Tornado spotter training has been set for March 28th at the Sheridan Christian Church.
The flag was flown at half-mast to remember the victims of the Newton, CT shootings. The flag was also flown half-mast at the Sheridan Post Office Monday.
The Children’s Advocacy Center for the area requested $1513 this year. The county had donated $300 for each of the last two years. There were three abused and neglected children in Worth County served by the agency in 2010 and four in 2011. There were six in 2012. There were none in 2009. The county will find out more information about the request before making a decision.
The county refused payment on an Air Gas bill. Commissioners said that they had overbilled the county over a number of years. Commissioner Dennis Gabbert said that he had repeatedly called, but that he could never get anyone with any authority to resolve the matter.
The bill is for gas bottles that the company says were leased but never returned by the county. But Road and Bridge foreman Jim Fletchall said that he had been told by a representative who came to the barn looking for their bottles that they were OK because they did not have any of their bottles.
The Worth County Progress Organization is laying the groundwork for the next Great Northwest Days at Jefferson City in March. Worth County has a booth there. Historically, the county has contributed $300 for booth space along with the City of Grant City.
Roger Robertson of Robertson Trucking reported on gravel deliveries to the Conservation Roads. All of them are complete except for the deliveries which will be made early next year.
The county awarded the snow removal bid for the Courthouse to Kevin Kobbe for $149.50 per time with the stipulation that if he was unable to get the snow off by 8:30 a.m., the county would hire someone else to do it. Currently, Kobbe works for the Department of Transportation, meaning that he might not be able to do it before evenings if he is working the day shift.
The county awarded the snow removal bid to Robertson Trucking for $140 per hour. The bid is only for emergency purposes; the county crews will remove all snow from the roads if it is an ordinary snow. The rate will be adjusted if fuel goes up or down from the current prices.
County Treasurer Linda Brown reported that county sales tax revenue was up 1.01% from last year. The special rock fund was up $5,000 from last year. Local use tax money was up as well.
Road & Bridge Foreman Jim Fletchall reported that Road #123 near Mount Waller was seeded and mulched. He said that crews were doing mostly shop work this week getting equipment ready for winter.
The shaft on one of the graders broke and will need repair. An upgrade, which the company says involved higher quality steel for the shaft, would cost $2,300. After-market shafts would cost anywhere between $500 and $1,000 while local welders could weld one for less than that. The county will find out more information before making a decision.
Fletchall will put together a list of new roads that will qualify for tax rock since they now have a sufficient gravel base.
County commissioners inspected a number of roads last week. Road #62 will need crowning and grading along with #31. Roads 53 and 61 have runs in their and need crowning.
Other roads that were looked at but that were OK included roads 27, 35, 55, 105, 106, 108, 110, and 281.
The county tabled bids for the Low Boy until they could get more information.
Last week, commissioners reviewed the current insurance policy. They are making some revisions and will ask the insurance companies that submitted bids to resubmit quotes so they can select one.
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