Road and Bridge supervisor flags variable asphalt costs, invoicing concerns

Road and Bridge Supervisor Cody Zook told the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners that the department "rolled a lot of asphalt the previous week" and walked through contractor results and costs. The transcript reports one mile of work by contractor Teeters at $142,373 with prep work that the supervisor calculated at $14,693.60; Zook said another mile cost $19,500. He characterized the Teeters work as high quality compared with the other contractor.

Zook also reported procurement details and maintenance plans: four 55-gallon barrels of white paint and four 55-gallon barrels of yellow paint were purchased at $90.30 per barrel; one white barrel has been reserved for the Rainbow Bridge. Commissioners raised multiple mowing complaints; Zook said his plan was "to get mowers running" and discussed equipment and chemical options to address weeds and mowing backlogs. Zook noted problems receiving invoices from a vendor named Bettis and said prices had been fluctuating more than the department preferred.

The transcript contains numeric and typographic artifacts (for example an apostrophe in the address and a leading apostrophe next to a dollar figure). Those items were carried from the record and should be verified against county purchase records before using the dollar amounts for formal budget decisions.