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Board awards county and township MFT contracts and accepts $1.027M low bid on County Highway 8
Summary
The board approved county and township oil-and-chip MFT contracts (Earl Walker Co., Inc. and 3 Sisters Logistics) and accepted Beniach Construction's low bid of $1,027,000 for County Highway 8 Section 19-00077-02-PV, with local funding of $1.3 million secured.
The Road and Bridge items on April 9 included approval of the 2026 County General Maintenance MFT oil-and-chip program and township MFT work, plus acceptance of the low bid for County Highway 8 Section 19-00077-02-PV.
County Engineer Eric Seibring explained the County Highway 8 project: "This is the last mile south of route 36 on Jonathan Creek Rd." The low bid for that project was $1,027,000 from Beniach Construction of Tuscola, approximately 9% under the engineer's estimate of $1.1 million; the board reported securing $1.3 million in local funding for the project. The board approved Earl Walker Co., Inc. for the county oil-and-chip program and awarded township work to Earl Walker Co. and 3 Sisters Logistics, noting commodity and trucking cost increases compared with the prior year.
All road-and-bridge motions carried on roll call 7-0.
