The Adams County Highway Committee on Oct. 9 approved county cost-share payments for culvert and roadway petitions from the towns of Quincy and Preston under the county’s culvert/county aid program.

Pat, highway department staff, described the petitions as routine submissions that had been presented to the highway office after the towns completed work with the understanding reimbursement could not be requested until after the county budget process. He told the committee the county’s portion for one project is “just under $20,000,” and that the county’s share is levied across towns in Adams County (excluding the city and village) through a special levy exempt from the levy limit.

Scott asked whether townships bid the work; Pat said Quincy and Cypress projects were bid to the private sector, while Adams County performed one Preston project in-house because the project scope differed. Committee members moved and seconded motions to pay the county share for the Quincy petition and to accept both petitions submitted by the town of Preston. Both motions carried on voice vote.

Committee members did not record detailed vote counts in the meeting transcript. The meeting record did not specify the exact county-dollar amount for each petition beyond the staff statement that one county share is “just under $20,000.”