The wooden bridge on Ronnie Dannar’s road southeast of Grant City is deteriorating again, and the county is searching for answers to replace it. The township has too much income to qualify for the CDBG program, which was used for the Cook Bridge project near Allendale. It is one of the last remaining wooden bridges in the county. Twice within the last 18 years, the county had replaced the bridge, only for it to deteriorate again. Dannar was in Monday to request a concrete bridge for the road.
The county is in the process of seeking funding from a new state program to address safety on rural roads and looking for other sources of funding. If that doesn’t work, the county plans to get equipment over the next three years and replace it with its own funds. Replacing it this year is not an option, as it is too closed to harvest season.
The commissioners agreed to replace the tube on David Gilland’s road after Commissioner Nonneman talked to Road & Bridge Supervisor Jim Fletchall and the county discussed it again. It is on Road #105/170th Road.
Emergency Management Director Abby Hawk was in to give her report. She will be in Jefferson City next month for training. She said that the county needs new flood mapping; it is supposed to be done every 10 years, but it hasn’t been done for the last 17 years.
Generator needs were discussed for the county, as there is possible mitigation money available this year. The commissioners will be looking for quotes. Emergency shelter needs were discussed. The county will get some hand sanitizers and gowns from the state.
The Rural Water District which is in the process of purchasing Middlefork Water Company is in the process of looking into connecting the Platte and West Fork Grand Rivers, which would give Isadora and Oxford rural water.
Hawk presented her report on the Coronavirus pandemic. Statewide, weekly increased positive cases were up to 67,475, up 8,548. Around 11% of tests conducted were positive; Hawk said it usually ranges from 7% to 11%. Most of the increases are in Kansas City, Springfield, and St. Louis. The largest percentage of new positive cases consists of people from 20 to 29. The next largest consists of people from 30-39. There were 60 new deaths; the most effective is people over 80. There were no new positive cases in Worth County as of Monday morning. There were 227 total cases in Nodaway County, 87 for Gentry County, 62 for Harrison County, 104 for Taylor County, and 24 for Ringgold County.
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