Commission reviews multiple right-of-way easements, utility relocation and engineering contracts for county road projects

Mobile County Commission staff presented several agenda items asking the commission to approve right-of-way and easement payments, a reimbursable utility-relocation agreement and professional engineering contracts tied to a group of county road projects.

Those items included payments of $1,200 for easements related to tracks 5 and 7 on Saint Michael Street; $3,900 for easements on Maddox Road; $270 for easements on Calvert School Road; a reimbursable agreement with Grand Bay Water Works Board Incorporated for relocation of utility facilities in a public right of way; and contracts for geotechnical and professional engineering services related to an additional lane project on Tanner Williams Road.

County staff described the Tanner Williams work as an addition of an eastbound right-turn lane at the intersection of Tanner Williams Road and Snow, not a large reconstruction. “It's not a large project. It's just the addition of a turn lane where people have been off and have created their own turn lane,” staff said. The staff presentation also noted the work is being added to an existing project funded with “2,012 pay as you go,” which the staff described as an older funding estimate.

A commissioner asked whether the added work was expensive relative to the existing project: “Was that is that too expensive of a project just to do an add on to the current project? I was just out of curiosity,” the commissioner said. Staff responded by confirming how the project is funded but did not give additional cost breakdowns in the recorded discussion.

The agenda referenced a reimbursable agreement with Grand Bay Water Works Board Incorporated and named Terracon Incorporated as the professional geotechnical firm for the Tanner Williams lanes project. The commission materials also listed McCrory and Williams for professional engineering services for the same project.

The transcript segment for these items records the agenda descriptions and the brief follow-up questions but does not include formal vote tallies or named motion makers for each agenda item. The meeting record provided here does not specify whether each agenda item passed or include individual votes.

Details drawn from the recorded presentation: - Saint Michael Street (tracks 5 and 7): easement payment $1,200. - Maddox Road: easement payments totaling $3,900. - Calvert School Road: easement payments totaling $270. - Reimbursable agreement: relocation of utility facilities with Grand Bay Water Works Board Incorporated (amount not specified in the transcript). - Geotechnical contract: Terracon Incorporated for Tanner Williams Road additional lanes. - Professional engineering services: McCrory and Williams for Tanner Williams Road additional lanes.

Next steps and follow-up were not specified on the record. The transcript shows the commission moved on after brief questions and did not record vote counts or the names of motion makers for these specific items in the provided excerpt.