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Christian County approves sales-tax distribution recommendations for six special road districts, flags Garrison for closer monitoring
Summary
The Christian County Commission approved the highway administrator’s recommendations to fund six special road district projects from the county’s sales-tax distribution program, with staff recommending partial awards (75–80%) and asking commissioners to monitor Garrison Special more closely after past issues.
The Christian County Commission on Tuesday approved the highway administrator’s recommended awards from the county sales-tax distribution program to six special road districts and agreed to monitor Garrison Special closely as it returns to the program.
Highway Administrator Amber Fields told the commission the county received applications from six special road districts and scored them for need, safety and readiness. Fields said the county’s application cap for any single award is $100,000 and that the scoring gives more weight to safety and hazard-mitigation projects than to routine maintenance.
Fields summarized the requests: South Sparta proposed chip-and-seal work on four roads and listed a project cost just over $143,000; Garrison Special requested $95,000 for maintenance of Garrison…
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