(KNZA)--The Doniphan County Commission met Monday and approved a series of road surfacing projects planned for 2026.

Commissioners accepted bids for chip sealing, asphalt work, and crack sealing on several county roads.

Vance Brothers submitted a chip seal bid totaling about $589,000. That work includes Mineral Point Road south of Troy, Peck Road south of 175th Road, Randolph Road south of U.S. Highway 36, and two larger double-shot oil and chip seal projects on 150th Road and Saratoga Road.

Herzog Contracting Corporation was awarded a nearly $602,000 asphalt project on 240th Road west of Highland, covering 3.4 miles.

Midwest Sealing and Construction will handle crack sealing on Castleton Road south of Highway 120, for just over one mile at a cost of about $10,000.

In other business, Sheriff Mark Allen and Undersheriff Brendan Wolvington discussed wage comparisons for deputies, dispatchers, and jail staff with several nearby counties.

Wolvington said there was a misunderstanding in how 2026 pay increases affected starting wages for dispatchers and jailers.

Commissioners later approved raising starting pay for those positions to $17.50 an hour for day shifts and $18.00 an hour for night shifts, effective April 27th.