The Overland Park chemical company that no-showed Anderson County dust control customers the summer of 2023 wants a second chance. Greg Stiles with Scottwood Industries told commissioners the company ran into difficulties in 2023 with the contractor it hired to apply the chemical used on county gravel roads as a long-term method to help reduce dust, telling commissioners the application teams left the company and apparently couldn’t be replaced. Second District County Commissioner Anthony Mersman noted county road crews prepped the contracted customer roads on two separate occasions and that it cost the county dearly to prep those roads twice. Mersman added that twice, Scottwood promised to be there, and twice they didn’t show up. The county ended up refunding $58,000 in payments made by more than 100 county residents for the service that was never delivered.
Stiles was apologetic, saying he would like to get back into the county’s good graces, and come in with a fresh perspective. Commissioners said they would accept a bid from the company when the time came to contract the service again, but didn’t make a commitment with the company.
