Commissioners push road crew to adopt tracking spreadsheets, increase maintenance cadence
Smith County commissioners urged broader use of supervisor-created spreadsheets to improve blade-crew productivity, required more frequent equipment greasing, and asked for improved walk-around procedures; staff said few employees currently use the spreadsheets.
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Commissioners pressed supervisors to ensure blade operators use tracking spreadsheets designed by Travis Story to increase production. Story told the board that "very few people are using them," and Blade Foreman Gary Baetz said he typically receives verbal updates rather than written ones, underscoring the gap the spreadsheets are intended to fill.
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