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A Publication for Employees of the Missouri Department of Transportation
ConnectionsAugust 2011
A Litter-Free MOKC District employees
celebrate as winners in the
No MOre Trash! Bash
LeadershipNew division director
named for Multimod-
al Operations in CO
Up in the AirMoDOT assists in suc-
cess of air show in the
NW District
New Design-BuildBridgeSL District receives
approval for new Daniel
Boone Bridge across the
Missouri River
Valued ServiceTom Stehn retires from
the SE district
Ins ide
New Transportation ImprovementProgram Cut in Half
A Leaner Look
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August Service Anniversaries
June Retirements In Memoriam
Name Location Years ofService
Active
Willis Fee NE 38
James Romaker NE 13
Timothy Fuqua NE 33
William Polen KC 30
Teresa McGuff KC 25
Thomas Skinner KC 13
Harry Scurlock CD 13
Barry Perkins SL 6
Russell Graham SL 29
Twyla Harper SW 15
Dan Probert SW 28
Archie Daily SW 17
Gary Moody SW 19
Steven Boatwright SE 28
Helen Grindstaf f SE 20
Linda Webb CO 27
Orland Crandall CO 30
Debra Ponder CO 34
James Harcourt CO June 5
Joe Vollmer CD June 19
Donald Noles SE June 25
Retirees Retired from:
Joe Bulen D2 June 1
Betty Lynes CO June 4
Ralph Paul D7 June 7
Donald Long D5 June 7
Stewart Love D4 June 10
Paul Simino D6 June 16
Charles Swearingen D3 June 20
Louie Turnbough D6 June 21
Thomas Ward D10 June 21
Gene Walbridge D7 June 21
David Robert s D3 June 23
Ferne Bret CO June 24
George Olson D2 June 25
Coy Runion D9 June 26
Roy Elliott D6 June 27
Beauford Zumwalt D7 June 28
30 Years
Larry R. Taylor CD
Kenneth J. Luhmann SL
25 Years
Gary L. Rush NW
Kenneth L. Terry CD
Michael A. Mellenbruch SW
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Dale S. Brandt CO
Steve R. Collins CO
Charles E. Gohring CO
20 Years
James R. Lohsandt KC
Kevin R. Branch CD
15 Years
Russel J. O’Daniell NW
Kimberly S. Barnett NE
Andrea L. Bland NE
Kevin R. Pitts KC
Clarence H. Overholtzer KC
Paul C. Boenisch KC
Tina M. White SL
Todd N. Tyler SW
Andy R. Boyd SE
Arlis D. Humphrey CD
Ronda A. Luck CO
Ivan W. Schmidt CO
10 Years
Diania D. Sanders NW
John W. Resa NE
Glendon P. Burris CD
Gary M. Stevens SW
James D. Henson SE
Micheal P. Arnold SE
Mehdi Raoof CO
Chris M. Noblett CO
5 Years
Jennifer L. Finch NW
Andrew I. Huntsman NE
Monica Bond KC
Scott W. Campbell CDJonathon M. Townsend SL
Joshua A. Kaiser SL
Norman P. Gentry SL
Adam G. Jundt SL
Michael G. Rogers SL
Austin J. Weaver SW
Dustin W. Webb SW
Chad S. Embrey SW
Shelly L. Cooper SE
Laurie A. Mullaney SE
Christophe r J. Ordonia SE
Darren Kincy SE
Andrew C. Hanks CO
Chekesha A. Nelson CO
John C. Wiesenmeyer CO
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(Left to right) Larry Ross of L.G.Barcus and Sons Contractors,Presiding Commissioner C.R. “Bud”Motsinger, Commissioner DonnieCox, Area Engineer Tonya Lohman,and Regional Maintenance Supervi-sor Bryan Dorrel joined forces onJuly 11th to cut the ribbon on theRoute A bridge over Shoal Creek inCaldwell County.
(Left to right) Senior ConstructionInspector Becky Wilson, Area Engi-neer Tonya Lohman, CommissionerDonnie Cox, Presiding Commis-sioner C.R. “Bud” Motsinger, andRegional Maintenance SupervisorBryan Dorrel cut the ribbon on July11th for the Route U bridge overOtter Creek. It is the latest Safe &Sound bridge to be completed inCaldwell County.
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The Trooper William “Bob” Brandt Memorial Highway sign isunveiled during a ceremony for the officer who was killed in theline of duty in 1970.
Family members of former Ralls County Sheriff Ben J. Berghagerunveil the memorial sign during the ceremony along U.S. 61south of Hannibal.
Cutting the ribbon, MoDOT Inspector Brandi Baldwin andSchneider Construction Foreman Danny Proctor were recog-nized for their efforts to work effectively and smart to getthe bridge open in just 26 days.
