Sherman County panel approves five-year ZOLL maintenance contract, rents scraper for landfill, and appoints hospital board member

Sherman County commissioners approved several routine contracts and administrative items during the meeting, including a five-year maintenance contract with ZOLL Medical Corporation, authorization to rent a scraper for the South Landfill, the approval of minutes and bills, a tax-roll correction, and an appointment to the hospital board.

Speaker 7 described the ZOLL agreement as a five-year continuance covering ventilators and airway-management equipment and asked the commission to approve the contract because it exceeded an internal spending threshold. Speaker 2 moved to approve the contract with ZOLL Medical Corporation; Speaker 1 seconded and commissioners voiced approval. The contract was described as a continuation of prior service; the transcript records that adequate budget funds exist for the purchase despite the contract exceeding the commissioners' usual spending limit.

Speaker 7 also reported Chief James applied for and the county received a Patterson grant "for like $139,000" to purchase new powered cots. The speaker said the new cots arrived, increase lifting capacity and will benefit EMS crews; the transcript quotes the speaker saying the new cots can lift "750" without assistance compared with older units rated about 600.

On solid-waste operations, Speaker 6 requested permission to rent a scraper to excavate the South Landfill before ground freeze-up. Commissioners discussed rental terms and noted rates in the transcript as roughly $10–$11 per week depending on rental duration; Speaker 2 moved to rent a Foley scraper and Speaker 5 seconded. The commission approved the motion.

Administrative items approved included the minutes for Nov. 26 (motion and second recorded) and a motion to pay bills; the exact dollar figure for the bills in the transcript text is unclear. The commission also approved a correction to the tax roll (reduction of penalty) after a motion by Speaker 2 and second by Speaker 5.

The commission considered three applicants for a hospital board seat (the transcript lists applicants as "Jahan Mossbarger", "William Tremblay" and "Harlan House"). Speaker 5 said he favored a younger candidate and moved to appoint "John Mossberg"; Speaker 1 seconded and the motion carried. The transcript contains inconsistent spellings for the applicant/appointed name; the minutes record the appointment but the spelling differs within the record.

The meeting recessed briefly into an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel and later reconvened and adjourned. No formal litigation, ordinance hearings or contested public hearings were recorded during this meeting.