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35th Annual
DARKE COUNTY
ENGINEER’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR
2012
By: James P. Surber P.E., P.S.
Darke County Engineer
This is our yearly report showing the taxpayer all public money
received, exactly how the money was spent, and what it accomplished. We
continue to face the challenges of increasing costs and decreasing
revenues. It has always been a challenge to maintain and improve the
County system having the most bridges and miles of road in the State of
Ohio; and the challenge continues to grow.
Our highway department is staffed by 26 employees and the office,
including the tax map department, totals three full-time and one
part-time. This is an average of 18 miles of road and 18 bridges per
employee. To make ends meet, we perform all engineering, construction
and maintenance work with the exception of road paving and pavement
marking.
We completed another successful year renewing and preserving pavement
surfaces, replacing culverts, building and rehabilitating bridges, and
making sign and safety improvements along with normal maintenance.
In 2012, we reduced spending by $103,134.51, but receipts were
$277,711.28 less than for 2011. We spent 43 cents of the tax dollar for
road and bridge improvements, 7 cents for maintenance materials, 11
cents for overhead, 5 cents for equipment purchase, and 34 cents for
wages and fringe benefits. These costs are all detailed later in this
report. Readers are encouraged to contact us
with questions or comments. Phone: 937-547-7375 or email:
dce@earthlink.net
2012
RECEIPTS
2012 EXPENDITURES
Motor License Fee
$2,320,143.56
Resurfacing & Reconstruction
$1,951,019.15
Gas
Tax
$2,294,859.36
Bridge Construction & Maint.
$ 266,517.59
Recycling & Sales
$
89,350.34
Labor &
Salaries
$1,311,028.68
Reimbursements
$
374,813.89*
Fringe
Benefits
$ 480,352.98
Interest
$
83,382.71
Equipment &
Repairs
$
392,954.69
Fuel (All Co. Departments)
$ 391,232.92
* Fuel
= $
222,717.29
Road Maintenance
Materials
$ 381,842.58
Grants
= $
46,699.14
Utilities/Office/Bldg.
$ 72,500.32
Projects & Misc.= $
105,397.46
Culverts &
Tile
$ 40,820.10
Misc.
expenses
$ 28,028.41
Total Receipts:
$5,162,549.86
Total
Expenditures:
$5,316,297.42
(2011 Receipts:
$5,440,261.14)
(2011 Expenditures: $5,419,431.93)
(2010 Receipts:
$5,130,487.80)
(2010 Expenditures: $5,108,337.70)
(2009 Receipts:
$5,092,452.52)
(2009 Expenditures: $4,876,878.41)
(2008
Receipts:
$5,429,9040.00)
(2008 Expenditures: $5,436,072.59)
(2007 Receipts: $
5,489,589.47)
(2007 Expenditures: $5,365,189.14)
(2006 Receipts:
$5,183,892.03)
(2006 Expenditures: $4,784,692.36)
MAJOR
IMPROVEMENTS
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Miles of Road Resurfaced:
31.17 New Warning signs
installed:
1012
Miles of Road Reconstructed: 3.00
New road name signs
installed: 203
Miles of Road Crack-Sealed:
52.68 Centerline
Striping:
31.48 c/l miles
New Bridges Constructed:
3
Edge line Striping:
63.47 lane-miles
Large
Culverts Replaced:
1
Large Culverts
Widened:
2
Bridges Rehabilitated:
8
Hills Lowered (safety improvement):
2
EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES
2 –IH 7300 dump trucks: $166,860.00
Crack-Pro crack sealer: (net) $ 16,795.00
Case 580 SN backhoe (net):$ 19,378.35 2-snowplows
& spreaders: $
18,812.00
MAINTENANCE DATA
(In the maintenance of 519.07 miles of roadway)
County road culverts replaced: 54 on 10 roads using
2290 feet of RCP conduit (12”-30”)
Subsurface crossings installed: 17 on 8 roads
using 1016 feet of conduit
(8”-18”)
Catch Basins/Inlets installed: 34
with 2622 feet of conduit installed along roads
Total conduit installed: 5928
feet
Diesel used:
42,337.5 Gals.
