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Road staff brief commissioners on chip-seal grant scoring and possible county match
Summary
Jessica Griffin updated commissioners on delayed projects and urged the board to consider a local match to improve the county's chip-seal grant application score; the board discussed using cash or other funds and moved to commit a local match amount before the application deadline.
Jessica Griffin, representing the road department, told the commission a Jitsil project is behind schedule and that chip seal work will resume when temperatures allow. She said the DOT completion date of Sept. 1 is temperature-dependent and that the contractor was aware of the delay; she did not recommend liquidated-damage waivers at this time.
Griffin also explained the chip-seal grant scoring rubric: projects receive higher scores if local governments commit larger local matches (50% is highest). Commissioners discussed whether house-bill funds or federal aid could legally be used as local match and debated a 10% example (roughly $150,000). The board agreed to consider a motion to commit a dollar amount or percentage for the application due this week and asked staff to confirm eligible match sources.
