I think so, yeah. Yeah, after public safety rates. I'd like to call a meeting to order, it's Thursday, May 14th, 5 o'clock, and this is the meeting of the Public Works Committee. I thank Mr. Newton for fish hitting me last month in my absence. Thank you, sir. With that, I'd like to call the meeting to order, and item 2.0 is the approval of the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Sure. Moved by Mr. Jogerst. I'll make a second. Second by Mrs. Williams. Any questions or discussions on the agenda? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. The agenda is approved. Item 3.0, the review and approval of the meeting minutes from last month, April 9th, 9th, 26th. Move approved. I will move the motion to approve. A second by Mr. Newton. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion is approved. 4.0, the approval of the claims a white month this month. 113,532.52 cents. This is a pleasure that made. It was approved. have a motion to approve by Mr. Newton and a second by Mr. Moderow. Any discussion or questions on the clients? I have a question. Yes. On page 20 of that, but you can answer it. Sir Barks the lot, it was 980? Yeah, that's the rent of the building. I thought, I didn't think it was that high. Yeah, it's the same. It's always been 980? Okay. Sorry, I thought it was less than that. Correct. Correct question. No. Any others? Seeing none. All those in favor of approving the claims? Aye. Motion has been approved. Public comments? 5.0. I don't see anybody here from the public this evening, so we'll move right into the department reports from animal controls. Okay. For the month of April, we took in 20 cats, three were surrenders, 14 were city strays, strays, two were county strays, and one was a bite order that was not curried on rabies, so had to be quarantined at our facility. Eleven were transferred to rescues, one was adopted, these are still available for adoption, and we had one, like, one-week-old kitten that passed away. Okay. 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 have been, or two are adoptable, seven were reclaimed, one was transferred to the city, two were put down due to behavior, and three were adopted. did. So two of the adopted ones were the two county strays that were signed over. We actually, the finder adopted one and the other friend adopted one. So it kind of worked out they were with us very short time. I did the current inventory a little different. We currently have nine adoptable cats, 15 on hold. That includes anything under eight weeks old or mom 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. a one-up foster. So we have 16 dogs right now, which is down from last month a lot. So we did good. We put some animals out and got a lot adopted and stuff. For Jessica Jones, that case went in. 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, was 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 hold time up. He's ours. And then the one that she claimed is hers, which we didn't have neglect for, she signed that one over. So we got custody of bulldogs at the end. Not the outcome I wanted, but she probably wouldn't pay her bill anyway. So, eh. Andrew Kreiss has got a bench trial for his running at large tickets. And then Mary Manky, 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. She got it in her court date. Other information, 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. The one has ran five or six times. The other one was up to three. So his bill, we didn't go that far on our pricing. So we'll have to maybe discuss more on that. Starting to move equipment, office equipment to Meadows Drive. And Nate is working on getting internet and phone hookup there. Ending funds are 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. So that went in just the general donations that didn't go to Meadow Dry, but yeah, so we had that, and then a lady that does the paint classes, she did one at Lena Brewery, and she donated money from that, whatever she made from that, too, and she said she'd like to do more, so maybe in the new building, we might do stuff like that, too. So, that's it for that. So, the revenue, we're still down a little bit on registrations and pickups, but everything else is not in the red. We're still ahead. I know we're still over what we're supposed to be, so we're okay there. I did pay Elbers. 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 We removed, we will get a check of a little under $3,000. It might be a little less because of the other bill. And he'll call and have the tow, whatever company come get it, and then he'll take it as selfish art. I have a question about that, Greg. Who gets you some time to tow? The insurance, the person we're working with, the insurance, James. He's where we got paid. I'm just doing with the email and Georgia and I discussed the email from the insurance company said seven times before you get paid yes okay you want me to I thought you were on your email I was not how much was the claim you paid to Alvers uh the claim that Alvers was 171.80 thank you yeah and I like I said I wasn't even thinking I just got the bill and and it did. Next time we need to wait for the insurance check. I'll send you that email from James. Otherwise, okay, I'm going to be really sort of stupid here. You've got ending fund $42,000 for $22,65. Ending fund of what? So that's, I'm sorry, that's the monthly, that's where we ended it for the month. The total of what's in the bank right now? In the checking account? Yes. This is what you have in the checking account for animal control? Yes. As of, I think it was a few days into May. Okay. Yes. That's from Adrian. Any other questions? What's there? 