The regular county commission meeting will begin at 10 am. The agenda and its accompanying packet are available online. Items that are of interest and their corresponding pages in the packet are described.
The county’s regular meeting will be preceded at 9:30 am by public hearings to discuss 3 ordinances that will be voted on by the commission during the regular meeting.
The ordinances to be discussed with the public during the hearings are:
Ordinance 22-004 (p 371 in the packet), the county’s subdivision regulation. This ordinance updates the current subdivision regulations enacted in 2012.
Ordinance 22-005 (p 491) a repeal of the county’s planning ordinance. This ordinance will disband the current 7 member appointed planning commission. Staffing the commission has “proven difficult over the past thirteen (13) years, and utilizing the Planning Commission as an intermediary between the public and the Commission injects an additional level of delay, bureaucracy, and administrative burden to subdivision applicants and applicants for claims of exemption”. If passed, the county administration will take on the duties of the current planning commission.
Ordinance 22-006 (p 494) to address naming roads and assigning addresses to buildings in the county. This ordinance is primarily for assigning addresses to new rather than existing structures. However, it does allow for renaming streets meeting certain requirements including approval by residents. All communication towers in the county will also be required to have an address assigned by the county.
The regular county meeting will begin at 10 am. In addition to regular business the commission will:
- Approve the 2022 property tax rates (p 217)
- Appoint board members to the County Livestock Loss Authority and to the Senior Joint Office on Aging. No candidates were listed for either board position
- Accept a $150,000 appropriation from the state to begin work on the Arrey ball field
- Enter an agreement (p. 264) with Wireless Tower Solutions to help the county update its ordinances and wireless services. This agreement will have no direct cost to the county. Wireless Tower Solutions will be paid from application fees to wireless carriers.
- Enter an agreement (p 351) with Parkhill Engineering to close the county’s septic disposal facility near the landfill. Estimated cost to the county is $176,000.
The commission is also expected to sign resolutions to describe the procedures and fees for inspection of public records (p 365) and a resolution to declare the county a state of disaster from current rainfalls (p 369). The latter resolution will assist the county in obtaining funds for repairs.