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Wright County approves final plans for C54 resurfacing, box culvert replacement and releases final payment on 2024 paving; posts operator vacancy
Summary
County engineers received board approval to post a patrol operator vacancy, approved final plans for resurfacing C54 from Highway 3 to Highway 69 (project STP SOC 099107-5E-99), approved final plans for a box culvert replacement near Roland, and authorized final payment/retention release on a 2024 paving project.
Wright County engineers won board approval for multiple secondary-roads actions, including posting a patrol operator vacancy, approving final plans for a major resurfacing project and a box culvert replacement, and authorizing final payment on a 2024 paving contract.
Posting and hiring: The board approved posting a patrol operator vacancy for the county roads/secondary roads department. The vacancy announcement shown at the meeting listed base pay at $28.23 per hour with a 12-month probationary scale that reduces pay by 50 cents for months 0–6 and 25 cents for months 6–12; the application period as presented would remain open until Jan. 10.
C54 resurfacing: County Engineer Adam Clemens presented final plans for resurfacing C54 (from Highway 3 to Highway 69) that will include milling the existing surface, a corrective lift to reestablish a 2% slope, an intermediate asphalt layer (1.5 inches) and a 1-inch surface course. The plans cover about 15 miles and the letting date was stated as March 18; the board approved final plans. The engineer cited a contract budget of $2,671,000 for the work and said a regional share of "1.85 1519" (as spoken at the meeting) would come from regional funds, with the remainder from Farm-to-Market (FM) funds; the engineer stated no local county dollars would be used for that contract.
Box culvert replacement: The board approved final plans for a box culvert replacement (single-cell box) on a structure described as near Roland on R65/Victor Avenue (identified in the discussion by plan references including a project string as stated in the meeting). The engineer said the budgeted amount for that bridge work is about $500,000 and that right-of-way work will appear on plan sheets where needed.
Final payment: The board approved final payment and release of retainage on a 2024 paving project (project referenced as FMC099104-55-99). The contract figure discussed at the meeting was roughly $667,000 with a final total figure quoted in the discussion; the retainage/release amount approved on the record was cited as $20,618.90. The engineer said the final cost included an unplanned slope correction.
Operations and equipment: County roads staff reported recent work by blades and crews on cross-slope corrections, culvert inspections (using Google Forms and work orders), ditch burning and winter callouts. The engineer and road superintendent discussed equipment procurement difficulties: Allison transmissions have limited build slots and scheduling a truck order is constrained by both production availability and budget timing (a build slot was mentioned in April–May). The board also heard updates on snow/ice responses and maintenance work orders.
All the motions on the roads items were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote as recorded in the meeting minutes; the board did not require detours on the resurfacing project as presented and the paving plans will go to DOT for letting after submittal.
