Minutes 04/27/2010

April 27, 2010

The Morris County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at 9:00 a.m.; all members present.

The minutes of the April 20^th meeting were approved (Hay, Jost) as presented.  Motion carried.

Morris County and the City of Council Grove will host the May 21^st meeting of the Flint Hills Regional Council.  The meeting location is to be determined.

Resolution No. 2010-07 to designate minimum roads in Township 16 was approved (Hay, Jost) with a public hearing set for June 1^st at 1:30 p.m.  Motion carried.

John Lee gave the weekly solid waste and noxious weed reports.

Jeff Blosser, road engineer, gave the weekly report of his department’s activities which included hauling rock, clearing trees along rights-of-way, and grading roads.   Blosser will file applications with the Department of Agriculture for creek gravel permits.

The White City shop building is scheduled to be completed in a few days.

Quotes were received for 5,000 gallons of diesel and 3,000 gallons of regular unleaded fuel as follows:

                 Bidder              Diesel              Reg Unleaded                     Total Bid

              S & S Oil            2.672/gal               2.587/gal                            $21,121

              Farmers Coop     2.608/gal               2.697/gal                              21,131

              Cardie Oil           2.702/gal               2.616/gal                              21,358

The lowest bid submitted by S & S Oil was accepted (Jost, Hay).  Motion carried.

Bids were opened and reviewed for100,000 gallons of MC800 and 5,000 gallons of MC250 road oil as follows:

                        Bidder                          MC800              MC250              Total Bid

            Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions       $2.93/gal            $2.98/gal            $307,900

            Vance Brothers, Inc                   3.00/gal               3.00/gal              315,000

The lower bid submitted by Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions was accepted (Hay, Jost).  Motion carried.

Bids were opened and reviewed for 6,180 tons of 1/2” road chips with delivery to select locations throughout the county as follows:

                        Bidder                          Quarry                         Total Bid

            APAC-Shears Division                   Hartford                      $124,929

            N.R.Hamm Quarry, Inc                  Woodbine                     179,245

The lower bid submitted by APAC was accepted (Jost, Hay).  Motion carried.

Jennifer Kassebaum, Emergency Management Coordinator, reported on the reverse 911or call notification system.  Enrollment forms will be made available to those persons who wish to sign up to receive emergency alerts by telephone, cell phone or e-mail.  Kassebaum also reported on recent workshops and meeting she attended recently.           

The meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.