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Commissioners approve $3-per-ton price increase from MEC Logistics; clear permits, donation and payables
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Summary
Washington County Commissioner’s Court approved a $3-per-ton increase from MEC Logistics for pre-coated grade 4 road material, accepted a $200 donation to 9-1-1 communications and approved several routine right-of-way permits and accounts payable at its regular meeting.
Washington County Commissioner’s Court voted to accept a $3-per-ton price increase from MEC Logistics LLC for pre-coated grade 4 road construction material, raising the unit cost from $93 to $96 per ton, and approved several routine administrative items including event right-of-way permits, a small donation for 9-1-1 services and the county’s accounts-payable batch.
County road staff (identified in the meeting as the road department representative) told the court that MEC — the county’s low-bid supplier for the material — is passing along a $3-per-ton increase tied to market and fuel costs and “they’re gonna be increasing from $93 to $96 to be a $3 increase,” and that the vendor was not adding an extra profit margin. The staff member said the county had received about 1,500 of an expected 4,000 tons under the contract. Commissioner Camus Bullock noted that an absent colleague had estimated the change would amount to “approximately a $4,500, increase.” The court voted to approve the price change.
Why it matters: The adjustment affects the county’s road-material line items and will increase the cost of remaining deliveries under the existing contract. County staff told commissioners the change is driven by supplier costs rather than a change to the county’s contract terms.
Votes at a glance: The court approved the MEC price increase, accepted a $200 donation from the Washington County Democratic Club to Washington County 9-1-1 communications, approved right-of-way permit applications for the 2026 Bluebonnet Festival and the 2026 Kenny Bridal event, and approved accounts payable for the period (detailed amounts presented by county finance staff). Each item was approved by voice vote during the meeting; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Other fiscal notes: County finance staff reported an accounts-payable total presented in open court as about $552,009.85, and identified items in the batch including roughly $183,000 for road-and-bridge materials and about $105,000 for a jail lightning system. The transcript contains minor ambiguities in how those numbers were spoken; the court approved the full batch as presented.
The court adjourned after the items were completed.
