PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners Tuesday accepted a $300,815 bid from 2 Grade LLC of Port Angeles to repair a storm-damaged section of Hoko-Ozette Road.
A 0.16-mile section of the road that serves Lake Ozette, West End beaches and rural residents washed out during a 2007 storm.
The road was repaired at the site near Milepost 3, but it has no shoulder and remains susceptible to damage.
Crews will cut into the slope to move the road 8 to 10 feet farther from the Hoko River, County Engineer Ross Tyler said.
According to the published notice of bids, the repair project will realign, regrade and widen the road, along with asphalt installation and other work.
The bid from 2 Grade LLC was one of two that the county received in Tuesday morning’s business meeting.
Bruch & Bruch Construction of Port Angeles submitted a $315,169 bid.
The engineer’s estimate was $315,000, Tyler said.
Commissioners awarded the bid in a continued work session to discuss road projects that were proposed by the Jamestown S’Klallam on Tuesday afternoon.
Construction is slated for this summer.
Federal funds will cover 86.5 percent of the project. The remaining 13.5 percent will come from the county road fund, according to the six-year Transportation Improvement Program.
Ed Bowen of Clallam Bay said in a public comment that the road department should notify affected residents when the construction dates become known.
“That’s our only way in and out,” he said.
In other board action, the three commissioners adopted seven debatable budget emergencies, part of the quarterly budget housekeeping process. No public comment was taken.
“Largely, this is reflective of decisions made prior, and these are just essentially bookkeeping changes,” Commissioner Jim McEntire said.
The largest of the changes was $45,630 for Human Resources Director to-be Rich Sill’s salary and benefits for the second half of the year.
Sill, who is the county code enforcement manager, will become the full-time human resources director Sunday.
He was chosen from a field of eight county employees during an in-house search to fill the position vacated by Marjorie Upham, who is retiring at the end of October.
Sill volunteered to accept a partial layoff to job shadow Upham as an unpaid intern during labor negotiations and other key meetings.
The smallest budget emergency was $10 to reimburse the road fund for payments received on the Lake Dawn Management District in 2011.
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