July 2, 2019

 

 

The regular meeting of the Barry County Road Commission was called to order at the Road Commission’s Board Room at 7:30 A.M. by Chairman Solmes.

 

Members present:  Solmes, Fiala, Dykstra and Managing Director Bradley Lamberg.

 

The agenda for July 2, 2019 was approved.

 

The minutes of June 18, 2019 were approved as printed.

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Motion was made and seconded to approve payroll for payment.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

 

CHECK             NAME                                                                            AMOUNT

6/27/19                Barry County Road Commission                                    $122,561.15

 

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Motion was made and seconded to approve the bills for payment.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

 

6/27/19

Check Number Vendor Name Check Amount
39984 Aggregate Industries $3,272.05
39985 Aggregate Resources Inc. $7,262.90
39986 Ash N Trees $17,756.85
39987 Barbara Sue Hanneman $300.00
39988 Barry County Payroll Account $53.40
39989 Bill Mosher $40.00
39990 Blue Care Network $18,652.86
39991 Brad Lamberg $423.86
39992 Bullseye Pest Defense $1,800.00
39995 Capital One Bank $10,112.30
39996 Chris BeBeau BCRC $179.05
39997 Consumers Energy $1,797.82
39998 Culligan Water Conditioning $65.65
39999 D & K Truck Company $361.98
40000 Geiger Printers $192.00
40001 Great Lakes Cleaning Systems $257.58
40002 Great Lakes Gravel & Sand $2,152.00
40003 Greg Little $975.00
40004 H.J. Deaton & Son, Inc. $10,446.30
40005 Kent Oil Company, Inc. $2,328.38
40006 Kent Rubber Supply Co. $445.15
40007 Kentwood Office Furniture $317.48
40008 Ketchum Machine Co $300.00
40009 Lakeland Asphalt Corp $1,037.52
40010 Lincoln National Life Ins $211.15
40011 LRE Engineers & Surveyors $1,301.93
     
     
Check Number Vendor Name Check Amount
40012 Mark Bishop $1,000.00
40013 Motorola Solutions, Inc. $214,968.00
40014 Professional Lock Service LLC $1,140.00
40015 Riverside Farms & Trucking LLC $2,470.00
40016 Robert Miller $126.92
40017 Scott Bond $96.46
40018 Sherwin Industries Inc $24,830.52
40019 Spotless Auto Lube & Wash $75.95
40020 St. Regis Culvert Inc $8,515.00
40021 State Installation & Service $955.89
40022 Terry Cappon $100.00
40023 The Daltons Inc. $4,600.00
40024 Total Funds $571.67
40025 Unum $423.15
40026 Wyoming Asphalt Paving Co $1,229.80
Total Funds $343,146.57

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Rob Dykstra stopped in to speak to the Board about scraping gravel roads more often.  He stated that there was a death on Garbow Road the night before and while he doesn’t blame anyone he thinks the condition of the gravel road and hitting a deer might have been a factor in the accident.

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Motion was made and seconded to accept Maple Grove Township Resolution for Road Work.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

 

Roads – Dust control was discussed.  Recommendation by Supervisor for dust control to be applied to all 33 miles of gravel roads, including a single pass on 23.84 miles and a double pass on 8.99 miles at a total cost of $6,063.90 per application.  Motion by Susie Butler 2nd by Ginger Cole to authorize Road Commission to do work as proposed.

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Barry County Central Dispatch requested the BCRC to crack seal their driveway.

 

Motion was made and seconded to authorize the crack sealing work on the driveway at Barry County Central Dispatch.  Barry County Central Dispatch to pay all costs.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

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Bids for a Skidsteer Loader and an Excavator are to be opened on July 16, 2019.

 

Motion was made and seconded to authorize Management to purchase in the best interest of the Road Commission a Skidsteer Loader, not to exceed $85,000, and an Excavator, not to exceed $125,000. 

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

 

 

Motion was made and seconded, WHEREAS, the County Road Commission for Barry County will submit an application to install new guardrail with the 2021 Federal Local Safety Program funds:

 

WHEREAS, the County Road Commission for Barry County has reviewed the application requesting funds for installing said guardrail.  Furthermore, the County Road Commission of Barry County understands that they:

 

Must pay twenty percent of the as-bid construction cost and the entire cost of all engineering services and right of way.

 

Must agree to have sufficient funds to pay their share of the costs for construction in the fiscal year 2021.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Road Commission for Barry County hereby approves the filing of the said application with the Michigan Department of Transportation requesting funds through the Federal Local Safety Program for the installation of new guardrail.  Further that we are actively seeking their participation in the installation of the guardrail.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

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Jake Welch gave the Board an update on the Contractor doing the tree cutting in Irving Township.

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Motion was made and seconded to approve and submit the Application for Waiver for P.A. 202 OPEB Liability.

 

ROLL CALL:  Yeas, Solmes, Fiala, & Dykstra

Nays, None

Motion Carried

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Meeting adjourned at 8:00 A.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Secretary                                                                     Chairman

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