Huntsville council approves up to $16,000 to upgrade alternate access to green waste facility

The Huntsville Town Council voted 5-0 on May 17 to approve up to $16,000 to install and grade road base and apply mag chloride to an alternate access road serving the town's green waste facility. Mayor Richard L. Sorensen called the meeting to order and said, "There is a full quorum present."

Council Member Bruce Ahlstrom presented competing bids for the work, reporting a range from roughly $11,000 to $40,000 and identifying Post Asphalt's $11,040 proposal as the lowest. Mayor Sorensen recommended accepting the low bid and said the council should also address potholes and surface dust at the facility's regular entrance. The minutes record that staff (Lonny Bailey) estimated mag chloride application would likely cost about $2,000—6,000, but an attached vendor estimate listed a mag spray option for $1,600 from Dust Control Solutions.

Council Member Sandy Hunter moved to authorize up to $16,000 to cover the road-base work and a mag chloride application; Council Member Lewis Johnson seconded. The roll-call vote recorded Mayor Sorensen and Council Members Bruce Ahlstrom, Lewis Johnson, Sandy Hunter and Artie Powell voting aye; the motion passed 5-0. The council did not adopt a separate motion at this meeting to repair the regular entrance road but Mayor Sorensen asked Ahlstrom to solicit bids to fill potholes and add a skim coat there.

The council's action allocates an allowance above the lowest bid to cover the mag chloride application and incidental repairs; the minutes and attachment show multiple vendor price points (Post Asphalt $11,040; Bandit Striping LLC estimate $11,050; Accurite $22,770; Dust Control Solutions mag spray estimate $1,600). The council provided no further schedule or vendor selection details in the minutes. The next procedural item on the agenda was adjournment; the meeting ended by acclamation at 4:15 p.m.