAFFING SOLUTION                                      $1,658.36

    21257                 QUILL CORPORATION                                                    $47.22

    21258                 ROAD EQUIPMENT PARTS                                              $647.27

    21259                 SCODELLER CONSTRUCTION                                          $15,766.49

    21260                 SPEEDWAY SUPER AMERICA LLC                                   $160.16

    21261                 STANDARD INSURANCE CO.                                          $429.54

    21262                 STATE WIRE & TERMINAL                                             $180.50

    21263                 STREMLER TILE INC                                                       $177.00

    21264                 TRUCK & TRAILER SPECIALTIES                                     $56,153.14

    21265                 VALLEY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, INC                             $33.86

    21266                 VERMEER OF MICHIGAN INC                                          $212.79

    21267                 VESCO OIL CORPORATION                                              $189.00

    21268                 WINTER EQUIMPENT COMPANY                                     $3,288.05

    21269                 WYOMING ASPHALT PAVING CO                                    $1,710.64

    21270                 ALRO STEEL CORPORATION                                           $135.39

    21271                 CARDMEMBER SERVICE                                                 $177.12

    21275                 MICHIGAN CHLORIDE SALES LLC                                    $50,547.42

    21276                 NAPA AUTO PARTS                                                       $207.73

    21277                 WYOMING ASPHALT PAVING CO                                    $3,358.36

    21278                 ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS                                   $14,385.02

    21279                 AIS CONST EQUIP CORP                                                 $136.00

    21280                 ALEXANDER WALDEN                                                   $552.54

    21281                 ALLIED TRUCK EQUIP                                                    $118.75

    21282                 BERT KEELER                                                                $380.00

    21283                 BESCO WATER TREATMENT INC                                    $65.00

    21284                 BETTY MOORE                                                              $134.28

    21285                 BRIAN HEATH                                                               $155.76

    21286                 CARPENTER GRAVEL INC                                               $274.58

    21287                 CHARLES BENEDICT                                                      $552.54

    21288                 CITY OF HASTINGS                                                        $438.70

    21289                 CONSUMERS CONCRETE CORPORATION                         $177.70

    21290                 CONSUMERS ENERGY                                                     $18.47

    21291                 CUMMINS BRIDGEWAY LLC                                           $593.35

    21292                 DIC CRAVEN                                                                  $268.54

    21293                 DUANE WINDES                                                            $6.15

    21294                 DUTHLER TRUCK CENTER                                              $1,376.62

    21295                 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS                                                $7,166.47

    21296                 FOX FORD                                                                     $242.64

    21297                 FREEPORT NEWS/GEIGER PRINTERS                                $31.50

    21298                 GAYLORD PENNINGTON                                                 $134.28

    21299                 GERALD CISLER                                                             $552.54

    21300                 GREAT LAKES GRAVEL & SAND                                      $81.50

    21301                 GUN LAKE AREA SEWER AUTH                                      $325.75

    21302                 HAMMERSMITH EQUIPMENT COMPANY                        $1,950.00

    21303                 HEATHER SMITH                                                           $30.00

    21304                 HOWARD HOSTETLER                                                   $552.54

    21305                 HUGH MCPHERSON                                                        $134.28

    21306                 IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS                                               $552.19

    21307                 JACK KINEMAN                                                            $552.54

    21308                 JAMAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.                                          $606.73

    21309                 JAS NETWORKS INC                                                      $126.30

    21310                 JERRY HALL’S SEPTIC SERVICE LLC                                  $240.00

    21311                 JIM WICKHAM                                                              $528.00

    21312                 KENNETH HURLESS                                                       $552.54

    21313                 KENNETH PRANSHKA                                                    $552.54

   Check               Name                                                                         Amount      

    21314                 KENTWOOD OFFICE FURNITURE                                     $6,216.00

    21315                 KENT OIL COMPANY, INC.                                              $35,520.10

    21316                 KENDALL PRANSHKA                                                    $134.28

    21317                 F.D. LAKE COMPANY                                                     $63.80

    21318                 LJ FLUID POWER INC                                                      $714.00

    21319                 MANPOWER OF HASTINGS                                            $486.40

    21320                 MARK WEEKS                                                               $33.00

    21321                 MICHIGAN CAT                                                             $55.63

    21322                 MICHIGAN CHLORIDE SALES LLC                                    $15,374.70

    21323                 MICHIGAN KENWORTH                                                 $149.36

    21324                 MODEL COVERALL SERVICE                                           $63.90

    21325                 NAPA AUTO PARTS                                                       $857.77

    21326                 NEAL’S TRUCK PARTS                                                    $351.11

    21327                 PATRICIA WOLF                                                            $276.28

    21328                 PAUL PRANSHKA                                                          $552.54

    21329                 POSTMASTER                                                               $168.00

    21330                 PROFESSIONAL BENEFITS SERVICES                                $1,420.00

    21331                 PURITY CYLINDER GASES INC                                         $383.95

    21332                 QUALITY STAFFING SOLUTION                                      $1,700.73

    21333                 QUILL CORPORATION                                                    $119.72

    21334                 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS INC.                                     $2,427.90

