County Engineer Angie asked the Scott County Board of Supervisors to set a combined letting date of Aug. 12 for two hot‑mix asphalt resurfacing projects, one on Fifty‑Fifth Avenue (about 3.3 miles) and one on Eighth Avenue (about 0.9 miles), and to sign plan title sheets so the projects can be released for bids.

The projects are included in the county’s fiscal‑year 2026 five‑year construction program and will be funded from the local secondary road fund, Angie said. She told the board the contract will be structured as a single combined contract “to leverage economies of scale and improve the likelihood of receiving more competitive bids with favorable pricing.” The projects have a late start date of May 2026, but contractors may perform work this fall if schedules allow and pricing is favorable.

Why it matters: combining small resurfacing projects into one contract is intended to attract more bidders and reduce unit prices, potentially stretching limited local secondary road funds. Supervisor questions during the committee of the whole focused on shoulder stability and whether the projects would include widening.

Discussion and scope: a supervisor asked whether the county had considered widening the roads to reduce shoulder collapse; Angie responded that widening would require right‑of‑way acquisition, which the resurfacing contract does not provide for, and that many of the paved roads have steeper side slopes because they began as narrow gravel roads. The board clarified terminology when a member asked whether “letting date” meant the bidding date; staff confirmed that it did.

Action and next steps: staff requested the board sign plan title sheets and approve the projects for local letting on Aug. 12. No formal recorded vote on approval appears in the committee of the whole discussion; staff will proceed with the advertised letting process if the board formally approves the plan title sheets at the regular meeting.

Background: both projects are programmed in the county’s five‑year construction plan and rely on local secondary road fund dollars. Project timing is flexible to allow either fall work this year (if contractor schedule and weather permit) or a May 2026 start to potentially obtain better pricing.

The county reviewed the agenda item during the committee of the whole; questions were confined to construction scope and scheduling.