Meeting Events

Meeting: 34zfwph1rse.stephenson_county_il_public_works_committee_meeting_5-14-26

Meeting date: 2026-05-14

Meeting type: public_works_committee

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Decisions and Votes

• Agenda Approval Seconding

  • Summary: The motion to approve the agenda was seconded by Mrs. Williams.
  • Evidence: “I’ll make a second. Second by Mrs. Williams.”
  • Review flags: unattached_second
  • Source timestamp: 00:35

• Approval of Agenda — Approved

  • Summary: The agenda was approved after all those in favor said aye.
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. The agenda is approved.”
  • Source timestamp: 00:40

• Approval of Meeting Minutes — Approved

  • Summary: The motion to approve the meeting minutes was approved after all those in favor said aye.
  • Evidence: “Second by Mr. Newton”
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion is approved.”
  • Source timestamp: 01:04

• Claims Approval Motion — Approved

  • Summary: A motion was made by Mr. Newton to approve the claims totaling $113,532 and 53 cents.
  • Evidence: “4.0, The approval of the claims, a light month this month. 113,532 And 53 cents. It’s a pleasure to meet you. It was approved, have a motion to approve by Mr. Newton”
  • Source timestamp: 01:04

• Claims Approval Seconding

  • Summary: The motion to approve the claims was seconded by Mr. Moderow.
  • Evidence: “and a second by Mr. Moderow.”
  • Review flags: unattached_second
  • Source timestamp: 01:14

• Approval of Claims — Approved

  • Summary: The approval of the claims was approved after all those in favor said aye.
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor of approving the claims, say aye. Aye. Motion has been approved.”
  • Source timestamp: 01:54

• Approval of RFQ for bonding draft — Approved

  • Summary: Motion to approve the RFQ for this bonding draft.
  • Evidence: “Mr. Newton, your motion is to approve the RFQ for this bonding draft.”
  • Evidence: “Mr. Moderow, is that a second?”
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. 8.1 Is approved.”
  • Source timestamp: 32:27

• Unit price agreement for federal day labor work (seal coat) — Approved

  • Summary: Motion to approve the unit price agreement for federal day labor work.
  • Evidence: “We’ll be moved by Mr. Jogerst.”
  • Evidence: “I have a second by Mr. Moderow”
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor of 26-08 say aye.”
  • Source timestamp: 33:17

• Culvert repair cost sharing with the Wattons for the township (HD26-9) — Approved

  • Summary: Motion to approve the culvert repair cost sharing.
  • Evidence: “I have a motion to approve the message of Jogerst and seconded by Mr. Houghton.”
  • Evidence: “Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion is approved.”
  • Source timestamp: 35:41

• Adjournment

  • Summary: Motion to adjourn.
  • Evidence: “Is there a motion to adjourn?”
  • Review flags: unattached_motion_request
  • Source timestamp: 37:45

Procedural Actions

• Call to Order and Meeting Identification

  • Summary: The meeting was called to order on Thursday, May 14th, at 5 o’clock for the Public Works Committee.
  • Evidence: “I’d like to call the meeting to order, it’s Thursday, May 14th, 5 o’clock, and this is the meeting of the Public Works Committee.”
  • Source timestamp: 00:12

• Agenda Approval Motion

  • Summary: A motion was made by Mr. Jogerst to approve the agenda.
  • Evidence: “Item 2.0 is the approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Moved by Mr. Jogerst.”
  • Source timestamp: 00:29

• Meeting Minutes Approval Motion

  • Summary: A motion was made to approve the meeting minutes from April 9th, 26th.
  • Evidence: “Item 3.0, the review and approval of the meeting minutes from last month, April 9th, 26th. Moved to approve.”
  • Source timestamp: 00:46

Financial and Contract Events

• Donations Received

  • Summary: Funds increased due to a large donation check and $250 from the Belgian Tavern Rescue.
  • Evidence: “and then funds are up. Were up, we had that large donation check come in. So that brought it up quite a bit. I also had a check from the Belgian Tavern Rescue. They took a dog from us that went to the college and got fully vetted there and they donated $250 to us.”
  • Source timestamp: 06:24

• Ending fund balance in checking account

  • Summary: The current total amount in the bank’s checking account for animal control.
  • Evidence: “You’ve got ending fund $42,422.65, ending fund of what? So that’s the, that’s, I’m sorry. That’s the monthly, that’s where we ended for the month. The total of what’s in the bank right now. In the checking account?”
  • Source timestamp: 09:11

