Bannock County Public Works details road program, mosquito and weed work, drone use and proposed changes to fleet/shop accounting

Buddy Romrill, Bannock County assistant Public Works director, updated commissioners on multiple Public Works operations including seasonal hires for noxious weed and mosquito control, expanded drone work, road treatments and changes to the county fleet and shop accounting.

Romrill told commissioners the department recruited seasonals at a job fair and has begun training them for roadside weed control. “We mag chloride and do that amendment to the road on about 63 miles around the county,” he said when describing this year’s dust-control and maintenance program. He also reported early mosquito activity and said staff are treating standing water after finding larvae sooner than usual.

Romrill described expanded use of drones for surveying and for supporting mosquito work. He said staffers Dana and others are obtaining the necessary licenses and…