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 August 19, 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 Meeting – August 5, 2025
- Payroll
- Bills
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
CHECK NAME AMOUNT
8/14/25 Barry County Road Commission Payroll $162,974.15
Bills:
8/6/25
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 47782 | Lakeland Asphalt Corp | $619,771.54 |
| Sub-Total | $619,771.54 | |
| 8/14/2025 | ||
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 47783 | B & B Truck Equipment | $3,115.00 |
| 47784 | Bauer Built Tire | $24,648.52 |
| 47785 | Black Gold Holdings LLC | $18,663.12 |
| 47786 | Brandy Casey | $250.88 |
| 47789 | Capital One Bank | $18,144.48 |
| 47790 | Carleton Equipment Co | $76.57 |
| 47791 | Carpenter Gravel Inc | $199.84 |
| 47792 | City Of Hastings | $874.54 |
| 47793 | Complete Auto Glass | $175.00 |
| 47794 | Consumers Energy | $2,969.55 |
| 47795 | County Rd Association Self Ins | $16,901.00 |
| 47796 | Culligan Water Conditioning | $58.50 |
| 47798 | D & K Truck Company | $4,081.35 |
| 47799 | David Liddell | $489.77 |
| 47800 | Floyd’s Electric Service Inc | $295.00 |
| 47801 | Foremost Graphics | $318.17 |
| 47802 | Frontline Maintenance & Serv. | $14,007.00 |
| 47803 | Granger | $191.29 |
| 47804 | Hall’s Septic | $95.00 |
| 47805 | Hastings Ace Hardware | $178.92 |
| 47806 | John Deere Financial | $375.94 |
| 47807 | Kimball Midwest | $185.36 |
| 47808 | Lakeland Asphalt Corp | $102,457.05 |
| 47809 | Leaping Lizards | $480.00 |
| 47810 | Par-Tee Ventures, LLC | $2,065.41 |
| 47811 | Purity Cylinder Gases Inc | $92.38 |
| 47812 | S A Morman & Company | $4,000.00 |
| 47813 | Sherwin Industries Inc | $3,379.67 |
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 47814 | SME Inc. | $10,144.40 |
| 47815 | Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge | $2,790.00 |
| 47816 | Tele-Rad, Inc. | $40.00 |
| 47817 | Top Grade Site Management LLC | $3,150.00 |
| 47818 | Tractor Supply Company | $1,788.73 |
| 47819 | Truck & Trailer Specialties | $332.40 |
| 47820 | UniFirst Corporation | $261.80 |
| 47821 | US Hydraulics LLC | $911.00 |
| 47822 | Varipro Benefit Administrators | $275.95 |
| 47823 | Verizon | $1,263.05 |
| 47824 | View Newspaper Group | $164.00 |
| 47825 | Welton’s Heating & Cooling | $315.00 |
| 47826 | White Cap L.P. | $755.45 |
| 47827 | Wyoming Asphalt Paving Co | $4,245.78 |
| 47828 | Alec Belson | $80.00 |
| 47829 | Bert Keeler | $380.00 |
| 47830 | Brandy Casey | $80.00 |
| 47831 | Brian Donnini | $80.00 |
| 47832 | Charles Benedict | $552.54 |
| 47833 | Chris BeBeau | $80.00 |
| 47834 | David Liddell | $80.00 |
| 47835 | Dylan Kennedy | $80.00 |
| 47836 | Gary Vandecar | $552.54 |
| 47837 | Jake Welch | $80.00 |
| 47838 | Kendall Pranshka | $276.28 |
| 47839 | Larry Maupin | $552.54 |
| 47840 | Mark Weeks | $340.00 |
| 47841 | Patricia Wolf | $276.28 |
| 47842 | Robert Nagel | $276.28 |
| 47843 | Scott Bond | $80.00 |
| 47844 | Scott Schantz Jr. | $80.00 |
| 47845 | Wayne Roush | $276.28 |
| Sub-Total | $249,409.61 | |
| Total | $869,181.15 |
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to authorize Chairman David Solmes and Accounting Manager Chris BeBeau to sign the Public Act 51, Section 18j, MCL 247.668j Annual Certification of Employee Related Conditions form and to check box B to show that we are in compliance.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Managing Director Jake Welch explained to the Board the weekly management meetings the staff has and the outline of these meetings.
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Director of Operations, BJ Donnini, presented to the Board a Snow Plow Presentation that a BCRC committee had created. Mr. Donnini then accepted any questions on the presentation.
Managing Director Jake Welch discussed with the Board the order/purchase of the 2026 Pickup Trucks and received their approval.
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Managing Director Jake Welch explained to the Board the “Small Group” meetings we have with the employees. The breakdown is five groups. There is one group for Commissioners, one group for Management, and the Hourly employees are broken up into three groups by years of service. The two questions brought up at these meetings were discussed by the Commissioners.
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Meeting adjourned at 8:09 A.M.
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Secretary Chairman
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