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 weren't doing that. Okay. So just having the ending, having each month? Just the fund balance from the treasury chief. Okay. Yeah, that's what that is. Yeah. Yep. Yep. That's what that is. I recognize that. Yeah. Okay. If I may, unless there's other questions about your van, your new van. Yes. Do you have a cage in there to separate the back or the cargo area? No. I do not. But I meant it would be nice, but I meant they're all in. cages. Yeah, but those 90% of the time. But do you have them strapped down? They're just usually just set into the van? Those cages can't move. They're so tight in there. They're not. They're not moving. Okay. Yeah. And it would be nice. Sometimes I get the large dogs that won't go in a cage. But that's very rare. Usually I can manhandle them enough to get them to coax them to go in a cage. But there's been times where I get the Great Pyrenees that absolutely will not, and then I end up tying them in the back, which they still can't get to me. They're tied, but, and there's ways that there's actually hooks in that van that I can tie them like I did in the old van. Not saying they can't chew through something, but. My concern is for your safety. Yeah. Driving the van and something happens. Yeah. God forbid, um, but there are no cages flying around. Oh, they're, yeah, the, the big dog cages, they're so tight in there, they can't move. What if you roll it? What? What if you roll the vans? They would come in. I still don't think they could come over the, that's not, put that in the atmosphere. I want us to be able to put that barrier up there, but, you know, suit the whole, I just Yeah. 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 in the front, maybe one of those. I don't think you need a full one. Because I don't know how that would work with the seats and brakes and what I was going to look into that to see if that would work. Oh, and the van's working out very nice Give us an update on your transition to your new home Well, as long as, once Nate gets the internet and the phone in there, we can work out of there I mean, the animals won't be there until the kennels come in, but hopefully I'm at open soon Security cameras Once we get the internet, I talked to Nate about doing the Blink ones and he said he'd probably go with Jansen for everything. It probably won't save us enough money in that way. They're all the same system and continuous instead of the Blink, which relies on internet and blah, blah, blah. If the internet goes out, then so, yeah. I have a question. Do we need to contact Wally to have the outdoor runs cleaned up and mowed or anything? 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. Can you 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 thinking. Once I have phone in, yeah, I'll move the cats over first. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. And your idea about the signs, probably not a bad idea. Okay. To put them maybe at both places. Yeah. The old place and the new place. Yeah. You know, if I'm not here. Well, and even at the, when the highway, if I leave. Yeah. I want to find me. Right. I usually do. If Beth or Nicole are going to be out, I usually put a sign that has my cell phone on it. Call me. If you have any questions, I'll help you. And if I'm right down the road. Yeah. Well, that's the thing is, is I think, and I honestly, I think during this transition and people get used to the new place, I think all you can do are the few people that came in for taste that are getting one year takes or even three year takes. I'm like, now we're moving. So here's where you're going to go next year Yeah Your donations have worked well Especially with the donation from Julie's You have other ideas moving into the summer? I think Auto, is it AutoSmart? It's out on 20, the 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 so and I'd like to go back to Lena Brewery it's in the I'd like to go back. Did you contact Julie Menengue? I haven't been able to yet but I'm that is on my radar. Would it be improper to stop by the house? If we think you have a phone number told? No. Oh, so that's our problem, so that's, yeah, there's no, yeah, because it was just a check with her name, and we kind of figured out the address, we think, so I, I don't know, send her a letter first, yeah, and see if it's, it's not a common name, so, I, I could, I, yeah, we need to make contact, yes, I, yeah, as opposed to if you may try to make, yeah, no, then she doesn't respond. Right. