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Keith County commissioners approve routine claims and weed reports, hear road and personnel updates and discuss mental-health options
Summary
The board approved amended claims (including a mileage adjustment), authorized the chair to sign annual weed-control reports, heard a roads-department update and discussed personnel/time-clock issues and a plan to expand mental-health resources for employees and residents.
At the meeting the Keith County Board of Commissioners handled several routine administrative matters and updates.
Claims and minutes: Commissioners amended a mileage claim by $38.79 for a late-submitted entry and approved claims as amended. They also approved previous meeting minutes with an amendment correcting a term in the minutes.
Weed reports: Jamie Moore, the county Noxious Weeds superintendent, presented the annual weed-control reports (budget, infestation and activity reports and a watch list). He noted increased hemlock reports in roadside ditches in multiple locations and said the county can declare and control specific noxious weeds locally if needed. The board voted to authorize the chair to sign the yearly weed-control reports.
Roads and surplus: A roads representative reported on a Purple Wave surplus auction with current items and bids, plans to sell two semis, pavement-audit work and intentions to do crack sealing when weather allows; the department is testing road-and-bridge-management software and expects to bring proposals to the board.
Personnel and time clocks: Commissioners discussed application of the employee handbook to county staff and the hiring of another part-time county attorney who also serves another county; questions were raised about benefits eligibility and payroll tracking. A failure of an existing jail time clock and a potential desktop-puncher solution (staff cited a possible $2-per-employee-per-month licensing charge) prompted discussion of replacement costs and options.
Mental-health resources: Commissioners and staff reported meetings with local service providers and discussed options to provide more-accessible mental-health resources for employees and residents using a combination of telehealth, an employee-assistance program (EAP) and local counseling referrals. Staff said several options would require little or no new county funding and that further work is underway.
Next steps: Several items—road-grant paperwork, juvenile-services MOU and some personnel questions—were continued to future agendas for clarification and follow-up by staff.
