Based on submitted bids, Cook County Highway Engineer Dave Betts recommended the county to contract with several plow truck drivers to provide winter maintenance to the county’s subordinate roads.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the following contracts at their Tuesday, October 25 meeting.
For the winter Mike Rose Excavating will maintain Evergreen Road, receiving $90 per plowing when it snows 2-15 inches and $120 if it snows more than 15 inches.
Greg Gecas will be paid $125 to plow Mile-O-Pine no matter the depth of snow and Cory Christianson will receive $100 to maintain Voyageur’s Point. Ray Blok will be given $70 per time to plow West Rosebush Lane and W Labor, LLC will receive $99 per time for Rosebush Hill.
Anders Zimmer will be paid $725 to plow between 2-15 inches of snow on Irish Creek Road and $900 if it snows more than 15 inches.
Next Betts asked commissioners to authorize the Highway Department to solicit proposals for design services for County Road 45 (Pike Lake Road).
“This project had the most public comments on it at the meeting we had,” said Betts, who was referring to the public meeting to discuss the half-cent transportation tax the county board recently passed with those dollars dedicated to repair and replacement of bridges and road maintenance.
Due to survey work, securing the right of way acquisitions, making engineering plans and title searches, Betts said it could be two to three years before the county was ready to rebuild the Pike Lake Road.
Commissioner Frank Moe asked if County Road 17 was on the county highways list to be fixed, and Betts told him that it was a high priority, and he thought it could be done in house with work that could begin as soon as next spring.
“I will try to think it through, if we are going to do a gravel turn back it is much faster than the County Road 45 project,” Betts said, adding that there might only be one bridge on County Road 17 that the county would have to bond for.
Betts said the plan is to replace culverts on County Road 17, grind up the crumbling pavement and replace it with gravel.
“These roads have been like monkeys on my back. But without money to fix them, I couldn’t get them done,” Betts told commissioners.
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