Granite County Road and Bridge staff told commissioners they will rent a belly‑dump truck to finish current work after a county unit became inoperable, and they urged immediate enforcement of daily pre‑trip and trip‑sheet reporting.

Staff said one belly‑dump was out of service and renting a replacement at roughly $3,300 per month was cheaper than hiring contract crews to finish the job. Commissioners signaled support for the short‑term rental while staff evaluates a purchase during the next budget cycle. A staff representative said the rental would allow crews to finish several cuttings and move stockpiles as drier weather arrives.

Road staff also emphasized that pre‑trip inspection forms and weekly trip sheets have not been consistently turned in. Supervisors were asked to require crews to drop completed forms into a shop basket or otherwise make them available weekly for collection and review. Staff discussed scanning the weekly packs to create a digital record and setting a retention policy; no formal records‑retention decision was made.

Separately, the board approved a construction contract and issued a notice to proceed for a bridge/millings project after the contractor provided proof of insurance. Commissioners made a motion to accept the agreement and the notice to proceed, and the motion passed with an aye vote.

Road and Bridge staff also described plans to try a pavement reclaiming machine (a cold‑in‑place recycler) on a county road segment. That machine fragments existing asphalt and rebinds it to form a renewed surface, which staff said could be cost‑effective for longer, problem road sections. If the trial is successful, staff discussed the possibility of a future rental in a budget year rather than an outright purchase.

Next steps: staff will proceed with the short‑term belly‑dump rental, enforce the weekly trip‑sheet turn‑in process, scan and index returned forms where feasible and evaluate the reclaiming trial and its costs for commissioner consideration.