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Commissioners approve ATV access, authorize road paving bids and review airport equipment and maintenance bids
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Summary
The board approved one-year ATV access agreements and grant certifications for trail groups, authorized seeking bids to add a finish coat on two UT roads, opened sealed airport equipment and pavement maintenance bids (including a single snow removal equipment bid for $851,095.21), and approved an RFQ for an airport planning consultant.
Hancock County Commissioners on April 7 approved a slate of infrastructure and transportation-related actions, including ATV access agreements for unorganized territories, authorization to seek bids for road paving, and the opening of sealed bids for airport equipment and runway maintenance.
In unorganized territories business, commissioners voted 3-0 to accept the UT monthly report and to approve one-year ATV access agreements with Rocky Mountain Trail Riders for Nicatous Road and Myra Road and to approve 2026 Municipal Trail Grant Community Services Project Certifications for Acadia Area ATV and Airline Riders. Millard Billings asked for authorization to seek bids to complete paving—adding a 1-inch finish coat to a previously laid 2-inch base—on Martin’s Ridge Road and Back Road; the commissioners authorized the UT director to seek bids (motion passed 3-0).
At the Bar Harbor Airport item, Commissioner Wombacher opened a sealed bid for snow removal equipment; only one bid was submitted from M-B Companies, Inc. (a division of Aebi Schmidt Group) for a “4 x 4 All Wheel Drive Dual Engine Cab Forward Chassis with a Front Mounted Runway Broom with Airblast” in the amount of $851,095.21. The commission also opened three sealed bids for airport-wide pavement maintenance and markings: Axtell’s Pavement Solutions (grand total $248,693.00), Proseal (grand total $603,170.00), and J.J. Cunningham LLC (grand total $297,570.00). Bids were forwarded to DuBois & King engineer Guy Rouelle for review; the county manager and airport manager will receive recommendations for the April 22 meeting. The commissioners approved issuing a Request for Qualifications for an airport planning consultant (motion passed 3-0).
Each motion at the meeting that required a vote passed unanimously (recorded as Clark/DiBella, 3-0). The county engineering review and the April 22 commission meeting will determine whether the airport accepts any of the maintenance bids or proceeds with purchase of the snow removal equipment.