The Worth County Commission opened bids for the gravel hauling for this year and awarded the bid to Wieland Hauling out of Bethany. They submitted the low bid of $4.47 per ton for gravel, with rip rap $1.50 per ton extra. Commissioners said that this would save the county around $9,450 overall assuming that the county hauls 15,000 tons of gravel this year. Dirk Groom submitted a bid for $8.50 per ton for special rock and $9.00 per ton for patron. Roger Robertson, who had been the only bidder for the last few years, bid $5.10 per ton for gravel and $6.75 per ton for rip rap. All three bids included a fuel surcharge depending on fuel prices.
Patron Rock deliveries will start as soon as the signup period ends, followed by the tax rock hauling.
A repairman looked at the boiler and found that the tubes were plugged up and that it had never been drained before like it was supposed to. It needed a general tuneup as well.
Emergency Management Director Pat Kobbe reported that the ice storm exercise would be held on October 17th, not the 22nd.
Economic Developer Tammy Ueligger reported that she was still working on a possible chipper grant. There are eight applicants to the program and $67,000 worth of grant money available.
Craig Pritchett of Senator Claire McCaskill's office stopped by. He said that funding for everything was up in the air right now with the budget crisis. "We can't get much of anything done," he said.
Crews are going to start work on the Paxson Bridge shortly, starting with moving brush out. The grader still needs repairs. Road & Bridge Foreman Jim Fletchall inspected Road #163, which had been a topic of discussion last week. He said that it was in good shape and would remain that way as long as the county did preventative maintenance on it.
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