• Current Budget Status

  • Summary: The current budget desk status is 6.3; HVAC units were installed last Tuesday and are working okay; a bill for this will be on next month; there are expected claims from dock construction season for next month.
  • Evidence: “I have 6.3 as current budget desk status. Again, this month was kind of slow with claims and stuff like that. We did get the HVAC, the four HVAC units installed last Tuesday, I believe it was, and they seem to be working okay, just the time for some. So that bill will be on next month, but then I talked to Steve, there’s quite a few slams from like dock construction season and stuff like that for next month, so amp up the slams and stuff like that.”
  • Source timestamp: 28:51

Projects

• Unit price agreement for federal day labor work (seal coat)

  • Summary: Agreement to sign the unit price agreement for federal day labor work for seal coat work; engineering estimate was $267,000, with reimbursement for 80% of that work.
  • Evidence: “This is an agreement to sign the unit price agreement for federal day labor work. This is for the seal coat work. The engineers estimate came in at 267,000. And so we’ll get reimbursed for 80% of that work.”
  • Source timestamp: 32:49

• Culvert repair cost sharing with the Wattons for the township (HD26-9)

  • Summary: Request from Wattons Township to share the cost of a culvert on Unity Road; total construction cost is $90,700, and the county’s share will be $45,350.
  • Evidence: “This is a request from Wattons Township to share the cost of a culvert on Unity Road and the total construction cost is $90,700, so the county’s share will be $45,350.”
  • Source timestamp: 35:26

Presentations and Reports

• Animal Control Report for April

  • Summary: For the month of April, 20 cats were taken in: three surrenders, 14 city strays, two county strays, and one bite order that was not current on gravy, so it had to be quarantined at our facility. Eleven were transferred to rescues, one was adopters, which are still available for adoption. One week old kitten passed away.
  • Evidence: “Okay, for the month of April, we took in 20 cats. Three were surrenders, 14 were city strays, two were county strays, and one was a bite order that was not current on gravy, so it had to be quarantined at our facility. 11 Were transferred to rescues, one was adopters, which are still available for adoption. And we had one, like one week old kitten that passed away.”
  • Source timestamp: 02:10

• Kitten Season and Donations

  • Summary: Seventeen kittens were taken in on 5-5, over half of which have been transferred out to other shelters. The speaker noted a bill of $450 for two dogs running at large from the same owner.
  • Evidence: “kitten season is here. We took 17 kittens in on 5-5, which over half have been transferred out to other shelters. I had two dogs that were running at large that were from the same owner who have been running at large multiple times. His bill was $450 to us.”
  • Source timestamp: 05:31

• Road maintenance activities (past month)

  • Summary: The past month included placing shoulder stone on Winnipeg Road and River Road, cleaning downed trees from storms, and cleaning up trees after the tornado in Lena.
  • Evidence: “The past month, we did place shoulder stone on Winnipeg Road and River Road. Cleaned up downed trees and county roads from storms.”
  • Source timestamp: 17:42

• Road maintenance activities (storm cleanup)

  • Summary: Cleanup efforts included working at Lena over Friday night, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, hauling an estimated couple hundred loads of trees.
  • Evidence: “We were there Friday night, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, cleaning up trees up there. Um, I don’t know, we probably hauled a couple hundred loads of trees out there.”
  • Source timestamp: 17:55

• Road maintenance activities (repairs)

  • Summary: Repairs included fixing gravel washouts on shoulders after storms, patching potholes, ditch cleaning on Goldline Road and Kent Road, and some on Pearl City Road.
  • Evidence: “Then we also had to fix some gravel washouts on shoulders after those storms. Of course, patching potholes, ditch cleaning, we’ve done a lot of ditch cleaning on Goldline Road and Kent Road, and also some on Pearl City Road.”
  • Source timestamp: 18:12

• Culvert/Pipe replacement at Pearl City Road

  • Summary: The driveway pipe on Pearl City Road was replaced because it was starting to get bad in preparation for the homeowner’s driveway replacement.
  • Evidence: “We also replaced the driveway pipe on Pearl City Road. The gentleman wants to replace his driveway, so the pipe was starting to get bad, so we replaced that in preparation for him to do his driveway.”
  • Source timestamp: 18:25

