Roads staff reports paving progress, operator illness and equipment challenges

Ben (Speaker 4), a roads staff member, reported operations and equipment status to the commission, outlining mowing routes, patching work and paving progress. He said the county's longtime lead paver operator, Ronnie Blackburn, has been ill and staff are not sure when he will return; "We're gonna miss him while he's out," Ben said. Ben told the commission that Travis will step in as lead and "Travis is taking over as lead guy, and and he'll be training new people to run that paver."