The Edgar County Board on Sept. 1 approved five highway department resolutions authorizing contract signings and appropriations and confirmed two appointments to local drainage districts.

Board approval covered an appropriation for payment of the county engineer's salary, a pavement-preservation appropriation for routes identified in project ELR09110, and three contract-authorizing resolutions with private engineering and construction firms for work on Edgar Township, Sulphur Springs Road (Boyer Bridge) and Lower Terre Haute Road. The board also appointed Matt Baxter to the Mutual Drainage District and confirmed a Baxter appointment to the East and West Ditches Drainage District through September 2028.

The decisions were made by motion and voice vote with little discussion. County board member Carl moved each highway resolution and Russ seconded; the clerk recorded affirmative responses and the chair declared the motions carried. Several votes were recorded as unanimous in the transcript.

The highway resolutions set the board chairman’s authority to sign contracts with the following firms and locations: Hampton Lavegiet / Renwick Inc. for work in Edgar Township (address referenced as “1000 Fiftieth Street” in the packet), Civil Design Inc. for the Boyer Bridge on Sulphur Springs Road, and Cummins Engineering Corp. for work on Lower Terre Haute Road. The pavement-preservation appropriation (ELR09110) was described as funding “pavement preservation” on various routes; the transcript noted that the county engineer had presented details to the board at a prior Monday meeting.

In governance business, the board confirmed two drainage-district terms. Matt Baxter was appointed to a Mutual Drainage District seat until September 2028; a second motion confirmed Baxter for the East and West Ditches Drainage District through the same term. Both appointments passed on voice votes after motions from Carl and seconds from Lisa.

No dissenting discussion or conditions attached to the highway resolutions or the appointments appear in the meeting record. Board members who responded during roll call and votes included Ellis, Farnam, Loughton, Ludington and others whose affirmative responses were recorded by the clerk in the meeting minutes.

The actions authorize the chairman to execute the listed contracts and to proceed with the pavement-preservation work; staff did not identify additional budgetary changes or conditions during the meeting. The board moved on to other agenda items following the approvals.

The board’s approvals will allow the county highway department to proceed with the described contracts and the pavement-preservation program; specific start dates and payment schedules were not presented on the record and were not specified in the meeting discussion.