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Mills County supervisors approve budget amendment, award $1.797 million road contract and clear several purchases
Summary
The Mills County Board of Supervisors adopted Budget Amendment No. 3 and Resolution 2609, awarded a $1,797,199.74 contract for L63 surface rehab to Western Engineering, and approved purchases including election storage, worktables and chairs and a small opioid-fund reimbursement for fire-department supplies.
The Mills County Board of Supervisors on Monday adopted Budget Amendment No. 3 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 and approved Resolution 2609 to appropriate the amended funds.
Amber, speaking on the amendment, said it "was just kind of cleaning up the budget" to reflect end-of-year revenue and expense adjustments, including additional health revenues, grant receipts, an insurance payout and vehicle replacement costs and pipeline-related entries. The board opened a public hearing on the amendment, recorded no public comments and then closed the hearing before taking action.
In separate action, the board voted to award the L63 Surface Rehabilitation contract (Project STP SC0651245E65) to Western Engineering for $1,797,199.74. County staff said the project runs from the Melbourne city limits south approximately four miles to Adit and is funded by Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) federal funds, highway safety funds through HIPP and a farm-to-market supplement. Staff noted the contractor may need a late-summer start (a date discussed was Aug. 24) to allow sufficiently hot paving conditions.
The board also approved several routine purchases: 12 metal shelving units from Uline for $5,040 to secure election storage, materials to build 12 in-house worktables for $1,843.56, and 12 roller task chairs at $1,560 for absentee-board volunteers (the chairs motion passed 2–1). Each of these items was presented as included in the elections office budget and aimed at protecting equipment and improving volunteer comfort.
Separately, the board approved a $2,379.75 reimbursement request from opioid-settlement funds to buy nitrile gloves, medical supplies and capnography/O2 monitoring sensors for county first responders, with the motion conditioned on confirmation that the purchases comply with opioid-settlement fund guidelines.
Staff and supervisors used the meeting to discuss internal facility upgrades: the facilities coordinator was authorized to proceed with preliminary work to add a tempered-glass transaction window, microphone and pass-through at the assessor's office, with final pricing to be returned to the board. The board also received updates on contractor bids for other remodel work and routine committee reports, including a Washington, D.C., trip summary and local landfill and home-health staffing updates.
The meeting concluded with no additional new business; the board adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
