Cullman County staff reported to the commission that the county submitted its fiscal-year 2025 Rebuild Alabama contractor report, identified five county roads planned for work and said the county met a state requirement to use a contractor for the project.

A county staff member said the top four roads listed in the report are County Roads 1282, 223, 719 and 1386 and listed the status of each segment. "We currently have 1282 completed. We have 223 completed. We have 1386, highway completed, and 719, this is where we go down to, Ingram's chicken planet growth. The farm where we're probably gonna start it, probably within a couple weeks, we hope," the staff member said. The staff member also said the state required the county to use $400,000 as a contractor for the program and that the contractor amount for County Road 1282 was $427,653. "So we've made our contractor requirements for this year," the staff member said.

Why it matters: the Rebuild Alabama program is the state's ongoing road-and-bridge funding initiative; satisfying contractor-use requirements and listing project roads are necessary to receive and document state funding. The county's reported progress indicates several segments are complete or nearing construction.

Actions and next steps: commissioners approved submission of the required report. Staff said some final paving work remains on additional roads not part of the Rebuild Alabama submission and that more paving will continue under other county programs. The staff member said work on one listed segment (719) was expected to start within a couple weeks from the meeting date.

Limitations and missing details: the meeting record did not include full contract documents, total project budgets, or precise start and completion dates for all segments. The transcript provided contractor-dollar figures for one road ($427,653) and the state's $400,000 contractor-use threshold; other dollar amounts were not read into the record.