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 September 15, 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 – August 18, 2026 and September 2, 2026
- Payroll
- Bills
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
CHECK NAME AMOUNT
8/27/26 Barry County Road Commission Payroll $200,325.80
9/10/26 Barry County Road Commission Payroll $170,088.94
Bills:
8/27/26
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 49209 | Advantage Plumbing & Drain LLC | $900.00 |
| 49210 | Bit Mat Products of Indiana | $650,184.49 |
| 49211 | Black Gold Holdings LLC | $2,467.44 |
| 49214 | Capital One Bank | $39,588.71 |
| 49215 | Consumers Energy | $22.09 |
| 49216 | Culligan Water Conditioning | $78.00 |
| 49217 | D & K Truck Company | $2,358.65 |
| 49218 | Foremost Graphics | $138.32 |
| 49219 | Foster Swift Collins & Smith | $775.00 |
| 49220 | Frontline Maintenance & Serv. | $400.00 |
| 49221 | Grainger, Inc | $48.25 |
| 49222 | Great Lakes Energy Cooperative | $62.92 |
| 49223 | Hall’s Septic | $190.00 |
| 49224 | Hammersmith Equipment Company | $1,225.00 |
| 49225 | Hanes GEO Components | $253.00 |
| 49226 | Hastings Ace Hardware | $542.51 |
| 49227 | J & H Oil Company | $49,288.81 |
| 49228 | John Deere Financial | $45.88 |
| 49229 | JX Enterprises, Inc. | $1,283.95 |
| 49230 | K M International, Inc. | $58.29 |
| 49231 | Kimball Midwest | $1,010.73 |
| 49232 | Lakeland Asphalt Corp | $768,233.15 |
| 49233 | Lincoln National Life Ins | $571.40 |
| 49234 | LRE Engineers & Surveyors | $3,460.00 |
| 49235 | Michigan Bridge Const LLC | $116,486.95 |
| 49236 | Michigan Chloride Sales LLC | $19,315.71 |
| 49237 | Nashville Construction Company | $55,085.62 |
| 49238 | Parts and Service Financing | $349.33 |
| 49239 | Peter Meyers & Tony Muka | $1,350.00 |
| 49240 | Priority Health | $24,984.35 |
| 49241 | Purity Cylinder Gases Inc | $1,445.14 |
| 49242 | Scott Civil Engineering Co | $47,329.00 |
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 49243 | Sherwin Industries Inc | $27,823.50 |
| 49244 | SME Inc. | $2,481.00 |
| 49245 | State Of Michigan | $22,056.25 |
| 49246 | The Daltons Inc. | $41,630.72 |
| 49247 | Truck & Trailer Specialties | $220.07 |
| 49248 | Trystyn Yoder | $372.92 |
| 49249 | UniFirst Corporation | $358.66 |
| 49250 | Wayne Moore | $143.02 |
| 49251 | Wonderland Tire Company | $8,994.26 |
| 49252 | Yellow Rose Transport, Inc. | $43,228.93 |
| 49253 | Zylstra Door Company | $150.00 |
| Sub-Total | $1,936,992.02 | |
| 09/10/2026 | ||
| 49254 | Aerial Hydraulic Repair, Inc. | $1,315.44 |
| 49255 | Alec Belson | $80.00 |
| 49256 | B & R Excavating | $4,750.00 |
| 49257 | Barry County | $975.00 |
| 49258 | Behrens LTD | $105.00 |
| 49259 | Bert Keeler | $380.00 |
| 49260 | Bit Mat Products of Indiana | $15,974.95 |
| 49261 | Black Gold Holdings LLC | $221.49 |
| 49262 | Brandy Casey | $80.00 |
| 49263 | Brian Donnini | $80.00 |
| 49266 | Capital One Bank | $37,213.97 |
| 49267 | Charles Benedict | $552.54 |
| 49268 | Chris BeBeau | $80.00 |
| 49269 | City Of Hastings | $1,015.14 |
| 49270 | Consumers Energy | $25.82 |
| 49271 | Corewell Health Occupational | $126.00 |
| 49272 | Culligan Water Conditioning | $156.50 |
| 49273 | D & K Truck Company | $2,420.78 |
| 49274 | David Liddell | $80.00 |
| 49275 | Delta Dental | $61.08 |
| 49276 | DLZ | $675.71 |
| 49277 | Dylan Kennedy | $80.00 |
| 49278 | Forklifts of Michigan | $202.78 |
| 49279 | Fox Chevrolet Buick | $448.82 |
| 49280 | Frontline Maintenance & Serv. | $32,355.55 |
| 49281 | Gary Vandecar | $552.54 |
