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Peoria County approves outside engineering contracts for road inspections after staff loss
Summary
The Peoria County Board approved two resolutions to contract out construction inspection after the highway department lost an engineer: $69,128 was approved for Millennia Professional Services for Mossville Road; a second contract to hire Hutchinson Engineering was approved with the transcript recording an incomplete amount.
The Peoria County Board on an unspecified date approved two resolutions to hire outside engineering firms to perform materials and construction inspection on county road projects after the highway department lost an on-staff engineer.
Amy, a highway department staff member, told the board the department needs outside inspection services because it is “losing one of our engineers on staff,” and presented two contracting requests. For the first, the board approved a county MFT appropriation of $69,128 to hire Millennia Professional Services for inspection work on Mossville Road; Amy said Millennia previously performed inspection on Maxwell Road and the Hanna City–Glasford shoulder and that the contractor could start when weather permits. The motion to approve that resolution was made by Betty and seconded by Terry; the board voted and the resolution carried.
The second resolution sought to hire Hutchinson Engineering to provide construction inspection oversight for Civil Defense Road and the Kickapoo/Edwards project. Amy described the request as similar to the first and said the funding would come from the county highway fund; the transcript records the amount as “$124,78,” a figure that appears truncated in the record. The motion was moved by Jim, seconded by Sharon, and recorded as carried.
No substantive questions were recorded during the public Q&A for either item. The board then moved to the public comment period and adjourned.
The approvals authorize county staff to contract with the named firms for inspection services; the transcript does not record detailed vote tallies, staff titles beyond first names, or the complete dollar figure for the Hutchinson Engineering request. Additional procurement or contract documents would be required for exact contract terms and final amounts.
