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Road & Bridge asks for Durapatch oil line and higher road-oil allocation amid levied-fund limits
Summary
Road & Bridge requested a $135,000 Durapatch oil line (to be revenue funded by sales to other jurisdictions), asked to raise general road oil funding and proposed rebalancing other lines to stay within a 3% levied-fund increase limit.
Road & Bridge staff presented several line-item changes to address rising materials and asphalt costs. They asked commissioners to add a separate Durapatch oil line for $135,000, intended to be purchased and resold to other counties and cities; revenue from those sales would replenish the line.
"Just put road oil," a commissioner said as staff explained the request; Road & Bridge staff clarified the Durapatch line must be separated because it will be revenue-funded. The department also requested raising the general road-oil budget (figures discussed in hearing; some scenarios showed requests up to $800,000) but commissioners noted levied funds are subject to a legal 3% increase cap and asked staff to rebalance other budget lines to avoid exceeding levied-fund limits.
Staff proposed adjustments to signs and paint ($55,000—$65,000 discussion), crushed gravel ($300,000 proposal) and culverts/guardrail work. Commissioners agreed to move some requests into reserve accounts and to revisit levy calculations and reserve balances to determine how much additional oil-funding the county can afford without breaching levy constraints.
The board asked staff to provide a reworked funding scenario that shows (1) the Durapatch oil line as a revenue-funded account, (2) the road-oil funding the department can support under a 3% levied increase and (3) proposed offsets from other line-item reductions.
