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Madison County commissioners approve bridge draw, equipment purchase and routine items
Summary
At their May 12 meeting, Madison County Commissioners unanimously approved a $188,248.61 bridge draw request, an $84,085.40 payment application for the Madison Street project, purchase of a 96-inch brush hog for $6,800 from the fairgrounds budget and Resolution 20-2026 declaring telephones surplus. They set a compensation meeting for May 26, 2026.
Madison County’s Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a series of routine administrative and project actions at their regular meeting on May 12, 2026, in Virginia City.
The board voted to approve MT-MCEP-CG-25-050 Seyler Lane Bridge Draw Request #9 for $188,248.61 after Grants Manager Shawna Lutgen presented the request. Commissioner William A. Todd moved to approve the draw request and Commissioner Duke W. Gilman seconded; Chair Ronald E. Nye and the two other commissioners voted in favor.
The commissioners also approved Payment Application #6 from Williams Civil for the Madison Street/TRMCC project in the amount of $84,085.40. Commissioner Todd moved the payment application; Commissioner Gilman seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
During the meeting Fairgrounds Manager Amy Robbins and Fairground Board member Mark Hoyt presented three verbal quotations for a 96-inch brush hog; the quotes ranged from $6,800 to $9,600. The board approved the lowest price, $6,800, with Robbins noting funding had been allocated in the Fairgrounds budget.
Planning Technician John Herrington advised the board that the Planning Department and the Exemption Review Board had reviewed and found acceptable an amended plat to relocate the platted building envelope for Stone Ridge Views Subdivision Lot 17. Commissioners approved and signed the amended plat.
Other approved items included the HHS Supplemental Workforce Grant, recruitment of a Safety Coordinator in the Human Resources department, and adoption of Resolution 20-2026, which declares county telephones surplus property (IT Director Brett Schriock was noted in that discussion). The board also approved the Library Parking Lot Bid Documents.
The board continued consideration of the Fairgrounds Event Center bid documents to next week and tabled IT Policies in favor of drafting a resolution for action next week.
Commissioner Todd moved to set a compensation meeting for May 26, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.; Commissioner Gilman seconded and the motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 10:22 a.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled for May 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. in the Public Meeting Room of the Administrative Building in Virginia City.
Votes at a glance: For each motion recorded, Commissioners Ron Nye, Duke W. Gilman and William A. Todd voted in favor (unanimous).
