Jefferson County approves handbook review, consulting contracts and road paving bid

Jefferson County commissioners on May 14 approved several procurement and professional-service items on the meeting agenda.

Contracts approved included a consulting engagement with Wagner, Irwin & Sheiley to review and revise the county employee handbook, with an estimated cost range of $8,840 to $10,920, and two on-call engineering agreements (SJCA Engineering and Clark Deets) to provide engineering support as needed. Commissioners approved a three‑year agreement with Dosset Consulting to prepare the county’s cost‑allocation plan (total $18,000; $6,000/year); staff said prior Dosset work returned roughly $78,327 to the county in indirect‑cost reimbursements.

On procurement, the board accepted the apparent low bid from Dave Omera Contractors for the Little Rest Farm Road paving project and directed staff to prepare contract paperwork. (Transcript lists the Omera figure as ‘‘215,000 $554’’; that figure appears to be a misformatting in the meeting packet and is reported here as approximately $215,000 pending verification in the official contract documents.)

The board approved Patriot Engineering Environmental Services to perform six geotechnical borings at a proposed animal‑shelter site for $5,400, and commissioners directed counsel review of a proposed 60‑month cleaning‑supply/mat contract (CentOS/Cintas pricing) before final approval. All motions noted on the agenda were approved by voice vote with no roll-call tallies recorded in the transcript.

What happens next: staff will finalize contract paperwork and send the CentOS agreement to county counsel for review prior to a future vote.