By Dorothy Bloemendaal
Staff writer
The Murray County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, February 28. The warrants and ditch bills were approved for payment. The ditch bills included local contractors, a viewer for redetermination of benefits, and engineering companies for a total of $18,378.49.
The ambulance agreement has been in place since 2010 with the townships and cities in the Murray County Primary Service Area. The agreement is $35.00 per section in the townships and $10.00 per capita within the cities. Collected to date is $202,410.00. The fund has been used for the purchase of two ambulances and has a balance of $42,339,16. The funds are used only for the purchase of ambulances. All townships paid in 2016.
Heidi Winter, auditor/treasurer, reported on the recent conference she attended in Bloomington where she served on the audit committee. Some of the topics covered were fraud and consequences, work place bullying, positive interaction with clients, update on department revenues, taxation, and election machines. Murray County is on board with credit card payments by the residents.
Howard Konkol, ditch inspector, inquired of the board followup for spraying six major ditches in the eastern part of the county. It is up to the landowners to spray for weeds. The spraying of the ditches would be for brush and trees by four wheel equipment. He was given permission to continue contact with a contractor for the process and report to the board later.
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