Greene Co. SupervisorsThe Greene County board of Supervisors met in regular session yesterday.

The Board approved a few items.  A proposal was approved by Brooks, Borg and Skiles to conduct a study to see how much it would be and what materials would be needed to replace all the windows to a more efficient style and installing a central air conditioning and heating system in the historic courthouse.  The price for the study is $14,800.

The Board also approved a ten-year lease agreement with the Iowa Department of Transportation with the Lincoln Highway Interpretive Site near Grand Junction.  Part of the agreement would be that the county secondary roads department would maintain the area.  And the Board approved the reimbursement rates with Jennie Edmunds Hospital in Council Bluffs with their rate going up to $800 for just one day stay in their hospital.

The Supervisors heard a mental health update from central point coordinator’s Diane Jackson and Darcy Alt of Dallas County.  The final approval came through and the mental health region that Greene County belongs to is with Guthrie, Audubon and Dallas counties, making them the ninth largest population region of the 16 regions.  Jackson reported that for Greene, Guthrie and Audubon counties together, there would be about $300,000 ending fund balance and for Dallas County alone, Alt predicted about $1million.

During committee reports, Vice-Chair Guy Richardson talked about COO of Wild Rose Entertainment, Tom Timmons, giving an update to the Jefferson Lions Club last week.  He said by the next meeting for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission in October, the Grow Greene County committee will try to get support from other officials in surrounding counties and submit that information to the commission so that when the feasibility study is finished, Greene County can be looked at for a license sooner.

 

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