Lewis County Commission – July 13th, 2026

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July 13, 2026 

The Commission met pursuant to order of adjournment on July 6, 2026, with Presiding Commissioner Wayne Murphy Jr., and Associate Commissioners Travis Fleer and Craig Redmon present. When and where the following proceedings were had to wit: Commissioner Murphy called the meeting to order: 

Minutes: Commissioner Fleer made a motion to approve minutes for July 6, 2026. Commissioner Redmon seconded; Commissioner Murphy agreed. Approved 3-0. 

Payroll: Commissioner Murphy motioned to approve the payment of warrants #203879 from General fund, warrants #203881-203887 from Road & Bridge fund, warrants #203888 from Assessment fund, and warrant # from LEOF. Commissioner Fleer seconded; Commissioner Redmon agreed. Approved 3-0. 

Payroll: Commissioner Murphy motioned to approve the payment by EFTP of warrants #5056- 5071 from General fund, warrants #5072-5074 from Road & Bridge fund, warrants #5075-5076 from Assessment fund, and warrant #5077-5094 from LEOF fund. Commissioner Fleer seconded; Commissioner Redmon agreed. Approved 3-0. 

Bills: Commissioner Fleer motioned to approve the payments of warrants #33595-33613 from General Revenue, warrants #23141-23155 from Road & Bridge, warrants #6124-6125 from Assessment, warrants #21750-21764 from L.E.O.F, and warrants # from Co Farm. Commissioner Murphy seconded; Commissioner Redmon agreed. Approved 3-0. 

Road & Bridge: Road and Bridge Supervisor Drew Frese and Secretary Colclough were present. 

Graded – #523, 516, 575, 532, 527, 528, 526, 522, 523, 502, 508, 518, 519, 554, 248, 278, 281, 263, 248, 261, 268, 256, 242, 339, 351, 201, 202, 505, 504, 203, 224, 228, 257, 420, 425, 405, 464, 490, 487, 475 

Still blading and fixing roads 

Mowed 224 & 228 

Finishing school road 

Hauling county part and spot rock 

Put in 2 public paid driveway tubes and hauled rock 

Other Business: Jason Whiston is coming this week to hang the AED box, fix 2 sinks at the extension, and fix the fire door in the hallway 

Clerk Sapp submitted the Leave balance report 

Shannon Howe with Howe and Company was in to discuss the bids for the annex remodel with the commission- there must be 2 bids- Bleigh had a bid and the other bid received was incomplete- Shannon suggested to rescope this week and have 3 options for fixes- 1st fix, 2nd take the top building off and dig out the base, and the 3rd demolish the whole building- will go to the construction phase instead of design build-The commission discussed it and agreed to reject the incomplete RFQ submittal- the commission authorized Shannon Howe to issue a pre specificate and construction project- Shannon has the commission’s specification- He will return August 17th at 10:15 for contractor bid opening 

Adjourn: Motion to adjourn to Monday, July 20, 2026, by Commissioner Fleer. Commissioner Redmon seconded; Commissioner Murphy agreed, Approved 3-0. 

Respectfully submitted: 

Approved: 

Shannon Sapp, County Clerk 

Wayne Murphy Jr., Presiding Commissioner 

Travis Fleer, Southern Commissioner 

Craig Redmon, Northern Commissioner