A contract to begin repair on the Woodruff Bridge was awarded to J. Banicki Construction of Phoenix during last week’s meeting of the Navajo County Board of Supervisors.
“The contract includes repair and the removal of existing asphalt,” Assistant Public Works Director Bill Bess explained. “Over the years, the old deck has fallen and exposed the rebar. We put an asphalt patch on it, but now we are doing the repairs to put in a new deck.”
Only one bid was received, according to Bess, although seven contractors requested plans for the project. “The estimate of their work is $118,000. The engineer’s estimate was $177,000, so we feel like we got a good bid on it,” said Bess.
The bridge is located on the west side of Woodruff and will be closed to public use for approximately two to three weeks, “blocking access to the residents of Woodruff from the west side. Country Road or the Old Woodruff Road will be their primary access to the north, to the highway. We will make sure that we provide higher maintenance on those roads during that time so that they may have the smoothest ride possible,” Bess noted.
Repairs to the bridge are slated to begin as soon as possible, with public notice occurring first.
Contracts were also awarded to local businesses Brimhall Sand, Rock and Building Materials, Perkins Cinders, Inc. and Hatch Construction. These are annually renewed contracts for supply of aggregate for cover materials used in countywide road repairs and other projects. The public works budget for fiscal year 2017-18 includes funding for maintenance materials.
In other business Sept. 26, the board:
* Approved the appointment of Rich Nyman, Donald Murrow, Mary Croft, Carol Lacy-Salazar, Milton Mitchke, Suzanne Fern, Thomas Hodgkins, David Clouse, Barbara Jo Lacy, Carol Stewart-Harvey, Cynthia Jellison, Keith Brekus, Frank Leivonen Jr. and Sally Trout as Democratic committeemen for their respective precincts.
* Approved an agreement between the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office and Scottsdale Healthcare’s HonorHealth as the base station for medical direction of advanced life support personnel. As written in the proposed motion, “The sheriff’s office has trained paramedics within its patrol operations. For the paramedics to service the community they need to have ‘medical direction’ from a hospital. HonorHealth provides this for numerous public safety entities as first responders offer paramedic services to their communities.”
* Approved the sale of back tax land over the counter for $949.42.
* Updated an agreement with Pinal County regarding the housing of juvenile detainees.
Following discussion with the Office of the Supreme Court, it was requested that the counties make the following updates to their agreement: the most current federal regulations regarding immigration stating that both parties warrant their compliance; and details regarding procedures for Pinal County’s ongoing compliance of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), specifically stating that the Pinal County Youth Justice Center will comply with all standards and the Florence Police Department is assigned to investigate all incidents.
* Approved a memorandum of understanding and infrastructure funding agreement between the At Work Job Center service delivery system and the Northeastern Arizona Innovative Workforce Solutions Workforce Development Board.
This policy provides local workforce development boards and other workforce system partners with instruction and guidance regarding the administration of Arizona at Work Job Center Service Delivery system.
* Approved August justice court reports from the Holbrook, Winslow, Snowflake, Kayenta, Show Low and Pinetop-Lakeside precincts; the constable reports from Holbrook, Winslow and Snowflake precincts; the juvenile probation report; and the Clerk of the Superior Court report.
The next meeting of the supervisors will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, in the supervisors’ chambers at 100 E. Code Talkers Drive in Holbrook.