Signs & posts purchased:
$86,270.58
Gasoline used: 7,022.5 Gals.
Sign
repair:
810
locations
Salt & ice grits purchased: $147,935.69
Mowing (lineal): 15,296
miles
Township culverts replaced: 7
MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY
County Roads: 519.07
miles
County and Township Bridges (over 10’ span): 530
Large culverts: (30”-10 ft.):
364
Roadway culverts (12”-30”): 1560 (Est.)
Right-of-way: 3308
acres
Stop signs: 797
Warning signs:
2330
Road name signs:
1914
2012 ROAD RESURFACING
We contracted the resurfacing of 31.17 miles on thirteen different
roads which is about 6% of the total Darke County road mileage
(519.07). The resurfacing program used 24,413.94 tons of asphalt (783
tons/mile avg.) and 3518.22 cubic yards of shoulder aggregate (112.86
cubic yards/mile avg.). Walls Brothers Asphalt Company performed
the work from May through July.
All resurfacing was funded with 100% County revenue.
ROAD
NAME
LENGTH
ASPHALT AGGREGATE
TOTAL COST
(Miles)
(Tons)
(Cu. Yd.)
Mangen
2.00
1502.96
248.84
$ 116,123.99
Young
5.05
3900.92
628.28
$
292,453.02
Staudt
5.07
4120.18
625.71
$ 297,693.91
Seibt
2.55
1964.11
279.91
$ 145,481.91
Cohee
3.45
2635.42
338.82
$ 198,501.84
Ballinger
0.27
239.00
32.66
$ 18,172.81
Darke-Shelby Co.
Line
3.01
2350.72
376.96
$ 178,294.10
Studer
1.50
1,216.32
167.14
$
91,993.93
Hollansburg-Richmond
5.10
3720.11
599.94
$ 260,058.53
Seiler
0.51
412.52
0
$ 28,525.07
Greenville-St.
Marys
0.31
292.09
0
$ 20,011.19
Delisle-Fourmans
2.35
2,059.59
219.96
$ 143,511.14
Totals
31.17
24,413.94
3,518.22
$1,790,821.44
The 2012 resurfacing costs
averaged $57,453.37 per mile, while in 2011 the cost was $55,940. In
2010, 2009, and 2008, the costs were $57,958, $53,873, and $50,469,
respectively. In the last four years, resurfacing costs have risen
nearly 14 per cent.
PAVEMENT MARKINGS
We contracted the application of 31.48 miles of new centerline markings
with no-passing zones, and 63.47 lane miles of white edge lines at a
total cost of $30,471.23. Striping costs averaged $304.68 per mile for
yellow markings and $328.97 per lane mile for white edge lines. County
employees also repainted all "SCHOOL" and "RR CROSSING" markings and
installed hot-applied markings at two railroad crossings and one school
zone.
CRACKSEALING OF ROADS
County personnel sealed
cracks on 52.68 miles of County Roads during the year. This
required 191,466 pounds of sealant at an average rate of 3634 pounds
per mile. The material cost was $ 80,609.93 ($1,530
/mile).
ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT
County crews placed 390 tons of asphalt for pavement replacement of
culvert trenches, subsurface crossings, and curve widening.
TOWNSHIP COOPERATIVE ROAD WORK
In 2012, we provided $27,985 in labor and equipment to 16 Townships at
no charge. County crews replaced six roadway culverts and one
subsurface crossing on six Township Roads in five different Townships,
and installed a large culvert on Hollinger Road in York Township. The
Trustees of four Townships (Greenville, Richland, Monroe and York) each
furnished asphalt resurfacing for a bridge on their Township road that
was rehabilitated by the County during the year.