• Road prep and guardrail repair

  • Summary: The city tore out a gutter on Orangeville Road in preparation for the Golden Place Recycling project later this summer, and a section of guardrail was repaired on Winslow Road from an accident.
  • Evidence: “The city tore out an A gutter on Orangeville Road and preparation for the Golden Place Recycling project that’s going to take place later this summer on that road and then we repaired a section of guardrail on Winslow Road from an accident.”
  • Source timestamp: 18:52

• Orangeville Road CIR re-bid status

  • Summary: The low bid for the Orangeville Road CIR came in 22% over the engineer’s estimate, leading to a decision to reject the single bid and resubmit the project for re-bidding on June 12th.
  • Evidence: “Our CIR for Orangeville Road that was lit last month. The low bid came in 22% over the engineer’s estimate. So I talked to Scott and we decided to reject it. We only had one bidder, and the one bidder knew he was the only bidder in advance, so I’m thinking, yes. Anyways, we shortened the project, revised a few things, and we’re going to resubmit it, and we’ll go to re-bid on June 12th.”
  • Source timestamp: 23:08

• West Point bridge/project scheduling

  • Summary: The West Point planes are set for a letting on June 2nd. Another bridge construction started last week and is progressing quickly.
  • Evidence: “Item D, West Point, those planes are, we got that set for June 2nd Lending. The other bridge is we started construction last week and they’ve already driven file on that job so it’s going on pretty quick.”
  • Source timestamp: 23:41

• West Point material letting

  • Summary: A material letting was held for seal coat work, and Flint Hills had a bit of bituminous work requiring excavation.
  • Evidence: “The next one we got another bridge in West Point that’s on a June 2nd letting. We had a material letting for our seal coat work. Flint Hills was a little bitter for the bituminous work, got to excavating a little bit of the ag work, so their agreement is in your packet for later.”
  • Source timestamp: 23:41

• Brick Program Status Update

  • Summary: The brick program status was updated: green indicates work finished since the speaker arrived; purple shows two projects under construction this year; yellow is work coming up in 2028 (including Oniko, funded project in Lauren Road District); blue covers repair projects on Firewall Bridge Road and Bolton Road.
  • Evidence: “In fact, it also is the brick program. I updated that to show the current status of our project. Everything in green is work that’s been finished, actually finished since I’ve been here. In purple is the two projects that we’ve got under construction this year. I’ve got two projects set to be left next year. Those are both Township Bridge Program projects. In yellow is work I’ve got coming up in 2028. We’ve got the Oniko, that is funded, the project in Lauren Road District, which is a big job. They’re working on the plan, but I do not have funding for that project yet. So we’ll get the plan going along, and there’s supposed to be a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Bridge projects coming up later this summer. So we’ll apply, I’ve applied twice and both times we weren’t successful so we’re gonna try again so and then in blue I’ve got some repair projects on Firewall Bridge Road and the other ones on Bolton Road and those are big projects so I don’t have those funded yet but that no I hope all this coming out later this summer, we’ll apply all three of those projects with our special funding.”
  • Source timestamp: 26:27

• Pavement Preservation Program Update

  • Summary: The speaker stated they would present an updated Pavement Preservation Program next month.
  • Evidence: “Next month, I’ll show you, I’ve updated the Pavement Preservation Program, so I’ll present that next month.”
  • Source timestamp: 28:38

Metrics

• Dog Intakes and Status (April)

  • Summary: For dog intakes in April: 15 total were received, including five surrenders, seven county strays, one city stray, and two county strays later signed over. Two are adoptable, seven were reclaimed, one was transferred to the city, two were put down due to behavior, and three were adopted.
  • Evidence: “For dog intakes we had 15 total, five surrenders, seven county strays, one city, and two that were county strays but then later on were signed over. Two are adoptable, seven were reclaimed, one was transferred to the city, two were put down due to the behavior, and three were adopted.”
  • Source timestamp: 02:43

• Current Animal Inventory

  • Summary: The facility currently has nine adoptable cats, 15 on hold (including anything under eight weeks old or bomb and kittens), one boarding cat, and a total of 25 cats. There are 13 adoptable dogs, two on hold, and one up foster, totaling 16 dogs.
  • Evidence: “We currently have nine adoptable cats, 15 on hold. Um, that includes anything under eight weeks old or bomb and kittens. We have one boarding. That cat is, her owner is going through some domestic issues and we’re just babysitting the cat until she can get on her feet. So we have 25 cats currently. Dogs, we have 13 adoptable, two that are on hold. I believe those two are ones that one had surgery and the other one we’re working with a rescue currently. One up foster, so we have 16 dogs right now, which is down from last month a lot.”
  • Source timestamp: 03:29

