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Public works advances material bids, county corridor safety project and airport grant applications
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Summary
Public works director Josh Fredrickson presented recommended vendors for annual materials bids and asked commissioners to authorize a federally funded Highway Safety Improvement Program corridor project; he also requested approval to fund a Chamber of Commerce personnel agreement from distressed sales tax and to submit FAA grant applications for two airport projects with local match covered by the airport fund.
Public works director Josh Fredrickson presented multiple items to the board covering routine procurement, safety improvements and airport grant activity.
Fredrickson said the county solicited bids for liquid asphalt, crack sealant, asphalt materials and maintenance rock and recommended suppliers including Argon Asphalt & Emulsion, SealMaster, Interstate Concrete and Ellsberg Cement Products. He asked commissioners for resolutions to award contracts to the recommended vendors as part of the county’s normal annual procurement process.
Fredrickson also said the county was awarded funds through the Highway Safety Improvement Program (via the Washington State Department of Transportation and federal funds) for a countywide corridor improvement project that could include embedded LED markers, guideposts, edge‑line markings and rumble strips to reduce crashes. He requested a resolution authorizing the county to sign local agency federal aid project paperwork; Fredrickson said the funding is fully eligible and would require no county match if the work is completed within the funding period.
Separately, Fredrickson summarized a request reviewed by the Conference of Governments for $212,200 to support Chamber of Commerce personnel and consultant needs in 2026 and asked for a resolution to approve using distressed sales and use tax funding for the agreement.
Finally, he said the FAA and WSDOT aviation grant programs are offering support for two airport projects (a hangar taxi lane complex construction project and an apron taxi pavement maintenance design), with FAA covering about 95% of construction costs and WSDOT aviation typically covering a portion of local match. Fredrickson asked authorization to submit the applications and noted the airport fund has the local match available.
These items were presented as part of the consent agenda; the transcript contains presentations and requests for resolutions but no recorded roll‑call outcomes in the provided excerpt.
