All right, I've got nine o'clock.
Would everyone please stand?
Mr. Abbott,
would you lead us in the pledge?
And Mr. Schall, the prayer.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands,
Most precious Heavenly Father,
we do thank you for your blessings and
just stay here, Father.
Father,
just thank you for wanting to come out
to the commissioners meeting.
Follow us,
go into it with open minds and lead
us and guide us and direct us.
In Jesus' name, amen.
Amen.
Thank you, gentlemen.
All right.
Obviously, Mr. Marshall isn't here today,
and he would keep him and his wife,
his wife, in your prayers.
She had a little health scare a couple
days ago, but she is home and recovering,
so he will not be here today.
Need a motion to approve the agenda as
it's written?
I'll make that motion.
Motion made by Mr. Cardwell.
I'll second that.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
Thank you.
Lucy Brenton, she's not here.
Okay.
Minutes for the last meeting,
September sixteenth.
I'd like a motion to approve those.
I'll make a motion to approve them.
Thank you.
I'll second that.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
All right.
Moving right along.
Need a motion to approve the claims and
payroll.
If there aren't any questions.
Do you have any questions on the payroll?
I did over one.
Okay.
Airport Speedway.
What's that for?
That is a...
That comes from the Redevelopment
Commission.
Doesn't really come out of county funds as
such.
That is for a project that they did
out there to upgrade some of the
utilities.
Tom Cyphers is the attorney for that.
They have their own fund.
and they pulled that but it goes through
the auditor's office so it was the
extension on the uh utilities yeah okay
yeah i thought that's what was about to
be sure i'll make a motion to approve
the claims okay thank you i'll second that
all those in favor say aye aye aye
okay april you want to describe the
memorandum of understanding there briefly
about the uh whoops
No.
We're going to hold on that.
Yeah,
we're going to table that because the fair
board members have not had a chance to
review that yet.
Skipping down to the easement for the
fairgrounds for mainstream fiber.
Sure,
this is a utility easement between
mainstream fiber networks and the county
for an easement.
This would be to allow mainstream a
fifteen by fifteen easement for a fiber
optic cabinet near one eighteen Fair
Street.
I make a motion that we accept that.
Okay.
Mr. Cardwell's made a motion.
I'll second that.
All those in favor, say aye.
Aye.
Thank you, April.
Mr. Boyles,
would you like to comment on the bridge
thirty-nine bid opening?
The bridge thirty-nine is an old pony
trust bridge,
and Franklin Bottoms are a little york,
and it's due for replacement.
We'll be opening the goods for that.
We have three votes.
Is that the one that had some log
jam issues a couple of years ago?
Yeah.
And it's did Mother Nature take care of
that pretty much?
Yeah, it's just not really an issue.
It's all backwater.
So there's no flow.
So the log jam goes up and goes
down.
Yeah.
And this proposal requested a lump sum
price for the entire project.
The first bid is from Temple and Temple
and the amount of seven hundred eighteen
thousand two hundred twenty five dollars
and zero cents.
The second proposal from R.L.
Luxon excavating in the amount of eight
hundred ninety eight thousand and zero
cents.
Final bid from KLB Excavating in the
amount of eight hundred sixty nine
thousand eight hundred fifty dollars and
zero cents.
Mr. Boyles,
I assume you want to review these before
we...
I recommend accepting all for review.
I'll make a motion that we accept all
bids for review.
Second.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Thank you.
Mr. Eckert,
would you like to come forward and
update us on the highway department
project morning good morning brief update
we'll start with the office the ceiling
grid being installed right now which will
allow the
HVAC contractor to come in and do all
his drops and the electric contractor to
start installing his light fixtures.
They have done quite a bit of rough
in the big conference area of the main
office there.
And we're also putting in the flooring.
for all the offices in the main area
of the building.
Doors and hardware are on site.
We just want to get flooring done first
and then we'll drop back and do the
doors and hardware.
On this mixed salt building,
the salt building is going vertical up in
the air right now.
I think they got most of the metal
roofing on.
on that building,
working on the bracing for the siding on
the exterior of it,
and we'll just continue as the weather
allows.
For instance,
today they're working in the mechanic shop
due to the rain,
so they're working inside when it's not
raining, outside when it is raining,
so we've always got a place to go.
We've been out there the last few weeks
just working on the site concrete up and
down all the buildings.
If a contractor is working at the office,
we work at the mechanics garage and vice
versa.
We just jump around because there is
plenty of site concrete to get installed
out there.
I can't remember if I mentioned it,
but the septic field has all been
installed and approved by Chris Bowling
with the health department.
We'll have to have him out there one
more time when we put the pumps in,
which we have the pumps.
They got delivered last week at our shop.
We'll get those installed and get Chris to
come out there and give the approval on
the flow rates and everything for the
septic system.
Underground, on site,
I believe everything is in the only
conduit,
well I'm gonna say ninety-nine percent,
the only conduit in question is the
conduit for the gate up front,
but I believe everything else between
water, gas, electric,
and fiber optic are all,
all the underground is in for all that
material.
So,
I'm just gonna proceed on and try to
get this knocked out.
That's the plan.
So we are on schedule, right?
I would say so, yeah.
There's a couple details that are,
all they're going back and forth in about
how much payment you want to do now,
when, and all that.
If they want to hold off maybe a
portion of the payment.
So I'll say all in all,
it all depends on
what is thrown at us or not thrown
at us.
We stay open until Christmas so there's no
issue there with our asphalt plan.
You don't see an issue with settling after
laying the asphalt or anything?
That's one of the concerns that I can't
remember who brought it up where they will
put the binder down
and see if there is any settling.
If there is,
we'll repair it and then put the surface
on.
Repair it for no extra charge?
Correct.
Crackouts.
It's included.
I thought that was it.
Yes, you are correct.
Yeah,
we're going to have to decide that here
in the next week or two.
With Mr. Boyle's input,
so he's the one going to be residing
there.
We'll rely heavily on his advice.
It'll be his new home.
It'll be a nice home, won't it?
That's right.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
All right, thank you.
Thank you.
Do you have anything else for us, Rick?
I do.
Okay.
working on community crossings for twenty,
twenty states.
I have a financial commitment letter here
for you to sign.
I have to go chase Bill down.
I'm not sure if it's all right.
Just two or one.
This is just saying
that we will be responsible for our match
of the grant.
You know, the state awards us money.
We do this every year.
And one thing I do want to point
out,
they're kind of tightening up some rules,
and I need to stress that our ADA
Title VI needs to be up to date.
They did make me aware that we needed
to update the website, so check on that.
You try to call.
You'll probably be in town sometime.
All the other thing I have is.
Three tandem dump trucks that we have
ordered.
I told you one showed up and the
others were coming and they are all now
there.
So we have all three of our new
dump trucks.
And a little more salt being hauled in
this afternoon.
And I think that's all the updates I've
got for you.
I know we ask this question every other
meeting,
but how many years was it took to
get those trucks?
Three.
Three years.
I mean,
if you think about that like a personal
vehicle, you know, that's kind of crazy,
really.
Yeah.
That's how it is in Russia, isn't it?
They have to wait three or four years
on a car.
I hope it doesn't take that long to
get cars.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
Anything else?
That's it.
Okay.
Thank you, Rick.
All right.
Tony, you have anything?
No, sir.
Okay.
April?
Nothing, thank you.
Karen?
No.
Entertain a motion to adjourn.
I'll make a motion to adjourn.
Second.
All those in favor say aye.
Aye.
Thank you.
Because we've had this conversation.