Buckles the Bear andthe award-winning
Macon County KISSRock Stars joined forcesat the Atlanta Home-coming to promoteseat belt and highwaysafety. The KISS RockStars remind parentsto KISS - Kids in SafetySeat - every trip, everytime. MoDOT’s DianeNanneman is picturedleft of Buckles.
Mother Nature has NOT been good to MoDOT! Pictured left is theKirksville maintenance building after one of the many severe storms. Therubberized roofing and part of the sheeting was removed, causing waterdamage to the office and break room areas. The top of the salt dome wasalso lost in the storm. Pictured right is what’s left of the Monroe City saltdome. The most recent “casualty” was the top of a tree in the back yardof the district office in Hannibal.
Area Engineer Jennifer
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Phone 816.607.
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Lee’s Summit, MO 64086
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Customer Relations Manager Kristin Gerber
Phone 573.522.3375
E-mail [email protected]
1511 Missouri Boulevard
P.O. Box 718
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Approximately 60 people endured the very hot weather tocelebrate the beginning of construction on a new diamondinterchange on Route 179 in Cole County. The ceremony took placeon a roadside bluff overlooking the construction site.
The new Route 179 interchange,located between Route C andEdgewood Drive in JeffersonCity, will provide access to a newSt. Mary’s Health Center devel-opment. The project is a jointeffort of MoDOT, the City of Jef-ferson, and Cole County.
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Customer Relations Marie Elliott
Phone 314.453.1807
E-mail [email protected]
1590 Woodlake Drive
Chesterfield, MO 63017
for more info
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congestion on the road
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are not enforceable
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signs also include
information regarding
the congestion or lane
closures ahead and
increased travel times
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ers of how fast or slow
their vehicle should
be moving in order to
safely get to their des
tination in the shortest
amount of time” said
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speed signs are similar
to the black on yellow
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ed on curves and ramps tis the suggested speed to
safely travel that stretch of road”
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warn you so you can slow down and
prepare for congestion and potential
lane reductions” Blair said
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theory behind variable advisory speeds
is available at wwwyoutubecommo
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Caution Motorists of Slowed Trafficby inda ilson
by Andrew ates
The 70 digital advisory speed signs on I-270 inform motorists ofslower speeds ahead. The signs flash from 55 mph to 10 mph.
St. Louis District Signing changes the I-270 variablespeed limit signs to be advisory speeds.
timeframe o will award the
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the lives of o employees killed
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state can purchase tickets to three t
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or ararice@modotmogov if
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Customer Relations Manager Bob Edwards
Phone 417.895.7713
E-mail [email protected]
3025 E. Kearney
P.O. Box 868
Springfield, MO 65801
Customer Relations Manager Lori Marble
Phone 417.621.6504
E-mail [email protected]
2915 Doughboy Dr.
Joplin, MO 64804
for more info
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New Southwest DistrictManagement Teamby Bob dwards, ori Marble and endy Brunnerewis
SW at Work1. Sealing Christian-Stone County Route V near Spokane is a crew fromOzark Maintenance, from left, Maintenance Supervisor Bryan Fleming andCrew Leaders Garland Dewitt and Dewayne Coffer.
hat keeps Becky Baltz going is people
working together to make o suc
cessful
“t’s a matter of br inging a lot of great
ideas together and putting them into
action” Baltz said he result can’t help
but be a topnotch transportation sys
tem she said
n the same vein she values o’s
family atmosphere
“t’s absolutely the best part of our cul
ture” she said “e help each other
professionally and personally ven
through downsizing we don’t want to
lose that”
now however that if you have an is
sue Baltz is glad to talk with you about
it but she wants to hear more than com
plaining Be positive and proactive
“ am willing to discuss problems ou
should also bring solutions” she said “
expect the same thing
of myself”
he added “ne
of the biggest chal
lenges we face in the
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changing processes” ith larger dis
tricts fewer employees and uncertain
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out and we’ll work through it e’ll
come out of it stronger”
peaking at employee meetings Baltz
has acknowledged the ‘Bolder’ plan’s
very personal impact
“ know it’s a tough time o your best
to stay focused on your work here’s a
lot to be done But mostly want us to
stay safe out there”
Baltz
Hometown : Brumley
Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering and BS Engineering Man-
agement
Career: All with MoDOT-signer, traffic studies engineer
traffic studies engineer, district liai-son engineer in Design, transporta-tion planning coordinator, transpor-tation planning manager, assistant
district engineer2006-2011: district engineerJune 2011: district engineer
Hometown : Maysville
Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering
Career: All with MoDOTdesign technician, construction tech-nician
1977-1989: struc tural designer, seniorstructural designer, structural plansreviewer, structural design groupleaderdistrict chief designer-trict design engineer1992-1996: structural services engi-neer -tant district engineer program delivery
Management Ap-proach: “I focus ondelivering projectsand plans on timeand under budget. Iconstantly strive tolook for practical solu-tions to problems. I’ve
always believed if we work well as ateam, we can achieve great results,even more so during this time.”