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. No, I would. You want to make sure she wants her gold-plated. Right. Right. Bench. Right. I'm a gold-plated. Whatever she wants. I'll get her. You want a bell that every animal would adopt? I ring the bell? She's very gracious. Yes. Absolutely. Let me know the internet provider. Are we putting the internet in or is that something? It would be, Arrow is what we have for, it would be whatever the county is, yeah, yeah, because that's one thing we have to provide is our internet. Any other questions? The department moves on to the highway. Bill? Let Scott go first, Scott. The past month, did place shoulder stone on Winnishik Road and River Road, cleaned up, downed trees on county roads from storms, and spent Friday evening of the tornado in Lena, we were there Friday night, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, cleaning up trees up there. We probably hauled a couple hundred loads of trees out there, tanning loads, at least, after a while, it's hard to keep track 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 Goldmine Road and Kent Road and also some on Pearl City Road. We also replaced a 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. Okay, let's see, tore out an A gutter on Orangeville Road in 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 Garville and Winslow Road from an accident. No report on it, so I don't really know what happened or if it'll ever get reported, but we fixed it. So that's good, Jim. Questions for Scott? Have you received an update on your truck, your one that we have on order? 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 done. He's getting, at one point they were 400 days out Monroe Monroe. If you drove up to Monroe and looked at the lot behind the Monroe truck, you would know why. There's trucks plastering the whole side of it. Is that once they get the truck? Or once we replace the order? Once we replace the order. So they're hoping to make some changes to shorten that time to who, he says, the salesman told me that administration up there wants to knock that down to 90 days. He said that's not, he didn't see anywhere where that's feasible at all to get that done. So, but he's thinking maybe six months if they get everything or places that are manufacturing for him to get stuff moved ahead. 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 27 if you get it and Bunnell's no better I thought I've talked to somebody down there and we got a snowball from them last year that took how long did that take that was a year I found I finally called them and said, where's this at? 12 months or something like that. Yeah, just for standards to snow. So it's just crazy right now. When I first started, we would order a truck. We'd take bids on a truck in January. We'd turn around and do bids. When we knew what we were getting, do bids for the snow and ice equipment. After that, we would have the truck by December of that same year. It was that quick a turnaround. We'd have the chassis in 90 days, and then it was a quick turnaround, get it outfitted. Now we're at three years. Yeah, I had to mention the cost, that is probably. And 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 so yeah that's the pretty much the scoop on that so but he said November ish bill I think the start of the bill date was in November, so I would guess we would get it in December. Yeah. Any other questions, sir, Scott? Thank you, sir. Bill? In your package, you've got the Harbor Department update. I've highlighted anything updated since the last meeting of our 2026 construction. Our CIR for Orangeville Road, it was that 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 yeah anyways we shortened the project revised a few things and we're going to resubmit it and we'll go to rebid on June 12th so hopefully we We've only gotten, well, in eight years, we've had two bidders, either Dunn or WK out of Wisconsin. They kind of alternate and get, that ends up being a little bidder. In that time frame, we've had two other contractors that bid on it, but they've never been successful. So WK called me before the lighting, told me that they had too much work in the books, so they couldn't, they couldn't bid on the project. So he's hoping when we re-bid it that maybe they'll get their paperwork problem taken care of. So we'll see what happens. I hope we get a good bid next month. Item D, West Point, those plans are, we've got that set for June 2nd landing. 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 better for the bituminous work doc excavating a little bit of the ag work so their agreement is in your packet for later update that just happened on McCona Road intersection, item H, we got the review of the pre-final plan back from IDOT, Faragrand is going to get final plan complete by next week, and IDOT said they won't expedite the joint agreement on that project, so I'm optimistic we'll get that built yet this year, so a lot more optimistic than it was a month ago. that's it on the construction project in fact it also is the brick program I updated that to show where the current status of our project everything in green is worth 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 brick program projects in yellow is work I've got coming up in 2028. We've got the Oneco is 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 we I've applied twice and we both think we weren't successful so we're going to try again so and then in blue I've got some repair projects on Farwell Bridge Road and the other ones on Bolton Road those are big projects so I don't have I don't have those funded yet, but that NOCLE that's coming out in later this summer, we'll apply all three of those projects with that special funding. So that should take us through. Tom, any questions on it? That's a long time. It doesn't seem like you'll take five years. I have a question. Can you explain to me what a sufficiency rate is? It's 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 that saves up if it's eligible for it. So, it's basically a condition rating? Condition rating for federal funding. For federal. Yeah. 