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.
______________________________________________________________________________
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 |
______________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________
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
______________________________________________________________________________
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.
________________________________ __________________________________
Secretary Chairman
Comments are closed.