Becky Baltz, District Engineer
Dan Salisbury, Assistant District Engineer
Scott Bachman, Assistant to the District Engineer
Hometown : St. Joseph
Education: Missouri Western State-
Career:in St. Joseph, Savannah and Clinton1989-19952011: transportation planner, in-
termediate transportation planner,senior transportation planner, trans-
portation planningcoordinator, districtplanning managerDistrict, starting June2011, assistant to thedistrict engineer
Management Ap-proach: “I recognize that MoDOT’sfunding situation makes it neces-sary to redefine the department ...and still be able to provide a qualitytransportation system. This will re-
quire all of us to consider differentways to approach what we do.”
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1
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Andy Mueller, Assistant District Engineer
Hometown : Bertrand
Education: Missouri University ofScience and Technology, BS Civil En-gineering
Career:19911996, construction inspector
Mexico resident engi-neer1997-1999, bridge en-gineer-field, 1999-2009, Bran-son area engineer,
materials engineer, assistant district
-ministrator operations
Management Approach: “In ourbusiness, the easiest course of ac-tion for the work unit or the projectis not necessarily the best course ofaction for the organization or thetransportation system. I always havea watchful eye out for the next aspir-ing leaders at MoDOT who under-stand and embrace this concept. Ourfuture success depends on them.”
2. Joplin Land Surveyor Rick Blackhelps move equipment and sup-plies from the former District 7 mainoffice to other buildings on thecomplex as part of MoDOT’s down-sizing. MoDOT is allowing the JoplinSchool District, which lost severalfacilities in the May 22 tornado, touse the one-time district office. Em-ployees also were shifted to officesin Carthage and Neosho.
3. Mowing along Route 7 in War-saw is Warsaw Senior MaintenanceWorker Kent Shull, with SeniorMaintenance Worker Jimmy Wisch-meier in the follow truck.
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Customer Relations Manager Nicole Thieret
Phone 573.472.6632
E-mail [email protected]
2675 N. Main Street
P.O. Box 160
Sikeston, MO 63801
for more info
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Customer Relations Manager Christi Turkleson
Phone 417.469.6203
E-mail [email protected]
910 Old Springfeld Road
P.O. Box 220
Willow Springs, MO 65793
Sept. 1 will mark the end of a chap-
ter for Southeast Assistant District
Engineer Tom Stehn. He will be retiring
with MoDOT and taking a new position
as City Administrator for the City of
West Plains. Stehn served as the South
Central District Engineer for 15 years,
and has worked for MoDOT for 28
years.
Stehn joined MoDOT in 1983 af-
ter graduating from the University
of Missouri-Rolla with a bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering. He has held
a variety of positions with MoDOT
including structural designer, high-
way design reviewer, estimating and
reviewing engineer, district highway
design engineer, district chief designer,
district design engineer and eld liaison
engineer.
He is well respected by his staff and thecommunity at large.
“Tom has put his heart and soul in
his work with MoDOT, and for that
I admire him. I wish him all the luck
and happiness he deserves in his new
adventure. The City of West Plains is
fortunate to be getting what MoDOT
had,” said Support Services Manager
Roxy Baldridge.
Assistant District Engineer Chris Rut-
ledge also admires the work Stehn has
done.
“Tom has worked hard to develop an
open, high-trust work culture that has
enabled the district to work across
departmental boundaries. This work
has led to a much collaborative effort,
Tom Stehn Retires
progressive processes and high-yield
results,” said Rutledge. “Plus we know
he is a committed person if he insists
on being such a die-hard Minnesota
Vikings fan despite the team’s dismal
decisions in recent history.”
Stehn said he will miss his colleagues,
but is looking forward to this new phase
of his career.
“What makes an organization great is
its people,” said Stehn. “MoDOT has
been great to my family and me, and I
have enjoyed my time here immensely.
I want to thank everyone for their
support, guidance, encouragement and
friendship over the years.”
Stehn and his wife, Arleen, have four
children and live in West Plains.
The Missouri
Highways and
Transportation
Commission
approved the
Bolder Five-Year
Direction on
June 8, which
increased the size
of the Southeast
District by 11
counties and
named Mark
Shelton the
district engineer
over the 25-county region. Matt Seiler
and Tom Stehn were named assistant
district engineers. Stehn has since
accepted a position as the city admin-
istrator for the City of West Plains, and
Chris Rutledge has been named as the
assistant district engineer.
