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Commissioners discuss highway-safety grant applications, drainage and road work priorities
Summary
Griggs County staff reported applying for highway safety grants for Red Willow Road and County Road 8; commissioners discussed dust control, a disrupted landowner signature delaying a planned road project and coordination with neighboring counties on drainage.
County roads staff told commissioners Jan. 6 that the county submitted applications for highway safety improvement funding for two projects: work on Red Willow Road and County Road 8 (CMC 2010).
Wayne, the county roads staff member, said the Red Willow Road project is aimed at addressing rough surfaces and deep shoulders that prevent a standard overlay. He also reported that the county submitted an application to the Highway Safety Improvement Program for County Road 8.
Commissioners discussed one land-acquisition matter affecting a planned project. Staff reported the county received updated paperwork from the property owner Paul (engineer) and planned to send materials to another landowner, Ben Decker. According to the meeting record, Decker previously asked for an additional approach onto his field and had agreed to sign but later declined to sign the updated paperwork while he was out of state. Commissioners said the county must secure landowner signatures before bidding. The transcript records disputes between Decker and a neighboring landowner (referred to as Silver Eagle) that are slowing the process.
Commissioners and staff also discussed dust-control methods for unpaved roads. The transcript includes a reference to "calcium chloride dust control" as a material used in gravel road dust suppression. Staff said the county works treatment into the gravel and that frequency can vary; in some places it is applied once per year.
Commissioners noted advertising requirements for surplus equipment and county vehicles: the 1987 Dodge pickup that drew a single $250 bid had been advertised in the paper and on Facebook for two weeks as required.
No grant awards were announced at the meeting. Commissioners directed staff to continue pursuing grant funding and to obtain required landowner signatures before proceeding to bid, and discussed coordinating with neighboring counties on drainage issues tied to Johnson Slough and downstream waterways.
Quotes from the meeting include Wayne’s explanation of grant submissions: "we also applied for highway safety improvement program on County Road 8, CMC 2010."
