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Riley County approves exchange of federal transportation funds, will deposit $181,061.80 into county CIP
Summary
The Riley County Commission authorized the chairman to sign a state exchange of allocated federal transportation funds; county staff said the swap would return $181,061.80 to be deposited into the county’s capital improvement program for road and bridge projects.
Riley County commissioners on Aug. 28 approved a request from the county public works director to exchange allocated federal transportation funds with the state of Kansas and deposit the proceeds in the county’s capital improvement program for future road and bridge projects.
John Ellerman, public works director, told commissioners the county’s federal obligation authority for the program was “201,100 and almost $80,” and said the exchange would return $181,061.80 to the county. Ellerman said the funds would be placed in the county’s federal RCIP under FFV funds and used for a road-and-bridge project that has not yet been selected.
“I'm hoping to get our overlay project finished and submitted for it to get reimbursed for that with this,” Ellerman said, adding that the county might have until Sept. 15 to complete the overlay submittal. He identified planned work on Skyway, Stag Hill, Rosalyn Cutter and Manhattan streets, and said milling had started but plant issues had slowed progress.
Commissioners voted to authorize the chairman to sign the state exchange agreement and to deposit the proceeds in the county CIP. The motion was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote, recorded as “all in favor. Aye.”
Why it matters: the exchange converts the county’s federal obligation authority to cash at a stated rate and puts the money into the county’s project fund, making it available for local paving and bridge work without waiting for federal reimbursement cycles.
Implementation details and constraints: Ellerman said the county receives 90 cents on the dollar for the exchange, and that the county intends to use the proceeds for an overlay project that it plans to submit for reimbursement. He warned that state-administered plant scheduling and pavement-milling delays could affect timing. Commissioners gave the chairman authority to sign the request so staff can proceed with deposit and project planning.
The commission handled the motion as part of its consent/administrative business; no formal roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript beyond the unanimous voice vote.
