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Jeremiah Parrineck urges Douglas County to release Lee Road project records
Summary
At the July 21 Douglas County commission meeting, resident and professional engineer Jeremiah Parrineck urged the board to release open records for the Lee Road widening project and compare the original schedule and contract amount with actual invoices to assess county project-management performance.
At the Douglas County Board of Commissioners meeting on July 21, 2026, resident and professional engineer Jeremiah Parrineck told commissioners he had filed duplicate open-records requests tied to the Lee Road widening project and urged the county to make records available so the public can compare the original schedule and contract amount with actual invoices.
"Open records are very important in this trust that we have in our government," Parrineck said, and he pressed the board to allow the public to review project schedules, contract amounts and invoices to evaluate how the county delivered the Lee Road project. He said the county "may be a little bit overwhelmed" handling large projects and asked for documentation of work and costs.
Parrineck identified himself as a professional engineer who said he has delivered more than $100,000,000 worth of infrastructure and said that reviewing the baseline schedule and contracts against final invoices is the only way to properly evaluate performance. He also asked whether any executive-session discussion affected the open-records responses for that file.
Commissioners did not take formal action on Parrineck’s request during the meeting; the public comment period ended and the board moved on to agenda votes and proclamations. The meeting record shows the item Parrineck referenced was listed as part of the consent agenda (agenda item 22), but no staff response or release of records was recorded on the July 21 meeting minutes.
What Parrineck asked for—original schedules, contract amounts and invoices—are the kinds of documents residents and watchdogs commonly use to assess cost and schedule performance on public works projects. The commission approved its consent agenda and other routine items during the same meeting, and no county staff member recorded an immediate reply on the meeting audio or transcript.
The commission’s communications staff announced several upcoming public events and a county transportation planning effort that could affect future projects, but the transcript does not record a county decision to release the Lee Road records at this meeting. Requests for records typically go through the county clerk or a designated records office; the meeting transcript shows the County Clerk handled sign-up and decorum but does not record further follow-up on Parrineck’s request.
