Bishop sworn in, pushes but doesn't vote for Sappington resurfacing project

By August Kryger
Wednesday, April 25, 2007 10:35 AM CDT

After the pre-election business finished, and the election results were certified, Barbara Bishop was sworn in to the Ashland board of aldermen.

She wasted no time bringing up her concern about getting repairs done to Sappington Drive, a road just off South Main Street. Though Bishop had been a vocal supporter of the Sappington repair, and brought it up for discussion before the board, she was the only board member who voted against it.

Bishop said her reason for voting against repairing Sappington was that she didn't feel comfortable not having a specific bid from the contractor.

"I didn't agree that we should set a dollar limit before we knew the costs," Bishop said.

Public works director John Fraga gave aldermen a rough estimate of how much it would cost to get a 1-inch overlay put on the road.

Bishop said she wanted official numbers before she could agree to the city getting it done. She said the original estimates of $50,000 seemed too far from the one Fraga gave Tuesday night.

Fraga said the overlay would cost around $10,000, if agreed to by the contractor working on current city road improvement projects. In light of this, aldermen made a motion to add the money to provide a one-inch overlay on Sappington.

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