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Highway staff reports May expenditures, project progress and staffing; equipment approved for county fair
Summary
Staff reported May maintenance expenditures (state routine maintenance $34,253; county maintenance $76,412), fuel sales and price trends, project updates including I‑39 letting and county P paving, and approved county equipment use for the county fair with county staff operating the equipment.
Staff presented the department’s May financial and project updates. For state routine maintenance the department expended $34,253 in May (staff said the monthly target percentage was ~7% but the month used ~3.46% of budget); county maintenance for May was listed at $76,412. Town work totaled $260,400 for the month, with $42,180 identified as labor; staff said year-to-date town work is up versus five-year averages (construction up ~33.7% and winter work up ~11.2%).
Fuel sales reported just over 3,600 gallons in May; the presenter noted a rise in pump prices (unleaded averaging $3.96 in May vs. $3.79 prior month; diesel $3.46 vs. $3.34 prior month). Staff also provided a project update: the north section of I‑39 is being let with a projected completion of Nov. 13; county P cold-in-place recycling recently encountered a soft spot that required additional contractor work; public involvement meetings for County A (1–3 p.m., Town of Douglas) and County D (3:30–5:30 p.m., Pwwaukee) were announced.
The committee approved a staff request to make county highway equipment (grader, 404 loader, skid steer, traffic-control barrels and barricades) available for the county fair; two highway employees and Paul Ventry (building/grounds) will operate the equipment, staff said. Staffing concerns were discussed: recent resignations to the private sector left several openings; staff said one candidate has verbally accepted and an apprentice transition is being pursued.
