At a short meeting Monday, the Franklin County Commission approved the purchase of four dump trucks with beds for the Franklin County Highway Department. The total cost for the four trucks will be $569,940, which will be financed by Valley State Bank over six years at a rate of 2.28 percent fixed annually. Commissioners also approved the purchase of two garbage trucks by the Franklin County Solid Waste Department at a total cost of $299,000. The trucks will be financed over six years at a rate of 2.28 percent fixed annually.
In other action on Monday, the commission:
- Approved the resignation of Colton Hallmark from the Solid Waste Department and the hiring of temporary employee David Nulph, and permanent employee Anthony Wesley Pickett.
- Approved the temporary hiring of Trace Norris and Hunter Butler as corrections officers/dispatchers at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and the hiring of permanent employees Renee Findley and Dustin Hargett.
- Approved participation in the annual PALS “Don’t Drop It on Franklin County” anti-litter campaign during the week of April 21-28, 2018.
- Authorized the bidding out of the county’s annual uniform/mat contract to include mats for the courthouse and uniforms for the Solid Waste and Highway Departments.
- Approved several annual bids for annual contracts in the Franklin County Highway Department, including: Aluminized metal pipe by Fallen Farm D/B/A Harvey Culvert at 18 percent below standard price; coarse aggregate by MK Materials, LLC, for all items excluding natural sand; concrete pipe by Fallen Farm D/B/A Harvey Culvert at 35 percent below standard price; asphalt by Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions, Inc., at $1.40/gallon for CRS-2 and $1.65/gallon for CRS-2P and $85/hour detention; galvanized CMP by ADCO Pipe and Supply, at 22.5 percent below standard price; grader blades by Thompson Tractor at 6’ blade $37.27, 6’ blade bundle $372.70, 7’ blade $44.28 and 7’ blade bundle $478.30; HDPE plastic pipe by Fallen Farm D/B/A Harvey Culvert; hot bituminous pavement by Rogers Group; on-site mixed cold mix patching material by Cold Mix, Inc., at $52.50/ton; off-site mixed cold mix by Advanced Asphalt at $91.75 cold mix jobsite and $75 cold mix plant; petroleum products by Carter Oil Co.; bulk portland cement by LeHigh Portland Cement Co., at $134.50/ton.
