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Committee forwards contracts, bids and project submissions to full board; most approvals unanimous, one 4-1 vote on shared-use path
Summary
The Public Safety and Transportation Committee voted on a series of motions to receive reports, award contracts, and forward grant and project submittals to the full county board. Most items passed unanimously; the MDOT shared-use path contract was forwarded to the full board on a 4-1 vote.
The Jackson County Public Safety and Transportation Committee on March 10 received reports and approved motions to forward contracts, bids and grant submissions to the full board, including maintenance contracts, material purchases, bridge program submissions and consultant contracts.
Key actions the committee approved or forwarded included awards or recommendations for: a two-year catch-basin cleaning contract to M & K Jetting (not to exceed $100,000); hot-mix asphalt pickup contracts to Michigan Paving and Reith-Riley (not to exceed $2,000,000); a sodium-chloride (road salt) contract to Detroit Salt (not to exceed $2,500,000); culverts from Jensen Bridge and Supply (not to exceed $30,000); topsoil screening to Carr Brothers and Sons (not to exceed $60,000); trucking and hauling vendors for road material transport (up to eight vendors; not to exceed $400,000); and a request to award a countywide Comprehensive System Safety Action Plan consultant contract to Kimberly Horn (grant-funded, $500,000 with a $125,000 in-kind match). The committee also approved forwarding three local bridge program applications (Bend Road replacement, Mill Street rehabilitation, and Palmer and Wolf Lake Road replacement) for state grant consideration, and approved a Hanover Road bridge project that includes a local match estimate of $59,560 alongside roughly $2.2 million in state and federal funds.
Most motions recorded in the meeting passed unanimously. The MDOT shared-use path contract and funding agreement — a $3.1 million project referenced in committee materials that includes a $126,000 JCDOT share for a road-diet element — was forwarded on a 4-1 vote; the transcript shows the committee vote passed 4 to 1.
The committee also received (filed) routine reports including the Department of Transportation draft financial statements as of Dec. 31, 2024, and the regular monthly DOT report. The committee approved the usual motion to pay claims.
Votes recorded in the transcript were entered on the record and, where noted, were unanimous except for the shared-use path contract forward, which carried a 4-1 vote to the full board.
