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St. Francois County approves emergency purchase of winter aggregate, backs RTP grant assurances
Summary
At a regular meeting, commissioners authorized an emergency purchase of granite winter road-control aggregate after local quarries ran out, and approved a Recreational Trails Program project resolution and accompanying financial assurance letter to Missouri DNR.
St. Francois County commissioners on Thursday authorized an emergency purchase of winter road-control aggregate and approved two actions tied to a Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
County staff told commissioners that the county’s usual granite supply ran out at local quarries and could not be replenished until spring, leaving the county short ahead of an approaching storm. Staff said they negotiated a one-time purchase of approximately 2,000 tons of a quarter-by-eighth-inch granite ice-control aggregate from New Frontier Materials for $26,529.28, after the quarry’s listed scale price was quoted at $35 per ton. The county said it…
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