DRAKE — The Gasconade County Commission this morning could take up a resolution calling for a uniform speed limit of 35 miles per hour — unless otherwise posted — after growing frustrated with a lack of action by a pair of state government agencies.

The resolution calling for a countywide speed limit of 35 was not ready for consideration at Thursday’s regular Commission session. County Clerk Lesa Lietzow, whose staff has been busy preparing for the August Primary Elections, told the administrators she would have the document ready when they meet this morning with Road Department personnel.

Because Independence Day is tomorrow, there will be no Commission session at Owensville City Hall,which is the site of county administrators’ first-Thursday-of-the-month session in Owensville. However, there are several pressing issues regarding transportation that need to be taken up, said Southern District Associate Commissioner Jerry Lairmore, R-Owensville.

“We’ve got things we need to talk about,” he said. Today’s meeting was to begin at 7.

One of the things expected to be discussed are the two proposed hoop sheds for storing winter road materials, such as road salt and cinders. One of the sheds is planned for the Road Department site in Drake while the other shed is planned for the Redbird area on Elk Head Road.

The Commission has several speed limit-reduction requests pending with the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Department of Transportation. Those two agencies must sign off to formally change a speed limit. Unless otherwise posted, the top speed limit on county roads is 55. County officials say that is too high, especially on gravel roads.

Some of those requests have been in the hands of the state agencies for several months. Presiding Commissioner Tim Schulte, R-Hermann, said earlier that he had grown frustrated waiting for a response and was prepared to follow the lead of Osage and Phelps counties, which acted to set a uniform speed limit on their roads through adoption of a resolution.

Another matter that could be taken up this morning is a bid submitted by Higgins Electric of Montgomery City to do the low-voltage wiring at the courthouse for the new telephone system. Higgins submitted a bid of $95,000 to do the job, which includes removal of the tangled mess of old wiring that has been in place for the better part of a 100 years.

American Electric and Data Incorporated (AEDI), which installed the wiring for the elevator installation, submitted a bid of $54,000 — but it did not include removal of the old wiring, which was included in the specifications that were sent out as part of the bid process.

The Commission on Thursday agreed to have AQM of Washington, the county’s computer system consultant, review the Higgins bid and make a recommendation to administrators. If that could have been done by this morning, the Commission was prepared to act on the bid at its meeting in Drake.

Meanwhile, at last week’s session Lairmore noted that road crews are making progress in returning county highways back to their shape before strong storms hit the region.

“They’re getting the roads in good shape,” Lairmore said, especially after the normal rain that fell most recently that softened the sun-baked roads in recent days.

Northern District Associate Commissioner Jim Holland, R-Hermann, said road crews can’t grade when he roads aare like concrete.

“You just can’t work these roads,” he said, noting that rain that fell early last week allowed crews to tackle several projects.

One project that needs to be revived is the trimming and removal of trees that are crowding roads.

“We are behind” in tree cutting, Holland said. “We’ve got a lot of dead trees” along the roads, he added.

The County Commission agreed to take a look at the roads in a subdivision off Tall Oaks Road on the southern end of the county. Lairmore said residents of the subdivision have requested the county assume maintenance of the subdivision’s roads. The site is located between Bland and Owensville.