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Sioux County moves ahead with road projects, FEMA work and gravel contracts
Summary
Across meetings in early–late 2020, the Sioux County Board approved the One and Six Year Road Plan, authorized gravel crushing bids (including 10,000 yards at Schneider pit), accepted bids for watershed protection projects and received updates on FEMA repairs and armor coating bids.
Sioux County commissioners spent repeated agenda time in 2020 on road maintenance, FEMA repair work and watershed protection projects, approving plans and awarding multiple contracts.
Road Superintendent Gary Thayer and Road Foreman Jim Phipps regularly updated the board on FEMA work and watershed projects. At a public hearing the board approved the county’s One and Six Year Road Plan, moving projects such as Edgemont Road, Henry Oil Road, Hat Creek, Sand Creek, Sowbelly, Wheeler and Henderson Road into the One‑Year Plan as appropriate and listing others for later years or County Road Improvement consideration.
The board voted to let bids for gravel crushing at several pits and specifically authorized letting bids for 10,000 yards of crushing at the Schneider pit. Multiple gravel‑related contracts and bid awards were approved across meetings (including extending Mark Chrisman’s gravel crushing contract and purchases of screened gravel and hauling services). The board also approved a contract award for armor coating Morrill Road to Topkote.
Separately, the board approved equipment purchases and leases to support road work — including a leased mower tractor and later purchase of a TRX15 mower and approval of other heavy‑equipment purchases. FEMA and NRD watershed funding was discussed as a financing mechanism for several repair projects; commissioners instructed staff to proceed with bid processes and to coordinate with contractors and federal/state programs.
Actions recorded include formal approval of the One and Six Year Road Plan and multiple contracting decisions; the minutes note ongoing project management items, public input from landowners on site-specific projects, and the board’s direction to complete FEMA paperwork and award work to contractors.