FRAZERS ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
This reconstruction project of 3.0 miles from the Preble Co. line to
Grubbs-Rex Road began in late summer. The project is 74% funded by OPWC
and will replace all surface and subsurface drainage, widened the
pavement and shoulders, and lower a hill. The $777,525.40 project is
now 75% completed by Walls Brothers, with final grading, surfacing,
seeding, etc. to be performed before June of 2013.
LARGE CULVERTS
Our employees replaced C85-0179, a large culvert on Harrison Road, with
a 66” diameter reinforced concrete pipe, 56’ long; and also widened two
other box structures, C85-0278 and C85-0244 on the same road. Total
cost of the materials and equipment for these projects was
$11,822.32.
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION
Three (3) new bridges were built, five (5) were rehabilitated, one (1)
was widened and rehabilitated, and two (2) were repaired/ upgraded on
County and Township roads in 2012. All design and construction was by
Darke County personnel (except the new bridge on Darke-Shelby Co. Line
Road). All funding for these projects was 100% local.
These costs include additions for overhead on labor and materials as
mandated by Ohio law and the State Auditor’s policies for force account
bridges built after 07/01/03.
Road
Bridge No. Span x
Width
Costs
Materials & Equip. Labor & Fringe
Total
NEW BRIDGES
Hollansburg-Richmond
C013-0297
32’x28’
$48,157.26 $
9,470.91 $57,628.17
Ohio-Indiana St. Line
C012-0326
39’x28’
$77,323.81
$23,390.67 $50,357.24*
Darke-Shelby Co. Line
C001-0960
20.5’x24’ $27,328.66
$15,119.00
$21,223.83**
* Designed and built
by Darke County. 1/2 share paid by Randolph Co., Ind.
** Designed and built by Shelby
County. 1/2 share paid by Darke County
Total Local Cost for 3 structures:
$129,209.24
BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND REPAIR
The Seibt Road Bridge over Stillwater River received major
rehabilitation by the County Bridge Crew early in the year. The 226
foot-long, three-span steel truss and beam bridge was built in 1984.
The old asphalt and timber deck was removed and a new timber strip
deck, waterproofing and asphalt wearing surface was installed.
Additionally, all structural steel was cleaned, replaced where
necessary, and recoated. In the past three years, the Darke County
Bridge Crew has rehabilitated the three longest and largest bridges in
the county.
Seibt C034-0644
(226’x24’)
$40,087.86 $
59,235.82 $ 99,323.68
Four more steel bridges were rehabilitated by removing the deficient
decks, repairing and replacing structural members as necessary,
cleaning and recoating the structural steel, replacing the decks with
new timber strip, installing waterproofing and new asphalt wearing
surface. The asphalt surfaces were furnished by the Township Trustees
of the four respective Townships: York, Richland, Monroe, and
Greenville.
Younker T160-0231
(70’x22’)
$ 9,579.50 $
7,044.61 $16,624.11
(over Indian Creek)
Shroeder T161-0063
(117’x24’)
$24,324.23 $
15,009.13 $39,333.36
(over Stillwater River)
Oakes T086-0241
(73’x20’)
$20,871.93
$21,051.23 $41,923.16
(over Ludlow Creek)
Culbertson T198-0242 (32’ x 24’
)
$ 8,597.23 $
9,352.89 $17,950.12
(over Dividing Branch)
The Weavers-Ft. Jefferson Bridge was widened from 20’ to 24’ by the
addition of two beams and was fitted with a new 3” x 6” timber deck,
waterproofing and new asphalt surface.
Weavers-Ft. Jefferson C24-0094 (21’ x
24’)
$10,355.52
$10,488.18 $20,843.70
Repairs and upgrades were performed on two more bridges, late in the
year:
Hillgrove-Southern C052-0702
(75’x24’) $
2,477.81 $
7,105.85 $ 9,583.66
structural repairs to bearings
Ohio-Indiana St. Line C012-0572 (107’x24’) $
3,198.80 $
1,927.65 $ 5,126.45
guardrail and terminal upgrades
405 new bridges have been built on Darke County and
Township Roads since 1977.
