Barry County Road Commission
Barry County Road Commission maintains all of the County Public Roads in Barry County.
December 2, 2025
Chairman Solmes called the regular meeting of the Barry County Road Commission to order at the Road Commission’s Board Room at 6:30 A.M.
Members present: Solmes, James, Knight, and Managing Director Jake Welch.
The agenda for December 2, 2025 was approved.
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to approve the following consent items:
- Minutes of Previous Board Meetings – November 18, 2025
- Payroll
- Bills
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
CHECK NAME AMOUNT
11/20/25 Barry County Road Commission Payroll $160,263.75
Bills:
11/20/25
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 48157 | Bauer Built Tire | $487.60 |
| 48158 | Black Gold Holdings LLC | $694.14 |
| 48160 | Capital One Bank | $34,871.75 |
| 48161 | Carpenter Gravel Inc | $270.82 |
| 48162 | CDW Government | $1,522.16 |
| 48163 | Consumers Energy | $3,438.64 |
| 48164 | Corewell Health Occupational | $1,374.72 |
| 48165 | County Rd Association Self Ins | $16,901.00 |
| 48166 | Culligan Water Conditioning | $112.00 |
| 48167 | D & K Truck Company | $8,329.30 |
| 48168 | Detroit Salt Company LLC | $23,432.70 |
| 48169 | DLZ | $16,704.62 |
| 48170 | Dylan Kennedy | $53.00 |
| 48171 | Floyd’s Electric Service Inc | $675.00 |
| 48172 | Foster Swift Collins & Smith | $100.00 |
| 48173 | Frontline Maintenance & Serv. | $7,156.50 |
| 48174 | Granger | $191.29 |
| 48175 | J & H Oil Company | $3,079.18 |
| 48176 | Jim Raulston | $613.63 |
| 48177 | John Deere Financial | $350.08 |
| 48178 | Joshua McConnon | $137.79 |
| 48179 | Kalamazoo Valley Comm. College | $780.00 |
| 48180 | Kimball Midwest | $1,021.54 |
| 48181 | Lincoln National Life Ins | $595.23 |
| 48182 | MCRCSIP | $1,000.00 |
| 48183 | NEXUS RC, LLC | $47,125.00 |
| 48184 | Pratt Industries US | $7,450.00 |
| 48185 | Priority Health | $22,125.07 |
| 48186 | Purity Cylinder Gases Inc | $224.92 |
| 48187 | Ridderman Oil | $26,169.52 |
| 48188 | Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge | $180.00 |
| 48189 | State Of Michigan | $363.42 |
| 48190 | Tele-Rad, Inc. | $267.80 |
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 48191 | Tom Boulter | $367.09 |
| 48192 | Tractor Supply Company | $452.77 |
| 48193 | UniFirst Corporation | $583.76 |
| 48194 | View Newspaper Group | $82.00 |
| 48195 | Yellow Rose Transport, Inc. | $82,099.49 |
| Total | $311,383.53 |
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to enter into a Brush Maintenance and Mowing Contract with Frontline Maintenance and to authorize payments of $32,355.55 per month for these services.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Motion was made and seconded to hereby determine and declare that it is in the best interest of the public to absolutely abandon and discontinue 1638 feet of the highway, to include the bridge, known as Scott Road, reserving easement for existing public utilities and described as follows: Scott Rd between M-79 and Morgan Road, from Morgan Rd east for 1638 feet, in the Township of Castleton, Barry County, Michigan.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to accept extending the 2025 Pavement Marking bid from Michigan Pavement Markings for 2026 at the cost listed in their letter.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
Michigan Pavement Markings LLC would like to renew the pavement marking contract with your Road Commission for the 2026 season. We will be happy to honor the same unit prices from the 2025 season. Thank you for the work you have awarded us in the past. It was greatly appreciated. I hope we can keep a good working relationship for the future. These prices will be extended through the 2026 season.
WATERBORNE PAINT
4” White .053/lft 4” Yellow . .056/lft
12” Crosswalk 1.00/lft 24” Stop Bar . 1.25/lft
Left Arrow $30/ea Right Arrow $30/ea
Thru Arrow $25/ea Combo Arrow $45/ea
ONLY Symbol $30/ea SCHOOL Symbol $70/ea
STOP AHEAD $100/ea Removal $1/lft
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to purchase a Chloride Containment System at Management discretion from Ironclad Environmental Solutions, Inc. from the Wexford County Road Commission bid for $19,000.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
Meeting adjourned at 7:36 A.M.
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Secretary Chairman
Rural Task Force Meeting
A public meeting will be held on Monday, December 1 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of allowing local officials and interested citizens to provide input into the allocation of state and federal aid funds for eligible rural routes and transit systems in Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo and St. Joseph counties for fiscal years 2026 – 2029. The meeting will be held at the
Road Commission of Kalamazoo County
4400 S. 26th Street.
Questions regarding this meeting and rural federal aid projects can be directed to the appropriate agency or the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, Region 3 transportation administrators representing the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council, (269) 343-0766 or fnagler@katsmpo.org.
Meeting agenda and materials will be posted to the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council website’s Transportation page: http://www.smpcregion3.org
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION REVIEW HEARING
The Barry County Road Commission will be holding a Natural Beauty Determination Review Hearing to hear support or objection to the abandonment of the Natural Beauty status for Engle Road. The review hearing will be held at the Irving Township Hall, 3425 Wing Road, Hastings, Michigan, at 7 PM on November 10, 2025. If you are unable to attend, please feel free to submit a response to the road commission up until November 7th. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the Barry County Road Commission at (269) 945-3449 or by email at jwelch@barrycrc.org.
Hastings Small Urban Task Force Meeting
Hastings Small Urban Task Force Meeting
A public meeting will be held on Monday, October 13 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of allowing local officials and interested citizens to comment on the selection and prioritization of projects utilizing Federal Aid funds within the Hastings Small Urban boundary for fiscal years 2027 – 2029. The meeting will be held at the Barry County Road Commission:
1725 W M 43 Hwy, Hastings, MI 49058
In Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) distributes Federal Aid money to local agencies. Small Urban Task Forces prioritize the use of Federal Aid funds on projects for roads and transit within urban areas with populations of 5,000 to 50,000.
Questions regarding this meeting can be directed to the Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study, representing the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council, at (269) 343-0766 or through email at fnagler@katsmpo.org. Additional information for this meeting can be found on the Transportation page of the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council website at www.smpcregion3.org/transportation.
Board Meeting Change
The regularly scheduled Board meeting for October 21, 2025 has been cancelled.