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Walsh County discusses replacing highway shelters; considers buying materials this fiscal year
Summary
County officials discussed whether to purchase shelter materials this fiscal year and have the highway department perform construction in-house to avoid delays in the bidding process; no final decision was made and the item will be revisited when Highway Superintendent Jason is present.
County officials discussed replacing two highway shelters and considered buying materials this fiscal year to allow the county highway department to construct or repair them in-house. Officials raised the schedule constraints of the formal bidding process and suggested buying materials now to use remaining fiscal-year funds.
A county staff member raised the idea: “I was just thinking about the Homi shelters and the late date, you know, getting a bit of I asked them a little October and I we wanted to get them in this year with, you know, the bidding process and all that. I was just kinda wondering if if we couldn't, buy the materials and do that and the highway department to do something like that when they have time.”
Speakers discussed doing one shelter now and removing the roof from the second to reduce cost, and noted an estimated materials cost near $30,000. Officials emphasized not wanting to pull highway staff off road work and suggested the work could be done during milder weather or in the shop if feasible, but several said the shelters are too large to complete in the shop. The transcript records no formal motion or vote on procurement; the county agreed to check details with Highway Superintendent Jason and revisit the item at the next meeting.
