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 4, 2026 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 – July 21, 2026
- Payroll
- Bills
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
CHECK NAME AMOUNT
7/29/26 Barry County Road Commission Payroll $245,840.88
Bills:
7/29/26
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 49093 | AAA Sling Ind Supply, Inc | $1,284.55 |
| 49094 | American Family Life | $52.50 |
| 49095 | Argent Institutional Trust Co | $555,500.00 |
| 49096 | Barry County | $1,161.50 |
| 49097 | Bauer Built Tire | $2,469.00 |
| 49098 | Bit Mat Products of Indiana | $807,525.45 |
| 49099 | Black Gold Holdings LLC | $2,361.18 |
| 49100 | Burkey Glass | $807.23 |
| 49101 | C Stoddard & Sons Inc. | $4,005.00 |
| 49105 | Capital One Bank | $7,100.46 |
| 49106 | Complete Auto Glass | $200.00 |
| 49107 | Consumers Energy | $535.10 |
| 49108 | Corewell Health Occupational | $768.00 |
| 49109 | Culligan Water Conditioning | $78.00 |
| 49110 | D & K Truck Company | $718.07 |
| 49111 | Delta Dental | $61.08 |
| 49112 | Dr. Hooks, Inc. | $143.97 |
| 49113 | Dylan Kennedy | $127.09 |
| 49114 | Ed Koehn Ford | $805.64 |
| 49115 | Floyd’s Electric Service Inc | $325.00 |
| 49116 | Frontline Maintenance & Serv. | $22,350.00 |
| 49117 | Grainger, Inc | $2,182.27 |
| 49118 | H.S.V. Redi-Mix | $678.27 |
| 49119 | Hall’s Septic | $285.00 |
| 49120 | Halliday Sand & Gravel | $261,687.50 |
| 49121 | Hastings Ace Hardware | $144.09 |
| 49122 | Jim Raulston | $13.77 |
| 49123 | John Deere Financial | $81.86 |
| 49124 | K M International, Inc. | $1,635.00 |
| 49125 | Kimball Midwest | $799.96 |
| 49126 | Klink Trucking | $1,126.51 |
| 49127 | Lakeland Asphalt Corp | $26,949.19 |
| 49128 | Lincoln National Life Ins | $604.30 |
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 49129 | Michigan Cat | $52,125.60 |
| 49130 | Mid-Michigan Supply | $100.00 |
| 49131 | Priority Health | $24,984.35 |
| 49132 | Purity Cylinder Gases Inc | $294.30 |
| 49133 | Rangerbid.com | $89,740.00 |
| 49134 | Ridderman Oil | $29,858.60 |
| 49135 | Rohr Gasoline Equipment, Inc. | $1,420.76 |
| 49136 | S A Morman & Company | $300.00 |
| 49137 | State Of Michigan | $54,056.86 |
| 49138 | Truck & Trailer Specialties | $392.78 |
| 49139 | UniFirst Corporation | $687.95 |
| 49140 | Van’t Hof Door & Gate Systems | $822.00 |
| 49141 | VanBelkum Companies of GR LLC | $34,249.19 |
| 49142 | Vriesman & Korhorn | $1,500.00 |
| 49143 | Wayne Moore | $146.28 |
| 49144 | Wonderland Tire Company | $4,078.82 |
| 49145 | Zylstra Door Company | $917.62 |
| Total | $2,000,241.65 |
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to accept the Hastings Charter Township Resolution for Road Work.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
Indian Hills Subdivision Improvement Special Assessment District
Supervisor Partridge gave a review of the general process for forming and approving a Special Assessment District (SAD). He encouraged the residents to contact the Road Commission, should they have questions regarding the construction process, environment or drain issues. Public was invited to comment. Motion Carried by roll call vote – 7 ayes, 0 nays.
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to accept the Prairieville Township Resolution for Road Work.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
TOWNSHIP OF PRAIRIEVILLE
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN
RESOLUTION 2026-15
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION CONCERNING
OAK DRIVE ASSESSMENT ROLL
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2026-1
WHEREAS, the Township Board of the Township of Prairieville, Barry County, Michigan, after due and legal notice, has conducted a public hearing upon a proposed assessment roll prepared under the direction of the Supervisor and Assessing Officer of the Township for the purpose of defraying the costs of a road paving project, along with associated activities such as, but not limited to, grading and drainage work, proposed to be undertaken within the OAK
DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2026-1 as shown on the plans and specifications for such project; and
WHEREAS, such public hearing was preceded by proper notice in the Hastings Banner, a newspaper of general circulation in the Township, and by First Class Mail notice to each property owner of record within said District and upon said assessment roll; and
WHEREAS, comments were received from those present at such public hearing concerning said assessment roll and opportunity given to all present to be heard in the matter; and
WHEREAS, a record of those present to protest, and of written protests submitted at or before the public hearing was made a part of the minutes of the meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Township Board has duly inspected the proposed assessment roll and considered all comments and proposed amendments thereto and has found the proposed assessment roll, as amended, to be correct, just and reasonable.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
- The assessment roll prepared at the direction of the Supervisor and Assessing Officer of the Township, as amended, shall hereafter be designated as the OAK DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2026-1 and shall hereby be confirmed as the assessment roll for OAK DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2026-1 in an amount not to exceed one hundred and ninety seven thousand two hundred ninety-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents ($197,298.79), which is the amount proposed to be raised by special assessment. The proposed assessment against each property in the district will be approximately $580.40 per year for front lots and approximately $290.20 per year for back lots, for 5 years (2026-2030 inclusive).
- The assessments in said OAK DRIVE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 2026-1 ROLL shall be divided into five (5) annual installments of principal as described in the Roll with the first installment to be paid with the Winter 2026 tax bill, which will be due and payable before the end of February 2027, and the following installments to be due in the same manner every year thereafter, subject to 3% interest for all payments or balance of payments due after the first annual payment.
- Future due installments of an assessment against any parcel of land may be paid to the Township Treasurer at any time in full. If any installment of a special assessment is not paid when due, then the installment shall be considered to be delinquent and there shall be collected a penalty at the rate of one (1%) percent for each month, or fraction of a month, that the installment remains unpaid before being reported to the Township Board for reassessment upon the Township tax roll, and interest shall accrue thereafter in accordance with said Act 188.
- The assessments made in the special assessment roll are hereby ordered and directed to be collected by the Township Treasurer, and the Township Clerk shall deliver the assessment roll to the Treasurer with his Warrant attached, commanding the Treasurer to collect such assessments in accordance with the direction of the Township Board and said Public Act 188.
- All resolutions and parts of resolutions insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this Resolution be and the same are hereby rescinded.
Upon roll call vote on the adoption of the Resolution, the following voted AYE:
DeVries, Doster, Goebel, Pence, Stoneburner.
The following voted NAY: None
The Supervisor declared the motion carried and the Resolution duly adopted.
Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to authorize the purchase of Office Furniture at Management’s discretion in an amount not to exceed $51,500.50.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to authorize Chairman David Solmes and Finance Director 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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Meeting adjourned at 7:18 A.M.
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Secretary Chairman
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