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Commissioners hear equipment and material purchases as 200th Street overlay and match funding loom
Summary
Roads staff and vendors presented equipment-repair recommendations and material bids while commissioners discussed a $682,000 H‑TRIPLE‑R award that requires a 10% county match and an additional overlay estimated at $145,000 for two miles.
County Road & Bridge staff and contractors briefed the Crawford County Commission on several procurement items and a pending H‑TRIPLE‑R project that will require a county match and a separate overlay this year.
Josh Peek, a vendor who discussed dozer repair parts, recommended heavy‑duty links, segments and idlers for a county dozer and said the heavy‑duty package would cost $16,607.61. “I recommend it. We're gonna keep it,” Peek said, describing the machine as otherwise sound and worth repairing rather than replacing.
Alyssa Edwards of Road & Bridge presented a low bid from Bose One Stop for road materials and an initial county order totaling approximately $67,073. Edwards said Bose will deliver to both storage locations without a minimum order and will deliver to both sides without an extra charge. A commissioner moved to accept the Bose bid and a second was recorded.
Commissioners and staff also discussed a H‑TRIPLE‑R award for two miles of 200th Street (between Airport and Lone Star). The project was described as funded up to $682,000; county staff said the county is responsible for a 10% match on the improvements. Staff provided overlay cost estimates: a 1.5‑inch asphalt overlay for the two miles of about $145,000 and a chip/fog seal alternative near $60,000. County staff emphasized that the overlay or chip seal must be completed this year for the larger project to proceed.
Commissioners discussed potential sources to cover the county match and overlay work, including gas and fuel tax allocations and other county accounts. Staff and commissioners noted that timing is tight and that completing the county portion is a condition for the state-funded work to move forward.
Other procurement items noted during Road & Bridge remarks included requests for a second concrete/asphalt saw (prices have risen since the county last bought one) and discussion of in‑house repair versus replacement for existing equipment.
No ordinance or contract award requiring external approval was finalized in the discussion beyond the motions to accept bids and seek repairs; staff were directed to coordinate deliveries and notify foremen when materials will be delivered.
