The County of Worth is planning to purchase a new Global Information System at an estimated cost of $52,000 from money appropriated by the State to the Assessor's Office that has been saved up over the last few years. Assessor Carolyn Hardy said that the system would be used to create a more accurate picture of who owns land in the county. The county would be able to update it in real time. It can also be used by the Road & Bridge crew to line up bridge and tube work and to keep track of where tubes are. It can also be used for 911, voter registration, school district and fire district boundary lines, and easements. The $52,000 price tag includes the program along with a map. The county will put it out for bid.
The old map was last updated in the 1970's, before the Flood of 1993 and before Golf Tee Lane was built in Grant City. Down the road, the county might be able to print its own plat maps according to County Clerk Roberta Owens. The next goal, she said, would be to get a specialized printer that could print off these maps.
All CART rock for this fall has been delivered. Due to snow, commissioners talked about doing it earlier in the year next time. Patrons can get emergency rock at any time for $150 a load and the county will haul the gravel.
The county received a query regarding the payment of funeral expenses when a deceased person does not have a living relative who can or will pay funeral expenses. Missouri Revised Statute Section 205.630 says that the "county commission of the proper county shall allow such sum as it shall think reasonable, for the funeral expenses of any person who shall die within the county without means to pay such funeral expenses." Commissioners at Monday's meeting said that at the present time, the county does not pay funeral expenses. Medicare and Medicaid do not pay for burials or funeral expenses.
The new Irena road has been done as far as possible for this year, Road & Bridge Foreman Jim Fletchall reported. The road can be driven on, but it is rough and needs to settle. The commission discussed new brush letters for the Irena area. Generally, the commission sends out letters for roads that are on school bus routes, that are on grader routes, and that receive complaints. A section of Old 169 north of Grant City is now closed; the county has put up markers.
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