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Jasper County supervisors review engineers road-priority plan and urge better gravel maintenance
Summary
At a June 23 special session, Jasper County supervisors reviewed a spreadsheet and color-coded priority list from Engineer Mike Frietsch on re-grades and pull-ups, and said they want routine gravel-road maintenance improved so crews are not frequently reassigned. The meeting ended with a unanimous adjournment vote.
Chairman Thad Nearmyer convened the Jasper County Board of Supervisors at 1 p.m. on June 23 for a special session called at the request of Engineer Mike Frietsch. The board entered open session for an employee evaluation and discussed the countys approach to road maintenance.
Engineer Mike Frietsch presented a spreadsheet and a color-coded priority listing that, according to the materials, guides which roads receive annual re-grades and pull-ups. The board reviewed the priority methodology and how specific roads are selected for the maintenance cycle.
Supervisors said they want routine maintenance on gravel roads to be more consistent so that crews assigned to those territories are not regularly pulled off to other projects. That preference was expressed as a direction for how the county should apply the priority listing going forward, rather than as a binding policy change recorded in the minutes.
Following the discussion, Supervisor Cupples moved to adjourn the special meeting; Chairman Thad Nearmyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (Cupples, Nearmyer, Talsma), and the meeting was closed. Jenna Jennings, the county auditor, is listed on the meeting record.
No detailed decisions about specific road projects, funding changes, or personnel actions were recorded in the transcript beyond the boards discussion of priorities and the procedural motion to adjourn.
