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Lawrence County commissioners adopt open‑burning ordinance, award road bids, approve funding and multiple land actions
Summary
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners on March 11 adopted a revised open‑burning ordinance, awarded county roadwork contracts, approved staff and abatement items and took action on land‑use petitions including two section‑line vacations.
The Lawrence County Board of Commissioners on March 11 adopted a new ordinance regulating open burning, awarded road‑maintenance contracts, approved personnel actions and abatements, and handled a string of land‑use and property actions including two section‑line vacations.
The board voted to adopt the second reading of Ordinance 2025‑01, the county’s amended open‑burning regulations, and to repeal the earlier ordinance. Commissioners put the ordinance on second reading and adopted it without recorded opposition. The board also awarded several county road bids after an engineer review and public bid openings earlier in the meeting: Highway Improvements received the route-and-crack‑seal contract (low bid, corrected by the engineer) and Aztec Corp. received the county’s chip‑seal contract as the lowest responsible bidder. Commissioners approved routine personnel items, payment of bills and two tax‑abatement decisions (one denied for tax year 2024…
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