Adams County supervisors approve insurance for drug‑court vehicle, launch online garbage complaints form and pursue rural fire grant for tanker

Adams County Board of Supervisors approved several operational and finance actions at a regularly scheduled meeting, including placing a donated vehicle for the county drug court on county insurance, launching an online complaint form for missed garbage pickups, and applying for a rural fire grant to help buy a tanker truck.

The board voted to put the drug‑court vehicle — a car donated by the city — on the county insurance policy and to allow use of an opioid‑settlement fund to pay for a fuel card. A youth court representative told the board the vehicle will be used to transport people to treatment and court, and that the city offered to sell the car to the program for $1. “We’ll sell it to you for a dollar,” the representative said. The board moved and approved adding the vehicle to county coverage after brief discussion about liability and who would drive it.

The board also approved launching an online garbage‑complaint form for residents and a related enforcement plan. Devonte of the county IT department explained the site will send complaint “tickets” to a county contact and the trash hauler; the automated form includes dollar values that the county can apply if a missed pickup is not cleared — the vendor can be fined $100 per missed day up to a $400 cap on the ticket, the presentation said. Supervisors asked that telephone reporting remain available for residents who cannot use the web form.

Emergency management and public safety items drew several actions. Brad Bradford, Adams County emergency management director, asked the board to sign the county emergency management plan signature page; the board…