ICEA Service Bureau NACE 2018 https://www.iceasb.org https://www.tpms.org https://mobile.iceasb.org https://iowacountyroads.org
Transportation System Transportation Iowa s Transportation System System Three Legged Stool Primary System 9,000 miles Secondary Roads Farm to Market Roads Local Roads 90,000 miles Municipal Street 15,000 miles
CHANGE IN IOWA S ROADS
MILESTONES IN TRANSPORTATION IOWA HISTORY 1838 - First Road: Keokuk to Iowa City 1838 - All established public highways opened and worked by the counties as county roads 1860 Eliminated county commissioners and established County Boards of Supervisors with control of roads in Iowa 1860-1900 - Very little change in Iowa road law, but > 100,000 miles were built during this time 1913 - New Highway Commission and County Engineer required for each County 1918 - Primary Road System established (part of federal requirements) 1927 - All control and maintenance of Primary Roads turned over to Highway Commission 1930 - Board of Supervisors in control of Secondary Roads, no more township maintenance 1930-1940 s - Paved primary roads and granular surfaces Get em out of the Mud 1949 - Iowa Highway Research Board created
IOWA HIGHWAY RESEARCH BOARD (IHRB) OVERVIEW 1949 Legislation established the Secondary Road Research Fund 1 ½ % Farm-to-Market RUT Iowa Highway Research Board - 1 st meeting of the Board in 1950 15 Member 7 County Engineers 4 Iowa DOT Staff 2 City Engineer Representatives 2 University Representatives ISU and U of I 1980 County Engineers endorsed a Secondary Roads Research Position 2016 DOT/ICEASB agreement made the SRRE position an employee of the Service Bureau
IHRB ANNUAL FUNDING Street Research Fund $200,000 From city RUTF STIC Implementation 80% - $100,000 AID Implementation Grant up to $1 million Secondary Road Research Fund $1,750,000 (1.5% FM-RUTF) Primary Road Research Fund $750,000 (50% of Primary Research Fund) Iowa Highway Research Board $2,800,000
ICEA (BEFORE SERVICE BUREAU) 1991 ICEA created a Bulletin Board System (housed at CTRE) to enhance county to county communications overseen by a computer committee (Replaced the old calling tree, sharing CAD plans, etc.) 1991 ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 Created new functional classifications for the Highway System Public Involvement translated into Regional Planning Prior to Counties received direct allocations for Bridge and Surface Transportation into Farm-to- Market accounts Need for greater: Communication Project Programming & Development Coordination w/ Federal, State, and Local Jurisdictions
ICEA SERVICE BUREAU BEGINNINGS 1994 Need for a staffed service bureau 1995 NACE Davenport Iowa Presentation from CRAB, Washington 1996 Small Iowa Delegation to Washington to see CRAB during NACE 1996 1996 1997 Concept to develop a Service Bureau Improve Communications First major project - TPMS Transportation Program Management System 1997 Steve DeVries and Jerry Hare Hosted ALL-COUNTY Meeting Present the concept to Board of Supervisors and County Engineers Ask for participation and Vote to proceed w/ the ICEA Service Bureau Approved to Proceed as a 28E Agreement Agency
ICEA SERVICE BUREAU 1998 28E Agreement Drafted and Approved for participating counties 98 of 99 counties signed agreement to participate Dues based Initial dues of $2000 per county IHRB approved funding TPMS project. Steve De Vries was hired as Executive Director of ICEASB Matt Mathers hired as first employee and systems developer 2002 - First attempt to build TPMS did not go so well & the Service Bureau decided to start again with in-house staff development 2004 TPMS became operational, DOT Transferred Jurisdiction to Counties, and SRFDAC Committee established to make funding distribution formula 2004 Legislation passed to codify SB funding with ¼ of 1% County RUT funds
WHAT IS THE SERVICE BUREAU? The Iowa County Engineers Association Service Bureau (ICEASB) is a small, 28-E agreement agency serving Iowa s 99 county road departments. Formed in 1998, ICEASB operates from office space sub-leased from the Iowa State Association of Counties. It provides a variety of support, data and web-app services to Iowa secondary road departments and Iowa DOT via the Internet. A board of directors consisting of county engineers and county supervisors sets policies and establishes budgets.
Thank You! WEB-BASED TOOLS TPMS PROGRAMMING AND BUDGETING ANNUAL REPORTS SALARY SURVEYS LOCAL LETTINGS / LOCAL LETTING NOTICE / LOCAL PAY GASB-34 WORK ORDERS SIGNS / CULVERTS MAPPING TOOLS DATA & INFORMATION RESOURCES https://www.iowacountyroads.org