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Commissioners and staff debate highway costs, gravel accounting and fill superintendent job description
Summary
Board members and staff discussed the county's road program costs, gravel inventory and measurement practices, and approved a revised job description for a highway superintendent and a public recruitment posting.
Bennett County commissioners and staff spent a substantial portion of the meeting discussing highway maintenance costs, gravel inventory and measurement methods, the county's 2025 road plan, and the long-running effort to hire a highway superintendent.
County staff and commissioners described recent spending levels and surface-maintenance practices and raised concerns about tracking tonnage for gravel purchases. One commissioner summarized the current maintenance cost run rate as about $30,000 per month for routine blade work and estimated…
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