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Commissioners approve $9,582.19 fuel pump repair for sign truck; Road Department outlines 900 Road culvert project
Summary
The commission authorized a $9,582.19 repair for a sign-truck fuel pump after hearing road-department maintenance issues. Road operations director Jesse Walton also described service-request volumes and scheduled culvert replacement work on 900 Road.
Commissioners voted to approve a $9,582.19 repair for the Road Department’s sign truck at Oaks Ford after the department reported metal shavings in the fuel filter and a known pump failure pattern for that model.
Jesse Walton, operations director for the Road Department, said mechanics found metal shavings during routine service and that the model is known to experience pump failures; the repair was presented as the most practical option to keep the vehicle in service. A motion to approve the repair was moved and seconded and carried with a recorded voice vote indicating unanimous approval, recorded by the clerk as “motion passes 3–0.”
Walton also gave a weekly operations update: 999 of 1,275 roads are 79% completed in the current program; service request counts and culvert inspection work were described. Walton said crews plan to remove and replace a culvert on a one‑mile stretch near Prescott in February and estimated the project could take one week if weather cooperates; he said three operators would start the excavation with additional support for compaction.
Walton described other routine fleet and maintenance work: grader repairs, ditching activity, training operators on excavator use, and parts orders for equipment returned to service.
No other formal votes were recorded on the culvert project at the meeting; Walton said he would keep commissioners updated as work proceeds.
