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Board authorizes five‑year snow-and‑ice contract; target amount cited at about $273,000
Summary
The board reviewed a five‑year snow-and-ice contract for state roads with a working target amount of about $273,000, discussed brining and equipment needs, and voted to authorize the supervisor to sign the contract consistent with the resolution language.
Chair reviewed a proposed five‑year snow-and-ice contract for work on state roads and said the town was pursuing a figure of roughly $273,000 for the contract (noting prior years had been around $286,000). Board members discussed brining equipment, labor increases and how contract indexing works, and the board voted to authorize the supervisor to sign the contract in accordance with the resolution's fixed lump-sum language.
Why this matters: the snow‑and‑ice contract covers essential winter road maintenance; multi‑year contracts lock in costs and service expectations and can affect future budgets for highway operations and equipment maintenance.
