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Buffalo County approves temporary contract labor, hires bridge inspection consultant and moves $300,000 into staggered CDs
Summary
Buffalo County Commissioners voted to hire a contractor for interim highway coordination at $300 a week, authorized a bridge reinspection contract that carries a 20% county match and approved placing $300,000 into staggered certificates of deposit.
Buffalo County Commissioners on Tuesday approved three measures to keep highway projects moving and to bolster the county’s short-term reserves.
The board voted to hire a contractor for interim highway and grant coordination at $300 a week, approved a resolution to hire IMAG for county bridge reinspections that will require a 20% county match, and authorized putting $300,000 into staggered certificates of deposit to earn higher interest income.
The measures came during a wider discussion of several bridge projects and federal aid work. Tanner, who offered to continue county FEMA and bridge coordination on a contract basis, told the board: “I would do a contract labor or whatever for $300 a week, and I’ll keep up with all the emails and the the grama work and the FEMA stuff that I’m working right now.” The…
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