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Daviess County approves West Boggs Park repairs, seasonal wage range change
Summary
Commissioners approved $15,000 in building repairs for West Boggs Park and a change to the park’s seasonal part-time wage range, after park staff described recent storm damage, a costly golf-course bermuda failure and an experimental lake treatment program.
Daviess County commissioners approved a $15,000 additional appropriation for repairs at West Boggs Park and voted to change the park’s seasonal part-time wage range to a $9 minimum and $25 maximum.
Park representative Nathan Rimm described multiple maintenance and program issues at the park, including more than $30,000 in damage after bermuda grass used on golf-course fairways failed over winter and subsequent topsoil erosion. Rimm said the golf-course operator paid for immediate materials and that Rimm contacted the State Board of Accounts to confirm the county could use its tax ID to purchase materials for park property so the operator would not pay sales tax. Rimm said the full repair work ultimately cost about $33,375 and that the additional appropriation on the meeting agenda covered $15,000 for building repairs…
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