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. So, I don't know how close to those were. Yeah. The bridge inspection will generate this sufficiency number. Oh, okay. but I think they're supposed to be getting away from the sufficiency number, but I don't know what the new procedures can be yet, so. Any other questions for Dale? Okay. Thank you, Joe. Next month, I'll show you, I've updated the Pave and Preservation Program, so I'll present that next month. Next month. Thank you. Yeah. Item 6.3 is current budget and death 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 or so. So that bill will be on next month, but then I talked to Steve, there's quite a few claims from like dock construction season and stuff like that for next month. So amp up the claims and stuff like that. So, but as of right now, numbers are looking okay. I mean, salary, overtime, all that stuff. I've got through the winter good. So, as far as now, going good. Question, Mr. Brian? Sir, Mr. Brian? Item 7.0 is full of business, which there is in 10ies. We'll move on into new business, 8.1, to the engineering phase for the roundabout. Okay, we got a grant to do, a rural travel grant for preliminary engineering for phase one and phase two is for the roundabout. There's federal funds in the use of the engineering, so you have to do qualification-based selection. 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. The engineering, the preliminary engineering of 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 estimate of construction for 3.49 million so I think that number is high but when we submitted for funding for the for the construction I had two different consultants give me an estimate of what it would cost to replace it ones that know a lot more about that I do, and one came in at $2 million, one came at $3.5 million, so I can use a higher one, and we got funding 100% for engineering, so yay for us. And so, you know, I had a motion just for a second input on S2JR. On that proposal, it's got 2023, is that going to be changed? Yeah, that was just a template. We haven't, since we haven't won the one we're going to sign out or whatever, or that's going Yeah, there's nothing to sign. We have to get approval from you before we can send the RFQ out. And once we get the, and you'll change the name. Because we're still waiting on some things to get, like, to do the Q-Quality-based selection error, correct? Yeah. This isn't an actual type. It's just giving me, like, a chance to change the name. It'll be very close to that, but we, the RTA, the FHWA have to approve the RFQ before we send it out. So what you've got is a real close template to what they're doing. Excellent. I'm taking sure. Mr. Newton, your motion is to approve the RFQ for this bonding track. and Mr. Maduro, second, so we have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor say aye. Aye. 8.1 is approved. William Irons 8.2 and H.T. 26-8. This is an agreement to sign the Uniprice Agreement for Federal Day Labor Work. This is for the SEAL COAT work. the engineer's estimate came in at $267,000 and so we'll get reimbursed for 80% of that worth. It's a pleasure to be made. We'll be moved by Mr. Jogerst. Is there a second? Second. I have a second by Mr. Maduro. Okay. Discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor of Form 6-08, say aye. Aye. Motion is approved. the top two. Actually, I'll just hang out with those. Same. Yeah, the second page. Well, you know, that's when we I'll actually sort it all out there. That here's my boy. That takes us to 8.3 and the HD 26-09 culvert repair and cost sharing with the Wattens for the township. There's a request from Wattens for the township to share the cost of a culvert on Unity Road and total construction costs $90,700, so the county share will be $45,350. I have a motion to approve the message over and second, is there any discussion? Questions? Say none. All those players say aye. Aye. Aye. Motion is approved. Just one question. Two of them? I'm sorry, I lied. Two of them. I just wanted to thank you guys for coming up to Lena and probably you were at school city as well for the helping out with all that work that was up there. There's a lot going on. I appreciate it. Thank you. It was something. Yeah, it was amazing. It was amazing. Yeah, like, I mean, people came from everywhere. Yeah. Yeah. So thank you. Except I not. Well, I was told nobody asked them. Yeah. They were on standby and nobody asked them. Okay. Okay. Nobody physically asked. got a hand, I guess. Nobody actually asked us either. We just, yeah, it was there. You know, we shade it. Any other comments? Is there a motion to adjourn? Any motion by Mr. Newton? A second by Mr. Jogerst, which is the discussion. All those in favor say aye. Aye. I want you to repeat the Mr. Jogerst, thanks. Thank you. Scott, I have a question.