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Commissioners debate mowing, custodian duties and use of highway equipment
Summary
Officials discussed options for courthouse grounds maintenance after complaints about uneven mowing; key issues included whether highway funds and equipment can be used for courthouse properties, a potential $10,000 stipend or contract for mowing, and whether to eliminate the building superintendent position and contract custodial work.
Scott County's commissioners and council members discussed courthouse and property maintenance on Oct. 7, focusing on who should mow county-owned sites, how to fund that work and whether to restructure the custodian position.
County leaders raised repeated legal and fiscal questions about using highway department equipment or highway funds to mow courthouse property. "We can't use County Highway money to mow non-County Highway properties," one commissioner said during the session, and staff cautioned that motor-vehicle or highway funds are restricted to highway…
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