Woodford County Highway Department met July 8.
Here is the minutes provided by the department:
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call --Richard Hill (Ch.), Barry Logan, Josh Davis, Donald Tolan present. Danny Steffen is excused. Conrad Moore, Woodford County Engineer, is absent due to illness.
3. Approval of June 10, 2019 Minutes.
Motion to approve June 10, 2019 minutes made by Davis, seconded by Logan. Motion passed.
4. Review and consider minutes of past Executive Session - None
5. Public Input - None
6. Approval of July Claims
Motion to approve July claims made by Tolan, seconded by Davis. A suggestion was made to use a leaf blower to blow out the cracks instead of renting an air compressor. It was stated that a leaf blower does not have enough pressure to blow out all the debris deep within the cracks. If any debris or moisture is left in the cracks then the sealant will not seal properly. We only rent the compressor once a year. We do not own one because they are approximately $50,000. It was asked what the nox sensor was. It is part of the emission control system that monitors the nox output of the engine and doses of urea. Motion approved.
7. Unfinished Business
a. Consider Intergovernmental Agreement with Village of Roanoke for Jurisdictional Transfer of North Main Street from Front Street to IL 116.
No report was made on this item.
8. New Business
a. Discussion and act on P.P.U.A.T.S. annual dues.
Motion to use MFT funds to pay the $9,450 dues made by Logan, seconded by Tolan. It was questioned why we are paying this now when it is not due until November. Discussion on the amount of money Woodford County receives from P.P.U.A.T.S. There is only a small portion of Woodford County that lies within the P.P.U.A.T.S, boundaries. We don't have that many project within that boundary. In the past P.P.U.A.T.S. funds only went to new construction projects. That has now changed, and they will use 20% of funds for maintenance. We get a small share, but we don't pay in a large amount in dues. Motion passed. Mr. Logan has been elected Chairman of P.P.U.A.T.S. He is the first Woodford County person to be named to that position.
9. Other
Project Updates - North of Roanoke they are close to pouring walls on the box culvert on CH 13.
It was discussed that we need to look into the tar and chip resealant. The road are coming apart and there is too much oil/tar being put down on the roads. The tar is getting all over the cars. As the cars drive over, they are pulling all the sealant out. We need to look into this before we put more money into fixing it. On Sante Fe Trail, the tar is pooling in the roads and there are over 100 pot holes. Crews are working on weekends to fix and we are paying overtime, equipment, supplies, etc. and the problem is not getting fixed. It was brought to this committee's attention that Mr. Cotton has had numerous phone calls from citizens complaining about Sante Fe Road. It was suggested that dirty sand be used to absorb all the oil and tar on the road. The roads are coming apart at 80 degrees, and this is a problem. Before more money is spent on this process, we need to figure out how to fix it.
Equipment Update – It was asked if the John Deere's have arrived. It is believed that they have
Govdeals.com - This is like eBay, but for government. It was asked that the highway department look around for equipment that we no longer use that is sitting around taking up space, and see if we can list it on govdeals.com.
Questioned as to why we wait till weeds are 3 feet high covering the guardrails and signs before we spray them. The taller the weeds are, the harder it is to kill them. Then we have three feet tall dead weeds. This year has been a problem because of the rain, and then it got hot so fast the weeds grew faster.
10. Executive Session (if necessary)
11. Any action coming out of Executive Session
12. Adjournment Motion to adjourn made by Logan, seconded by Tolan. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 AM.
https://www.woodford-county.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_07082019-953
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