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Humboldt County approves $268,491.30 payment for TSIP-funded shoulder-widening work
Summary
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved Voucher No. 1 to Blacktop Service to pay for pavement shoulder widening, striping and rumble-strip installation funded through a TSIP safety grant; the board noted the county will seek reimbursement under grant rules.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted to approve Voucher No. 1 to Blacktop Service for work performed under a Transportation Safety Improvement Program (TSIP) grant, paying for pavement shoulder widening, striping and rumble-strip installation on three curves.
The vote followed a presentation from a staff member identified in the record as Ben, who described the work and the payment request. "The first item that I have is to approve voucher number 1 to Blacktop Service for the, TSIP safety grant that was the pavement shoulder widening on the 3 curves that was done finished last week with the striping and rumble strip installation," Ben said. He added, "This is payment for everything besides retainage" and stated the payment amount as "$268,491.30." The motion to approve the voucher passed with no recorded opposition.
Board members asked routine follow-up questions about site-specific repairs after the contractor completed the current work; one supervisor said the project "...we do need to get a net pipe put in that driveway, though," referencing a driveway at the top of a hill where further work may be needed if erosion recurs. Ben also described the county’s reimbursement timeline: "on this one. So it'll be like 3 months," and explained grant reimbursement logistics, noting that TSIP and FEMA reimbursements traditionally arrive after the county pays the vendor. "FEMA, TSIP on the local side, if we would have let this through the DOT and all their protocols, then it would have paid out of our farm to market account and then reimbursed for that," Ben said.
Board members also discussed procurement and pricing. Ben said the county "usually get better prices when we bid local," and supervisors urged taking advantage of the grant program while noting the county may still need to address adjacent drainage and erosion issues.
No formal amendments were offered during the motion. The record does not show a detailed roll-call tally; the board adopted the payment by voice vote with the chair stating the motion carries.
The voucher covers the contractor’s work to date; the county retained a portion of payment as retainage per usual practice. The board did not set a date for the retainage release during the meeting.
The approval allows the county to submit the invoice for reimbursement under the TSIP grant process; the staff comments indicate reimbursement is expected to follow in roughly three months.
