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County public-works and emergency management report: road repairs, trash pickup and severe-weather monitoring
Summary
Road and bridge crews reported recent asphalt placement, ditching, sign work and pothole patching across multiple county roads and said they would prepare seven trucks for snow/ice response; emergency management is monitoring a potential severe-weather event with forecasted amounts ranging from a dusting to 12 inches.
S8 and S7 provided the departmental reports. S8 warned commissioners the county might see severe weather this weekend, with forecasts ranging from a dusting to as much as 12 inches, and said the office is coordinating with emergency management and advising residents to prepare (fuel, groceries, charged phones). S8 also noted three deputies attended Midwest Counterdrug Training Center instruction for rural patrol response to drug incidents.
S7 and S8 detailed road- and bridge-work activity: placements of asphalt (29 tons in West Grove, 129 tons elsewhere), ditching, tree trimming and multiple localized repairs (Buck Mountain Road head-wall repair and temporary mailbox reinstallation). Crews have been patching potholes on Worley Road, Turley, Hunters Ridge, Old Fredericktown Road, Flatwoods, Canterbury and Chaffin. S7 said crews would have seven trucks loaded and ready for snow response. Commissioners asked about a wreck on Buck Mountain and S4 and S5 confirmed a police report had been filed and that insurance/claims procedures would follow.
S8 reported the jail inmate population (126 total: 102 male, 24 female) and an increase of four inmates from the prior week. Calls for service were up (347 calls last week, 833 year-to-date). The department closed by listing additional routine maintenance tasks and sign installations completed during the period.
The commission took no formal action on these reports but noted the items for situational awareness and emergency readiness.