ACTUAL FORCE ACCOUNT BRIDGE COSTS
Reported 2012 costs for
three new bridges and six rehabilitations: $379,917.48
Total materials
purchased:
$266,517.59 Actual
labor and fringe:
$109,850.70
DARKE’S COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP BRIDGES BY STATE SUFFICIENCY RATING
(Each bridge is rated from 0-100 based upon condition and annual
inspection)
Average sufficiency rating of all bridges is 92.4%
Number of bridges % of total
bridges
Sufficiency Rating
375
70.8%
EXCELLENT (90-100)
136
25.7%
GOOD (70-90)
15
2.8%
FAIR (50-70)
4
0.7%
POOR (0-50)
(Of the four bridges in poor condition; two are historic structures,
one is a closed bridge in an incorporated village, and the fourth is
scheduled for replacement.)
The average age of the 530 bridges on County and Township roads is 31
years.
DETAILED EXPENDITURES FOR 2012
WAGES & FRINGE 33.7
%
IMPROVEMENTS 42.9%
(Official, 29 fulltime, 1
part-time)
(Paving/const. contracts and other materials only)
WAGES
$1,311,028.68
PAVING/CONST. $
1,951,019.15
PERS
$
182,372.29
BRIDGES
$
266,517.59
HEALTH INS. $
244,675.28
CULVERTS/TILE $
40,820.10
UNIFORMS
$
14,096.39
ASPHALT
$
23,436.12
MEDICARE
$
17,215.76
TOTAL
$2,281,792.96
WKRS. COMP. $
17,973.20
DRUG TESTS
$
1,180.00
ADM. FEES
$
2,840.06
TOTAL
$1,791,381.66
OVERHEAD
11.0%
MAINTENANCE MATERIALS 7.2 %
UTILITIES/BLDG. MAINT. $
72,500.32
SALT & ICE GRITS $ 147,935.69
PARTS &
SUPPLIES
$
69,769.74
SIGNS & POSTS
$
86,270.58
FUEL (all County Depts.)
$
391,232.92
CRACK SEAL MTL. $ 80,609.93
TIRES
$
14,473.26
GRAVEL
$ 30,480.30
LUBRICANTS /FILTERS
$
13,805.77
PAV’T MARKING $
33,954.08
REPAIRS (BY OTHERS)
$
15,472.14
ASPH. EMULSION
$ 1,678.23
MISC.
$
6,161.74
TOTAL
$380,928.81
TOTAL
$
583,415.89
NEW EQUIPMENT: $278,778.10 5.2%
TOTAL 2012 EXPENDITURES: $5,316,297.42
Expenditures decreased $103,134.51 from 2011, while total receipts
decreased by $277,711.28. Our base receipts from gas tax and license
fees increased less than one third of one percent, while overall
receipt reduction resulted from performing fewer cooperative
construction projects with other agencies. Costs of everything in
road and bridge construction and maintenance continue to rise, while
revenue decreases or remains static. As shown on page one of this
report, we are now at a revenue amount less than in 2006. Our staff
numbers 30% fewer employees than in 1977 and they continue to perform
all operations except asphalt paving and pavement marking. We also
maintain a healthy fund balance as a defense against shortfalls like
that in 2012. While the county’s large number of bridges are in very
good condition, our greatest challenge continues to be funding an
adequate annual resurfacing program and to maintain the quality of our
pavements.
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BY DISTRIBUTION OF STATE TAXES ON FUEL AND FEES FOR VEHICLE LICENSING
(PLATES)
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY LOCAL TAX FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNTY ROADS AND
BRIDGES IN THE HISTORY OF DARKE COUNTY.
NO REAL ESTATE TAXES, SALES TAXES, OR GENERAL FUND MONEYS PAY FOR ANY
MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION ON DARKE COUNTY ROADS OR BRIDGES
THIS DEPARTMENT HAS NO DEBT AND OWNS 100% OF ALL EQUIPMENT.
Darke County Engineer’s Office
County Courthouse
504 South Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331-1994
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