| 49282 | Grainger, Inc | $326.64 |
| 49283 | Granger | $215.90 |
| 49284 | Hall’s Septic | $190.00 |
| 49285 | Hammersmith Equipment Company | $128.00 |
| 49286 | Hastings Ace Hardware | $317.18 |
| 49287 | Jake Welch | $399.39 |
| 49288 | JX Enterprises, Inc. | $289.97 |
| 49289 | Key Cleaning Services, Inc. | $1,053.60 |
| 49290 | Kimball Midwest | $1,150.89 |
| 49291 | Lakeland Asphalt Corp | $176,033.95 |
| 49292 | Larry Maupin | $552.54 |
| 49293 | Leaping Lizards | $600.00 |
| 49294 | Mark Weeks | $340.00 |
| 49295 | MEI Telecom Services | $414.95 |
| Check Number | Vendor Name | Check Amount |
| 49296 | Michael Hoebeke | $87.42 |
| 49297 | Michigan Bridge Const LLC | $213,909.49 |
| 49298 | Michigan Turbo | $600.00 |
| 49299 | NEXUS RC, LLC | $2,160.00 |
| 49300 | Parts and Service Financing | $551.87 |
| 49301 | Patricia Wolf | $276.28 |
| 49302 | Perceptive Service & Operation | $1,125.00 |
| 49303 | Robert Nagel | $276.28 |
| 49304 | Rohr Gasoline Equipment, Inc. | $97.11 |
| 49305 | S & M Liquid Tirefill Inc | $27,991.44 |
| 49306 | S A Morman & Company | $1,427.00 |
| 49307 | Sandman Trucking, Inc. | $1,045.00 |
| 49308 | Scott Bond | $80.00 |
| 49309 | Scott Civil Engineering Co | $41,757.50 |
| 49310 | Scott Schantz Jr. | $80.00 |
| 49311 | Sherwin Industries Inc | $5,390.65 |
| 49312 | SME Inc. | $9,316.25 |
| 49313 | Tom Chaffee | $276.28 |
| 49314 | Tractor Supply Company | $59.99 |
| 49315 | UniFirst Corporation | $748.63 |
| 49316 | Van’t Hof Door & Gate Systems | $937.50 |
| 49317 | View Newspaper Group | $325.00 |
| 49318 | Wayne Roush | $276.28 |
| 49319 | Wonderland Tire Company | $2,234.30 |
| 49320 | Yellow Rose Transport, Inc. | $19,607.49 |
| 49321 | Zylstra Door Company | $2,874.78 |
| Sub-Total | $615,533.66 | |
| Total | $2,552,525.68 |
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The updated Board Policy Book was provided to the Commissioners for review at the previous Board Meeting. Managing Director Jake Welch asked the Board if there were any questions regarding the policies.
Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to adopt the updated Board Policy Book. All previous policies are hereby declared null and void.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Matt Toburen of Nexus RC provided the Board with a review of the Nexus RC App to date and demonstrated the App for the Board. The BCRC went live with the App for all employees in August. It was reported to the Board that employees have been actively engaged with the App and, after using it for only a few days, began suggesting additional ideas and improvements.
The Board then discussed the next steps for the App. The Continued Value Creation program would consist of the following:
- ERP and payroll integration
- Map layers and asset visibility
- Four-year township plans
- GPS snow tracking
- Emergency response and on-call capabilities
- Coordinated segment work
- Training videos
Mr. Toburen discussed cost sharing for the next phase with the Board. Nexus RC would contribute $250,000 toward the Continued Value Creation program, and he requested that BCRC contribute $225,000.
Motion was made by Commissioner James and seconded to have Management sign the Enhancement Contract with Nexus RC for a total of $225,000.
ROLL CALL: Yeas, Solmes, James, & Knight
Nays, None
Motion Carried
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Meeting adjourned at 7:44 A.M.
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Secretary Chairman
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