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Votes at a glance: Murray County approves bids, grants and personnel actions

Murray County Board of Commissioners · April 21, 2026

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Summary

At its meeting the Murray County Board approved a series of routine items including overlay, seal-coating and striping contracts, a tax abatement, a $2,000 contribution to a Safe Streets planning grant, an opioid-prevention grant of $26,011, and several personnel actions including seasonal hires and a wage-scale recalibration.

The Murray County Board cleared a slate of routine motions by voice vote during its meeting, approving multiple procurement awards, grant contributions and personnel items.

Key approvals included:

- Award of the 2026 overlay project to Dunning Incorporated (low bid) and related maintenance contracts. - Award of the county seal-coating contract to Morris Sealcoat & Trucking (low bid reported at about $642,001.87). - Approval of a bridge replacement agreement with Slayton Township for preliminary survey work. - Approval of a tax abatement request for Randy Kotke (new home construction in rural Tracy); the public hearing drew no public comment. - Approval of a $2,000 county contribution to join a three-county Safe Streets for All planning grant application; the presenter asked the board chair for a letter of support and said the application is due May 26. - Approval of a $26,011 opioid committee grant to MCC to continue and extend a prevention curriculum. - Recalibration of Grade 21 wage scale (9% increase) to improve recruitment for county engineer classification and approval of seasonal parks/maintenance rehires at stated hourly rates.

Where a specific contract or grant amount was discussed, the meeting transcript identified presenters and recorded that motions were made, seconded and approved by voice vote. Several items generated only brief discussion before approval.