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A county official opened the item, saying the commission's \"condolences to his family\" and noting the county stands ready to help EMS staff and the crew's family. The board asked that support be conveyed to Campbell's spouse, Megan, who is also an EMS employee.

\"I'd just like to add that we we're profoundly grateful for Mike's service, to our county,\" a commissioner said, and asked the community to hold Campbell's family and the EMS team in their thoughts and prayers during what he called \"a very difficult time.\"

Separately, the board announced a community fundraiser: a spaghetti dinner at the Knights of Columbus from 4 to 7 p.m., $10 per meal, with proceeds going to Lawrence County Advocates for Developmental Disabilities. Commissioners also received and agreed to forward correspondence about open burning complaints to the county's solid waste department for follow-up.

The board said it will communicate additional support options for EMS staff and notify the public of any community resources to assist the family.

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\"There is such a thing called the petition ditch,\" Patrick told the board, referencing the state law provision that enables landowners or the county to create or repair open drainage ditches that benefit multiple properties. \"It's a process that you have to go through hearings, viewings. There's bonds that's done with it. There's plans. There's estimates. There's all that type of stuff,\" he said, adding that costs are apportioned to those who benefit from the ditch and collected through property tax assessment.

Commissioners asked whether a covered or altered ditch in Burlington could be uncovered and who would be responsible for the costs. Patrick said the petition-ditch process can be used to uncover or reconstruct ditches but that responsibility for paying to uncover or reconstruct depends on whether the ditch is on highway right-of-way (which the county maintains) or on private property where benefitting landowners would bear costs.

Patrick described typical ditch projects as involving easements and large trapezoidal sections in agricultural areas; he said Lawrence County's topography means many drainage issues are concentrated in river-bottom areas and that some petition-ditch scenarios common elsewhere in the state are rare locally.

The commissioners asked staff to follow up and schedule further discussion on specific drainage requests raised at the meeting.

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The donation is intended to cover the upfront cost of the first run of 200 state coins that committee members said they will sell to raise additional funding for events such as fireworks, a parade and related memorial projects. Commissioner Copley moved to approve the donation; the motion was seconded and carried with all three commissioners voting yes: Commissioner Finley, Commissioner Copley and Commissioner Holiday.

The committee's presenter, Rich, told the commissioners the effort will be run through a nonprofit the group created: \"The funds will stay with America 2 50, Lawrence County, okay, which is a 5 0 1 c 3 nonprofit company that that we started,\" Rich said. He described the sales plan as a fundraiser: \"Yeah. We're it it'll be a fundraiser,\" he said. The committee said the first coin run will focus on a state-design coin, with a later smaller county-specific run if sales support it.

Committee members and commissioners discussed unit costs, ordering minimums and market risk. The presenters said the coins cost about $14.06 each at the production estimate they cited and that the vendor requires minimum purchases (100 is a typical minimum; a modest additional per-unit discount was described for orders of 200). Rich told the commissioners the total startup cost for the two runs the committee proposed would be about $15,000 for 200 state coins and that additional sales could be used to finance subsequent county coins and other souvenirs.

Committee members also described a broader souvenir and outreach plan that includes small hand flags, 12-by-18 flags and lapel pins to distribute or sell at events, and the committee said some merchandise will be given away for free to children during educational activities. The group said some proceeds are earmarked to support the county's Memorial Day Parade Committee after the 250th-year events conclude.

The Board voted to approve the donation and authorized county staff to record the contribution. Commissioners clarified that the donated funds would go to the nonprofit America250 Lawrence County for use on the coin purchase and related event activity, and not directly into the county general fund.

The commissioners and committee members said they plan to evaluate sales and return to the board if further funding or orders are required.

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