8-5-2026 Cole County Commission Meeting

The Cole County Commission meeting on August 5, 2026, included several contract renewals and public works purchasing decisions. The Sheriff presented a yearly security-electronics maintenance renewal with Accurate Controls for $89,975.39, including a $38,000 subcontract with Design Supply; a motion to sign was made, but the transcript does not capture the outcome. Commissioners approved renewing Trinity Services Group’s inmate food-service contract with a proposed 3.4% increase. A second renewal with Kohl Wholesale for food products was presented, with an average proposed price increase of about 3%; the transcript does not show a vote. The Commission approved the Bender Park drainage-improvement contract for $174,439.80, the low of four bids, compared with an engineer’s estimate of $135,960. It also approved an $8,712 Zimmer radio-ad contract for August 10 through November 1, funded from contingency, and a $69,837.60 increase under Change Order No. 1 for the asphalt overlay program in Deer Haven Estates, funded from the village’s sales-tax allocation.

The Commission approved accounts payable pending review and discussed tax-levy recoupment rates for the general and road-and-bridge funds, which would require State Tax Commission approval and could provide an estimated $1,777 in additional revenue. A first reading of budget adjustment No. 5 concerned a Sheriff’s Department grant; no action was taken, with the matter held for 10 days. The transcript does not record a vote on the Kohl Wholesale renewal or the Accurate Controls motion.