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Roads director details bridge, culvert and equipment needs; supervisors ask for cost comparisons
Summary
The secondary roads presentation outlined major material and equipment requests — steel, lumber, culverts and a $400,000 building phase — and supervisors asked for per-mile cost comparisons between in-house and contractor work to guide buy-vs-contract decisions.
Secondary Roads staff presented a detailed budget emphasizing materials, equipment and infrastructure replacements and asked the board for direction on procurement and stockpile strategy.
The roads presenter said the department expects about $180,000 in structural steel needs and roughly $100,000 in lumber for bridge work. He described a planned $400,000 building expenditure that will be phased across fiscal years and a normal equipment-replacement cycle that previously included purchases totaling roughly $1,000,000 when trade-ins are factored in.
Supervisors asked the presenter to prepare a dollar-per-mile operating cost comparison to show where in-house work saves money versus hiring contractors, and to provide clearer inventory figures for gravel and culvert stockpiles so the board can judge whether proposed purchases are necessary or can be postponed.
The board also discussed long-term maintenance implications of replacing failing large-diameter culverts versus converting to bridges, noting that bridge solutions are costlier to build and maintain under current heavy-vehicle loads.