Discussion

• Case Status Update (Jessica Jones)

  • Summary: Regarding Jessica Jones, the speaker noted that she claimed the Great Dane, and it was easier for her to dismiss the case so she signed the other dog over. The Great Dane has been with them for two years.
  • Evidence: “For Jessica Jones, that case, one of. So basically, this two years that we’ve been fighting, she now claimed that the Great Dane, which is the main one we were taking out of the fort not her dog. Proof, we don’t really have proof. We could go in front of the bench, you know, the judge and hope that we win, but it was easier for her. We dismissed that case and she signed the other dog over. Since the Great Dame was with us for two years, he’s technically straight whole time up. He’s ours.”
  • Source timestamp: 04:16

• Legal Case Updates (Andrew Christ and Mary Manke)

  • Summary: Andrew Christ has a bench trial for his running at large tickets. For Mary Manke, the cocker case involved discussing payment, and she has been paying on time.
  • Evidence: “So Andrew Christ has got a bench trial for his running at large tickets. And then Mary Manke, which is the cocker, she had a court and it basically was ones that they were just discussing the payment. She’s been paying on time. So there was nothing done.”
  • Source timestamp: 05:08

• Insurance claim payment status

  • Summary: Discussion regarding when payment will be received from the insurance company.
  • Evidence: “The insurance, the person we’re working with the insurance. James. When will we get paid? I’m just doing with the email in Georgia and I discussed.”
  • Source timestamp: 08:31

• Claim amount for Alvers

  • Summary: Confirmation of a claim payment made to Alvers.
  • Evidence: “How much was the claim you paid to Alvers? The claim that Alvers was $171.80.”
  • Source timestamp: 08:46

• Fund balance reporting requirement

  • Summary: A request to see a report showing the running balance of the bank fund for fund 16, specifically having each month’s ending fund balance from the Treasurer’s Chief.
  • Evidence: “There was a report that showed the running balance of the bank fund for fund 16. I don’t see it in your list, but we were doing that. Okay. So just having the ending, having each month? Just the fund balance from the Treasurer’s Chief.”
  • Source timestamp: 09:55

• Dog cage safety and transport concerns

  • Summary: Discussion about securing dog cages in a van for safety during transit.
  • Evidence: “If I may, unless there’s other questions about your van, your new van, do you have a cage in there to separate the back or the cargo area from your van? I do not. But I meant, it would be nice, but I meant they’re all in cages 90% of the time.”
  • Source timestamp: 10:26

• Van safety concerns regarding dog cages

  • Summary: Concern that unsecured dog cages could become a hazard if the van were to roll or crash.
  • Evidence: “My concern is for your safety, driving the van and something happens, God forbid, but the dog cages flying around.”
  • Source timestamp: 11:42

• Alternative vehicle considerations

  • Summary: Suggestion to look into SUV models with three bars instead of full cages for dog transport.
  • Evidence: “Or even I was thinking about getting maybe looking into like the SUV ones that have just the like three bars not so much the full but like up top you know how they have it so the dog can’t get into the front maybe one of those”
  • Source timestamp: 12:11

• Transition to new home logistics

  • Summary: The move plan depends on receiving internet and phone service at the new location.
  • Evidence: “Well, once Nate gets the internet and the phone in there, we can work out of there.”
  • Source timestamp: 12:52

• Security camera system planning

  • Summary: Discussion about using Janssen for security cameras instead of Blink due to system continuity.
  • Evidence: “Once get the internet, Nate, I talked to Nate about doing the Blink ones and he said he’d probably go with Janssen for everything. It probably won’t save us enough money and that way they’re all the same system and continuous instead of the Blink which relies on internet and blah, blah, blah.”
  • Source timestamp: 13:11

• Outdoor run cleanup responsibility

  • Summary: Confirmation that the committee is not responsible for cleaning up outdoor runs.
  • Evidence: “Does, do we need to contact Wally to have the outdoor runs cleaned up and followed or anything? No. None? Nope, I mow the play yard and the owners have somebody mow the big yards, which the play yard doesn’t take long. And I do that on my own time. So, yeah. Nope, we’re not responsible for that.”
  • Source timestamp: 13:33

• Moving cats to new office location

  • Summary: A plan to move the cats once the main office moves.
  • Evidence: “Can move the cats over? I could, but I kind of want to wait until the office is over there. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah. I was just thinking. Yes, yes, yes. I was once I had a phone. Yeah, I’ll move the cats over first.”
  • Source timestamp: 14:07

