The Reporter newspaper, Camdenton Missouri

The Reporter covers Miller, Morgan and Camden County in Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and is published once per week on Wednesdays.

Published April 26, 2017

Engineering for Mace Road improvements begins

The Osage Beach Board of Aldermen approved a contract last week to begin engineering on improvements to Mace Road. The photo above left is how the road currently is and the illustration on the right is the proposed improvements with the roundabout. Land acquisition will also be needed to complete all the improvements to the road. (Photos provided).

OSAGE BEACH – Improvements to the end of Mace Road are in the works, with the engineering contract approved last week by the Board of Aldermen.

The problem, according to Public Works Director Nicholas Edelman, is the current end of Mace Road makes it difficult for large vehicles – a school bus or a fire truck, to turn around. The proposed solution is a round-a-bout.

“We went out for engineering selection near the end of 2016 to design a bus turnaround and other improvements to Mace Road. The current idea for the design is a round-a-bout at the end of Mace Road. This will allow buses and fire trucks to turn around on a City Street,” Edelman said in his report to the board.

The engineering contract is with Bartlett and West in the amount of $105,326 but is only the engineering fees for Phase 1. Edelman said that there will be future design for the rest of the roadway.

The improvements will, however, require some land acquisition and Edelman said his department has already started conversations with the land owners and they like the idea of a round-a-bout.

The amount of the engineering contract is slightly over the $100,000 budgeted for the Mace Road project this year. The City Administrator said that “the $5,326 over budget amount can be absorbed within the line item as neither of the budgeted sidewalk engineering projects will be taking place, therefore funds are estimated to be available.”

No timetable was given on when the entire project to improve Mace Raid would be finished.

In other business addressed at last week’s Board of Aldermen meeting:

• Approved the second readings of an annexation request by Passover Properties and three rezoning requests.
• Reelected Jeff Bethurem as President of the Board of Aldermen
• Passed both readings of a contract with Murphy and Tilly, Inc., for engineering services at the Grand Glaize Airport.

This is the engineering contract for the Grand Glaize Airport Seal Coat and will cost $17,129.80. The city will only pay 10 percent and the other 90 percent will be paid by the Missouri Department of Transportation.

• Approved both readings of a bid for replacing the roof of the odor control building. The city awarded the project to Above and Beyond Roofing (the only bidder) for $7,353.50.

“This project is to replace a roof at the odor control building in Tan Tar A near the horse stables. We went out for informal bids recently. This project has been out for bids twice and neither time did we get three bids. We thought things had changed so we opened bids March 28, but we only had one bidder,” Edelman said in his report to the board.

• Agreed to a request to spend $20,062.50 for salt for next winter. It was stated at the board meeting that getting the salt early can save the city money.

“This is for the purchase of salt for deicing of the road ways. The apparent low bidder is Independent Salt Company in the amount $80.25/ton with a total of 250 ton bid resulting in a total bid amount of $20,062.50. The 250 ton will replenish the salt used in 2016 and to date and fill our storage bins. Last year’s pricing was $86.89/ton. We have tried to advertise at the time we felt it has been most competitive for pricing. Our per ton pricing has been consistently dropping since 2014,” said Edelman.