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County staff report ending training subscriptions, road damage after heavy rains; no public comment
Summary
Information Services said the county will likely stop renewing low-use end-user training as vendor costs rise; county road staff reported storm-related damage to gravel roads in northern Muscatine County, especially near Mud Creek and Durant. No members of the public spoke during the comment period.
County staff on June 22 told the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors they plan to discontinue a low-use end-user training subscription and described storm damage to rural roads in the northern part of the county.
Information Services Director Bill Riley said the county has carried about 20 Skillsoft licenses for end-user training but that uptake has been minimal. "I'm probably not going to renew the end user training at this point," Bill Riley said, noting the vendor's cost would rise to roughly $3,000 for seats the county does not use.
Separately, Ron provided the roads update, saying heavy rains during the week and over the weekend left water over some gravel roads—especially around Mud Creek and in the Durant area—and that road crews posted closure signs and will need to blade and repair gravel loss as waters recede. He said a few structures were being monitored but, "knock on wood, hopefully it's just some lose[sic] some gravel," and that foreman Kyle had been putting up road-closed signs.
There were no public comments during the meeting and the board adjourned.
