Washington County Commissioners met Tuesday, June 2 with all commissioners present. Pastor James Glisan of the First Presbyterian Church of Akron opened with a prayer, which was followed by the “Pledge of Allegiance”.
The commissioners approved the consent agenda. In public comment, the commissioners wanted to let everyone know that they are welcome to attend the meetings if they would like to ask questions or make a comment to the board. Jerry Patterson of the Otis Telegraph asked about the designated fund for the nursing home that is in the budget.
Commissioner Leland Willeke explained that the designated funds will be accumulated until 2022 and then will be used to pay down the principal. Right now, they are only paying interest on the nursing home and will be doing that until 2022. In 2022, they will get another loan and will start paying on the principal and with the use of the designated funds, the payments will be well within the nursing home’s budget.
Administrative Assistant Denise Chavez gave the planning and zoning report. Resolution 20-73 for Morgan County REA was discussed again. The commissioners approved the resolution and a variance to allow Morgan County REA to place poles in a Washington County right of way. Some poles will be placed one to two feet into the right of way with anchors and one pole will be placed five feet with an anchor into the right of way. It was approved that the variance would allow 24 poles to be placed with a cost of 20 cents per linear foot, amounting to $10,553.
Building permit 20-19 for Viaero Wireless to build a 330-foot replacement tower for the 300-foot tower that is currently up was approved. Viaero wants to build a new, more structurally sound tower.
Akron Town Clerk Dencia Raish explained that she was going to ask the commissioners to apply for a variance for the swimming pool, but the CDC has come out with new rules for pools and the town will follow those. The town is still working on the pond and hopes to have it open in July instead of August. Once the pond it open, the public will not be allowed to add their own fish. Fish will be obtained from the state or approved hatcheries.
Emergency Manager Bryant McCall said there have now been 41 cases of COVID-19 in the county and the increase is due to the rise at the Justice Center. He is still ordering supplies and said they are becoming easier to order and receive. The county has received about 100 test kits for COVID-19. Man have gone to the Justice Center, who is testing all staff and inmates. Until they have approved healthcare workers to administer the tests, they cannot be done. At first, the health department wanted people to go to Yuma County for the tests, but now they can be done here once enough people are trained and approved to administer tests.
County Administrator Misty Peterson then discussed the variance. They have sent it into the health department and received suggested changes. The board went over the variance to make some further changes, especially since the guideline have changed from the state. Those changes are to be done right away and will be submitted again into the health department.
The school gave the commissioner a rough draft of what they want to do for summer sports. The commissioners approved signing a waiver of liability for the school to have summer sports.
Knights of Columbus asked for approval of a liquor license for the beer garden during fair. they will have to follow all guidelines for COVID-19. The commissioners also received an application for the Elks liquor license for Bucking Bulls on August 15 and for their poker run on September 19. Both applications were approved. The county will send the variance and they will have to follow those guidelines.
Peterson then asked the board to approve the chairman to sigh a letter to go to the county’s attorney to the audit can be finalized, and this was approved. The audit was done the last week of May.
Peterson asked if the Event Center could be opened up or if it has to be closed through June 20. A discussion followed. The board spoke about fair, a dance recital and wedding reception to be held at the Event Center. The commissioners felt the building shouldn’t be open for now, as they are uncertain about sanitization and social distancing, and decided to close the Event Center through June 15.
A department head meeting is scheduled for June 23. Free dump dates will be cancelled for now and may be rescheduled for August or September. Commissioner Willeke also asked about the electronic dumping, as he felt a date should be set up every couple of months. They will talk to the town because there is a charge for all electronics that are recycled.
District 3 Road Supervisor Steve Marshall discussed buying a new truck for District 3. He handed out the prices and descriptions of the trucks. Motors seem to get bigger every year and he recommended buying a new Freightliner. He has $61,000 left in his budget. After some discussion, the board approved the capital purchase of a 2021 Freightliner for $72,960.
The meeting was then adjourned. The commissioners meet every Tuesday at 8 a.m.
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