• Signage placement for transition period

  • Summary: Suggestion to place signs at both the old and new locations, including one mentioning contact information if the speaker is out.
  • Evidence: “And your idea about the signs? Probably not a bad idea. OK. To put them maybe at both places. Yeah. The old place and the new place. Well, and even at the highway, if I leave, yeah, I usually do, if Beth or Nicole are going to be out, I usually put a sign that has myself on it. Call me. If you have any questions, I’ll help you.”
  • Source timestamp: 14:20

• Future fundraising ideas

  • Summary: Mention of potential fundraisers from Auto Smart and another bank.
  • Evidence: “I think Auto Smart is out on 20th, the old visitor station. I think he wants to do a fundraiser for us. And then I had a bank that was thinking about doing a fundraiser for us too.”
  • Source timestamp: 15:28

• Contacting Lena Brewery regarding support

  • Summary: Desire to reconnect with Lena Brewery.
  • Evidence: “And i’d like to go back to Lena Brewery. I’d like to go back.”
  • Source timestamp: 15:28

• Contacting Lena Brewery regarding gold-plated bench

  • Summary: Discussion about contacting Lena Brewery and whether sending a letter first is appropriate to ensure the recipient wants the gold-plated bench.
  • Evidence: “So I don’t know, send her a letter first? We need to make contact, as opposed to if you’ve tried to make contact and she doesn’t respond. You want to make sure she wants her gold-plated bench.”
  • Source timestamp: 16:22

• Status update on ordered trucks

  • Summary: The speaker discussed speaking with someone at Monroe regarding the ordered truck, noting previous estimates were 400 days out.
  • Evidence: “Yeah, I actually talked to him today, November. The unfortunate thing is I talked to the guy at Monroe, which we haven’t, I’m working on the specs for that right now, I’m getting that Uh, done.”
  • Source timestamp: 19:37

• Truck manufacturing timeline

  • Summary: The speaker noted that the manufacturer hopes to shorten the truck delivery time to 90 days, though it may take six months if more places are involved in manufacturing.
  • Evidence: “No, once we place the order. So they’re hoping to make some changes to shorten that time to he says the salesman told me that administration up there wants to knock that down to 90 days because he said that’s not he didn’t see anywhere for that’s feasible at all to get that done so but he’s thinking maybe six months if they get everything more places that are manufacturing for him to get stuff moving ahead.”
  • Source timestamp: 20:15

• Truck delivery estimate

  • Summary: The speaker estimated the chassis might arrive towards the end of the year, possibly by the winter of 2017.
  • Evidence: “but yeah right now it’s probably looking like if we we get the chassis towards the end of the year and it’ll probably be by the end of hopefully by the winter of 2017 if you get it.”
  • Source timestamp: 20:15

• Snowplow equipment lead time comparison

  • Summary: The speaker compared the current timeline to ordering a snowplow from Bonnell, noting that last year’s snowplow took about a year.
  • Evidence: “And Bonnell’s no better. I’ve talked to somebody down there and we got a snowplow from them last year. That took, how long did that take? That was like a year.”
  • Source timestamp: 20:15

• Historical truck procurement timeline

  • Summary: Historically, ordering a truck involved taking bids in January, getting bids for snow and ice equipment once the scope was known, and receiving the truck by December of the same year.
  • Evidence: “It was when I first started, we would order a truck. We take bids on a truck in January. We turn around and do bids when we know what we were getting, do bids for the snow and ice equipment. After that, and we would have the truck by December of that same year.”
  • Source timestamp: 21:25

• Emissions concerns for new chassis order

  • Summary: The speaker wanted to order the chassis because emissions standards are increasing, and they prefer not to deal with the first year or two of those changes.
  • Evidence: “I wanted to get this chassis ordered because the emissions goes up, so it’ll have the old emissions on it. The new stuff is coming out the end of this year and into 27 that I. I don’t really want to deal with that, let somebody else deal with the first year or two of that I think and we’ll see how it goes.”
  • Source timestamp: 22:02

• Truck build date estimate

  • Summary: The speaker estimated the start of the build date was around November, suggesting delivery in December.
  • Evidence: “so and he said November-ish, Bill, I think the start of the build date was November so I would guess we would get it in December.”
  • Source timestamp: 22:23

