Commission Minutes

March 15 • Tommy Eastburn met with the Commission to discuss Molder Road. near Powell. lie requested the county close the byway The Commission provided him with the procedure for clos-ing a road. • 11w Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the amount of SS9.827.15. March 29 • Elizabeth Bowen and Tim Conklin, of Northwest Arkansas Regional Plan-ning Commission. met with the County Commission to discuss walking, mint; and biking trails in McDonald County Bowen presented the commission with an infor-mation packet and discussed recently constructed trails in Northwest Arkansas. April 3 • The Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the amount of S28,306. April 5 • Linda Davis met with the Commission regarding Valley Drive. in the village of Ginger Blue. The Commission could not be of any assitance to het April 10 • Western Commissioner David Holloway made a motion to accept a bid of S28,000 from Master Elec-tric for a generator at the Emergency Management Department. The generator is on week and can be easily moved as needed during an emergency The vote passed • The Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the amount of 5162,41804 April 17 • Rex Tilton met with the Commission regarding Moss Church Road, near Anderson. The Commission stated they would review the and April 19 • The Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the anion of $47,566.82. • Commissioners attended the Region M meeting in 10Pbn April 24 • Bill Tortilla met with the Commission regarding Sugar Creek Road at Crag-O-Lea. near Pineville. The Commis-sion stated they would review the toad April 26 • The Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the amount of 4346.841.45 May • The Commission reviewed county roads for flood damage. At this time. Big Sugar Creek Road near Pineville is closed; Sugar Creek Road at the Powell bridge is impassable: and the Oscar T alley bridge is solid. However. the approaches on both cedes of the bridge sustained damage and will need repair. The bridge will remain closed until repairs are made .• The Commission visited the to inspect the ongoing remodel and addition .• The Commission would like to thank all Emergency Management personnel. county and city law enforce-ment officers, Fireman ambu-lance ,911 di spat die rs, kcal fire departments and Road and Bridge personnel for their assistance in keeping McDon-ald County citizens safe during the Rood as well as. the clean-up of roads. bridges. and water ways in the county They would also like to extend that thanks to all citi-zens that volunteered to clean debris off roads, bridges, and waterways, using their own equipment, fuel, and time. It is because of these efforts that McDonald County did not have any fatalities during this flood. May 3 • The Commission checked county roads for flood damage. At this time, the bridge on Reagan Hollow near Noel. is out of service. The Commission also inspected the bridge on Fry Road, near Washburn, and the NRCS project on Langley Road, new Anderson. Both held up and are in good condition. May 10 • lames and Margaret Berg-told met with the Commis-sion to discuss the low-water bridge on Sugar Fork Road, of of Jaguar Road, near Good-man. • Representatives from Missouri Farmer's Associa-tion, David Middleton and Rob Fanner, met with the Commission. alongside Jona-than Pierce. They discussed the Agri-Rudy County Desig-nation program This program exists at m COSI to the county and promotes agriculture business for companies and farmers. An application is requited yearly The Commis-sion unanimously voted to apply for the program. • Due to the non-stop phone calls and messages regarding damaged bridges and roads, the Commission met with Jerry Mullins, Road and Bridge foreman. Together they discussed priorities and a plan to rectify the damage as soon as possible. With the amount of damage the county received. it will take many hours of work FEMA was scheduled to meet with the Commission on May a The Commission asks that ' all citizens of the county please be patient while the Road and Bridge Department . does everything possible to make necessary repairs. • The Commission signed and approved accounts payable checks in the amount of $45,61i74.