    21335                 RAGAN COMMUNICATIONS                                           $99.00

    21336                 RICHARD RAYMOND                                                     $552.54

    21337                 ROAD EQUIPMENT PARTS                                              $909.12

    21338                 ROBERT BAINES                                                            $268.54

    21339                 ROBERT MILLER                                                            $100.00

    21340                 ROBERT NAGEL                                                             $552.54

    21341                 ROBERT RICHARDSON                                                   $179.52

    21342                 ROBERT SLOCUM                                                          $689.72

    21343                 SCOTT CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY                            $1,269.10

    21344                 STATE WIRE & TERMINAL                                             $48.61

    21345                 TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY                                         $78.76

    21346                 WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MI                                        $130.26

    21347                 WAYNE ROUSH                                                             $552.54

    21348                 WELLER TRUCK PARTS, INC.                                          $510.00

    21349                 WILCOX PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC                           $28,387.03

    21350                 WYOMING ASPHALT PAVING CO                                    $3,034.59

                            Grand Total:                                                                      $423,577.71

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Dan and Darla Burghdoff talked with the Board on direct deposits.

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to accept the Resolution from Hastings Township.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

The following is a summary of the Township Board’s decision on the 2007 Road Program.

Discussion about the 2006 road program followed.  Motion Wilder, second Beckwith, to expend an amount not to exceed $96,000 on the following roads:

S. Broadway                                                    $10,350

E. State Road                                                   $46,230

Township share of Coats Grove Road   $8,350

Total Paved Roads (definite):                                                                $64,930

Total Gravel Roads (all recommendations)                                            $11,940

Total Pavement marking (all recommendations)                         $  2,822

                                                                        Subtotal                        $79,692

Hastings Township Resolution Cont.

Paved Roads to be discussed:

            Nashville Road             $12,450

            Barber Road                            $     800

            Thornapple Lake Road $  2,200

                                                            $15,450

                                                                        Grand Total                  $95,142

I’d like to discuss the Nashville, Barber, and Thornapple Lake Road projects with you before you schedule them.

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to accept the Resolution from Hope Township.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

At the May 14th regular meeting of the Hope Township Board of Trustees we made the following additional decisions concerning Hope Township Gravel Roads.

  1. All request for Gravel as outlined during Gravel Road tour with an additional 10 loads for Walldorff Road at a cost of $30,900.00

Total costs allocated to date for 2007 = $102,905.00 (with only one application of chloride figured).

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to accept the Resolution from Baltimore Township.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

At the Regular Board Meeting, May 15, 2007, the board approved $15,755 to be applied toward slag seal on Cloverdale Road (M-37 to South Broadway Road).  Baltimore Township has budgeted $35,000 for road maintenance.  The township approves the Barry County Road Commission to use the remainder of the monies on all rural roads within the township at their discretion.

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Motion by Commissioner Dykstra seconded by Commissioner Willcutt to authorize the addition of the Fidelity Roth 401K to the pension plan and pay the set up fee of $500.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

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Motion by Commissioner Willcutt seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to leave the speed bump closest to the intersection on Cobb Lake Road at Payne Lake Road and remove the other one.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

Motion by Commissioner Willcutt seconded by Commissioner Dykstra authorizing the Board to sign the cover sheet for Coats Grove Bridge Project.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

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Motion by Commissioner Willcutt seconded by Commissioner Dykstra authorizing council to be hired in regards to the Clark Road driveway issue.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

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Motion by Commissioner Willcutt seconded by Commissioner Fiala authorizing computer replacement as needed.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

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Motion by Commissioner Fiala seconded by Commissioner Dykstra to put up buggy signs on the primary roads around the populated areas.

     ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Willcutt, Dykstra, & Fiala

                               Nays, None

                               Motion Carried

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Meeting adjourned at 9:25 P.M.

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Chairman                                                                      Secretary

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