Shelton has served as district engineer
in the Southeast District since 2005.
He has worked for MoDOT for almost
26 years, serving as the assistant state
construction and materials engineer
prior to becoming the district engineer
for the Southeast District. Shelton has
also worked in Materials for the Central
District, St. Louis District and Central
Ofce, operations engineer in Joplin,
and eld materials director for Central
Ofce. Shelton earned his bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering from the
University of Missouri-Rolla.
“I am excited about this new direction
and look forward to working with the
additional counties in the Southeast
District, as well as the communities we
serve,” said Shelton.
Seiler joins the new Southeast District
as one of the assistant district engineers.
Seiler began his career for MoDOT in
construction in Willow Springs. From
there, he served as the district traf-
c engineer in Springeld and was
promoted to assistant district engineer.
He most recently served as the assistant
district engineer in the Southwest Dis-
trict. Seiler earned his civil engineering
degree from the University of Missouri-
Rolla.
“My focus will be to keep the transpor-
tation system in good condition despite
challenging transportation funding. I
will continue to serve Missourians by
nding practical solutions to meet our
transportation needs,” said Seiler.
Rutledge has worked at MoDOT since
1990, beginning his career as a sum-
mer intern. Throughout his career, he
has worked in design, planning, project
management and maintenance. Rut-
ledge graduated from the University of
Missouri-Rolla with a bachelor’s degree
in civil engineering and received an
MBA from Southwest Baptist Univer-
sity in 2007.
Headquartered in Sikeston, MoDOT’s
Southeast District serves Bollinger,
Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Doug-
las, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison,
Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon,
Ozark, Pemiscot, Perry, Reynolds, Rip-
ley, Scott, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve,
Shannon, Stoddard, Texas, Wayne and
Wright counties.
Bolder Five-Year Direction Approval
Cites Larger District, New Leadership
SE Assistant District Engineer Matt Seiler discussesmoving forward with the Bolder Five-Year Direction and
answers questions from employees.
Stay Connected to the Southeast District via Social Media
A great way to interact with
the 25-county Southeast
region is through face-
book, twitter and YouTube. Information
about upcoming work zones, project
updates and other transportation-related
news is available on these sites. To
learn more, please visit:
www.modot.org/southeast.
Stehn solicits donations to the SouthCentral Crossroads Fund.
Stehn watches as Director Kevin Keith discusses the opening of the Route60/63 interchange with County Collector Larry Spence.
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Mission
Our mission is to provide a
world-class transportation
experience that delights our
customers and promotes a
prosperous Missouri.
MoDOT’s new, Christopher S. Bond
Bridge over the Missouri River lit
up Kansas City’s night sky under a
canopy of reworks July 3, 2011. For
the thousands of festival goers gathered
in Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park
to celebrate Independence Day, it was
the rst glimpse at the bridge’s displayof colorful lights.
“It was a spectacular night,” said kcI-
CON Project Director Brian Kidwell.
“And, MoDOT’s way of thanking the
people of Kansas City for enduring a
three-year road project in the heart of
our city.”
The Christopher S. Bond Bridge fea-
tures a unique lighting system located
along the outer edges of structure’s
main support beams. A series of 106
interconnected color-changing panels
can display thousands of colors in a
variety of patterns.
Sunday’s event featured a patriotic
package of red, white and blue lights.
“It Was a Spectacular Night”Bond Bridge, Fireworks Light up Kansas City’s Skylineby Jennifer Beneeld
MoDOT’s Bond Bridge and freworks light up Kansas City’s night sky July 3, 2011. Thousands o estival-goersgathered in Richard L. Berkley Park to celebrate Independence Day and get the frst look at the bridge’s display ocolorul lights.
Kansas City District Engineer Dan Niec (right), kcICON Project DirectorBrian Kidwell (center), and Paseo Corridor Constructors joint-venturecontractor team sponsor Tom Kellerman (let) kick o the inaugurallighting o the Christopher S. Bond Bridge beore a KCRiverFest crowdo thousands on July 3, 2011.
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“Nine lighting packages were created
with community input to mark Kansas
City’s changing seasons, holidays and
regional events,” said Kidwell. “People
can re-experience the bridge in a dif-
ferent way each time we turn on a new
show.”
The $245 million kcICON project re-
constructed 4.7 miles of Interstate 29/35
from just north of Route 210/Armour Road in North Kansas City into the
northeast corner of the downtown Kan-
sas City, Mo. freeway loop. MoDOT
and its contractor, Paseo Corridor Con-
structors, opened all ramps and lanes of
Interstate 29/35 in December 2010, six
months ahead of schedule and on bud-
get. Additional information is available
on the project’s website at www.kcicon.
com or on Facebook “kcICON Project.”