• West Point and other bridge/road projects scheduling

  • Summary: The next West Point bridge letting is set for June 2nd; another bridge in West Point also has a June 2nd letting. For McCommer Road intersection (item H), the pre-final plan from IDOT needs review, with a program expected to complete the final plan by next Sweet, and an agreement on the joint agreement was discussed.
  • Evidence: “Item D, West Point, those planes are, we got that set for June 2nd Lending. The other bridge is we started construction last week and they’ve already driven file on that job so it’s going on pretty quick. The next one we got another bridge in West Point that’s on a June 2nd letting. We had a material letting for our seal coat work. Flint Hills was a little bitter for the bituminous work, got to excavating a little bit of the ag work, so their agreement is in your packet for later. Another update that just happened on McCommer Road intersection, item H, you got to review the pre-final plan back from IDOT, a program is going to get final plan completed by next Sweet, and I got said they wanted to put out the joint agreement on that project.”
  • Source timestamp: 23:41

• Bridge Sufficiency Number for Federal Funding Eligibility

  • Summary: The sufficiency number is a tool based on bridge condition used to determine eligibility for federal funding for replacement or repairs; the state has taken over bridge inspections, which generate this number.
  • Evidence: “Can you explain to me why sufficiency raises this? When they do a bridge project, there’s a formula that goes through there that based on the condition of the bridge, it comes up with the sufficiency number. And then it has to be a certain level to be eligible for federal funding for replacement and below a certain level for federal funding for repairs. So it’s just a tool to save something that’s eligible for federal funding. And is that part of what’s been taken over by the state? No, what’s been taken over by the state is the bridge inspections. I don’t know how closely those were. Yeah, the bridge inspection will generate the sufficiency number.”
  • Source timestamp: 27:34

• Roundabout Engineering Stage Approval

  • Summary: To move to the engineering stage for the roundabout (Item 8.1), approval is needed from the oversight committee to send out an RFQ request for qualifications for consultants, as federal funds require qualification-based selection.
  • Evidence: “Iron 7.0 is both business, which there is in Tennis. We’ll move on to new business in 8.1 to move to the engineering stage for the roundabout. Okay, we’ve got a grant to do, it’s a rural travel grant for plenary engineering for phase one and phase two. It’s for the roundabout. There’s federal funds in the use of the engineering so you have to do qualification based selection for that and the county has a policy for qualification based selection so we have to send out an RFQ request for qualifications for consultants so before we can do that we have to get approval from the oversight committee to send out the RFQ. So that’s what’s in front of you.”
  • Source timestamp: 29:54

• Roundabout Engineering Cost Estimates

  • Summary: The grant was for $523,915 (100% funding) for engineering; preliminary construction estimates from two consultants were $2 million and $3.5 million.
  • Evidence: “The engineering, the preliminary engineering to phase one and phase two, the grant was for 523,915 and it’s 100% funding. So I think that number is very, very high. It’s based on an engineer’s assessment of construction for 3.49 million. So I think that number is high. But when we submitted for funding for the construction. I had two different consultants give me an estimate of what it would cost to replace it. One’s that know a lot more roundabouts than I do. And one came in at two million, one came in at three and a half million.”

• RFP approval status

  • Summary: The RTA and FHWA must approve the RFQ before it can be sent out.
  • Evidence: “It’ll be very close to that, but we, the RTA, the FHWA have to approve the RFQ before we send it out.”
  • Source timestamp: 32:10

• Acknowledgements of volunteer help

  • Summary: Thanked attendees for coming up to Lena and potentially Will City for helping with work related to pollinators.
  • Evidence: “I just wanted to thank you guys for coming up to Lena, and probably you were at Will City as well, for the pollinators, for helping out with all that work that was up there. Thank you.”
  • Source timestamp: 36:04

Follow-ups

• Equipment Movement and Utilities

  • Summary: The plan is to start moving office equipment to Metal’s drive, and Nate is working on getting internet and phone hookup there.
  • Evidence: “Starting to move equipment, office equipment to metals drive. And Nate is working on getting internet and phone hookup there”
  • Source timestamp: 06:11

• Title Transfer for Van Removal

  • Summary: The title was mailed, signed by Georgia, so the insurance company will receive it, allowing the van to be removed.
  • Evidence: “I did pay Elvers. I probably should have turned it into the insurance company but I didn’t know how long that was going to take. So that’s one of my claims. I didn’t want the local person not to get paid but I did submit the fire bill came in and that went to the insurance company. He is, we mailed, I mailed the title to him signed by Georgia. So then he will get that and then the van will be removed.”
  • Source timestamp: 07:36