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The Keokuk County Highway Department is responsible for
maintaining the secondary road system. Keokuk County has 924 miles of
secondary roads, consisting of 104 miles of Class "B" (dirt) roads, 732
miles of Class "A" (gravel) roads and 88 miles of paved roads. The
secondary road system also includes over 300 bridges, and literally
thousands of field/driveway entrances, drainage crossings, signs, roadside
ditches, and signs within the public road right-of-way. The county engineer, Christy
Van Buskirk, serves as department head for the Keokuk County Highway Department.
By state law, the Board of Supervisors is required to employ one or more
licensed civil engineers to serve as county engineer's. All construction
and maintenance work on the secondary road system is to be performed under the
county engineer's direction. The Board of Supervisors establishes policies
and is to provide adequate funding to properly maintain the secondary road
system. The county engineer determines and employs methods, personnel, and
equipment necessary to maintain the secondary road system pursuant to Board
policy, sound engineering judgment and Iowa Code requirements.
A budget and five year
construction program is prepared by the county engineer, subject to adoption by
the Board of Supervisors and approval by the Iowa Department of Transportation.
A report summarizing the activities of the Highway Department is also submitted
each year. It is interesting to note that over two thirds (2/3) of the
Highway Department budget is funded by Road Use tax funds. Depending on
the taxing district, only about 10-12% of property taxes paid go to Highway
Department activities. In addition, all monies from the county come from
the rural basic fund. There are no general monies allotted to the Highway
Department.
The Keokuk County Highway
Department employs 31 full time, 1 part-time and 8 summer employees. An
organizational chart is included: Highway Department Employees
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Get it here
The county engineer, administrative assistant, and
engineering staff are located on the 1st floor of the Courthouse. The
majority of maintenance staff is based out of the main shop building located at
321 West Spring Street. Nine of the patrol operators are based in sheds
located in the Thornburg, Webster, Kinross, Keota, Richland, Ollie, Hedrick,
Hayesville, and Delta areas. The Highway Department also has a storage
facility on the east end of Sigourney which includes a sign/pipe storage shed,
salt shed, and fueling facility.
Engineer Asset
Database
GPS
Monument Map (PDF file format)
Mon
Records Final (PDF file format)
Mon Site Pic Finals (PDF file format)
Network Adjustment Report Final (PDF file
format)
Keokuk
PT Data (Excel file format)
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