Public Record: November 16, 2017

-Commission Minutes-

The Nodaway County Commission met in regular session Wednesday, Nov. 8. In attendance were Presiding Commissioner Bill Walker, North District Commissioner Chris Burns, South District Commissioner Robert Stiens and County Clerk Melinda Patton.

There was no Nov. 10 session due to observance of Veterans Day.

Business before the commission included:

• A presentation by Collector/Treasurer Marilyn Jenkins on 2017 budget items. Jenkins also noted a receipt for funds received by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

• A phone conversation with a Jackson Township resident who had inquired about a used drainage tube. The citizen agreed to purchase the 50-foot-long tube for $919.

• A phone conversation with Andy Macias of Snyder and Associates engineers regarding the status of a change order for a federally funded bridge project.

• A commission discussion of janitorial and building maintenance issues at the courthouse.

• Signing of a 2018 contribution election form for the County Employees’ Retirement Fund. The county elected to remain at a 4 percent contribution level.

• An email response to Hometown Products, who had proposed providing the county with promotional maps and magnets. The offer was declined.

• Completion of a form for the designation of delegates to the Missouri Association of Counties annual conference.

• A discussion with a Green Township resident with regard to road maintenance in the unincorporated village of Quitman.

• A telephone meeting with Green Township Trustee Jeff Cordell regarding street gravel in Quitman.

• Inspection of road No. 463 in Jackson Township.

• A discussion with environmental planner Linda Laderoute of the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments with regard to the newly completed household hazardous waste disposal site.

• Inspections of road No. 191 and bridge No. 0198 (road No. 198) in Independence Township.