Ms. Kobbe also reported that 17 people from Worth County attended the recent emergency exercise at Hundley-Whaley last month. This was almost as many as Gentry County, which hosted the exercise. In it, there was an accident involving a pickup truck hauling anhydrous ammonia that flipped over, causing a leak. The Life Flight helicopter was involved in the exercise. Anhydrous ammonia has been a point of emphasis in emergency training.
Kobbe also reported that the county is still completing paperwork on the disaster declaration from May 16th to July 27th. Road & Bridge Foreman Jim Fletchall reported that it was 2/3’s done. Kobbe said that she did not think that Worth County would be declared for the recent storms that hit the area that involved massive flooding in the St. Louis area.
Brush enforcement was the main issue of discussion at Monday’s meeting. The commissioners went through the entire list of landowners who received letters, lining up who the county was going to remove brush from in order of age and priority. Landowners who do not comply with the voter-approved county brush law will have their brush removed by the county and have the costs assessed against their taxes. The county will send out a new round of brush letters to some which had gotten one several years ago, but which the commission had never followed up on. This will follow inspections of roads by commissioners. Other roads are in the process of having brush removed and will be reinspected by the commissioners.
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