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NOV 191900 Boor 45 PACE 315 <br />November 13, 1980 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Neil A/ County A inist ator <br />. '0 c <br />FROM: Harold M. McCormick, Assistant County Administrator <br />SUBJECT: Purchase of County Engineer Vehicle <br />I have just received confirmation that James W. Davis, P.E., has accepted <br />our offer for employment as the County Engineer, From the discussion, I anticipate <br />his coming onto the staff in mid - December. <br />Because of a high mobility requirement, I ask that the funds for the sign <br />machine for Road & Bridge be transferred into an account to allow the purchase <br />of a new compact type vehicle with two-way radio. The funds available for this <br />purchase would be the $5,500.00 budgeted for the Road & Bridge sign machine. As <br />you requested, Jim Flynn made a study to compare the sign machine costs and, as <br />you know, found the machine, material, and labor costs to be higher than the costs <br />of the finished signs. <br />I anticipate the County Engineer to have a great need for high mobility for <br />the following purposes: <br />I. Advice to Planning and Zoning, Utilities, and the Technical Review <br />Committee on all areas of engineer knowledge. <br />2. Continuous monitoring of sub -divisions at the steps of preliminary plat, <br />site plan, final plat, and drainage monitoring during construction. . <br />3. Constant monitoring of our road network to include: <br />A. Traffic count and other procedure to advise road and drainage <br />upgrading, reconstruction, or new construction. <br />B. Field inspection of road engineering projects. <br />C. Inspections of bridges per D.O.T. requirement. <br />4. Inspection of county construction projects of all types where an <br />engineer function is needed. <br />5. DNR required engineer certification of boat ramps, docks, and other <br />marine construction using boat license trust funds. According to <br />Tommy Thomas, there is approximately $40,000.00 available at this time <br />for such purposes and two projects are ready to go, awaiting engineer <br />certification. <br />