County Commissioners met Monday morning for weekly enterprise the place the donation of a Ok-9 Unit topped dialogue subjects, together with a prioritized county challenge record and a lowered velocity zone for Empire.
Commissioners opened dialogue with a donation that got here for a feminine German shepherd for the Stephens County Sheriff’s Division as a k9 unit.
Undersheriff Rick Lang mentioned the canine would act as a companion for youngsters in an area faculty district.
“It’s going to be a college useful resource officer canine — for the Bray faculties,” he mentioned. “It’d be the identical method that Sunny, the courthouse canine, is to the courthouse.”
Lang mentioned the canine can be on the district for the youngsters who want additional consolation from nervousness or an identical scenario.
“This may be a optimistic distraction for them,” Lang mentioned. “It’s confirmed with Sunny that it may be a relaxing have an effect on on them.”
In keeping with Lang, the canine will undergo the right channels for obedience coaching to prep her for changing into the useful resource canine at Bray faculties.
“She won’t be educated in medicine, monitoring, something,” he mentioned. “This specific pup appears to have the proper character for this.”
The board authorized the donation.
Board members additionally mentioned the Stephens County Mission Plan, comprised of an inventory of tasks with high precedence for the county’s allocation of American Rescue Act funds.
Chairman Todd Churchman mentioned throughout this time, just a few of these on the highest precedence record they’re with their advisory embody, however will not be restricted to: Choices for low revenue medical transport; highway district income alternative; upgrades to the Stephens County Fairgrounds facility to deal with group public well being emergency response; growth of distant entry to county clerks public land data; full aerial imaging of Stephens County; gear for Stephens County Sheriff’s Workplace; upgrades to Stephens County Dispatch software program; and a shelter trailer to offer gear for quick shelter setup throughout an precise catastrophe.
“That is a few of what we’re ,” Churchman mentioned. “This (will) all be topic to vary — probably.”
Morgan mentioned they have been underneath the $10 million mark and all of their funds have been designated as income loss.
“Income loss can be utilized for any common county providers,” Morgan mentioned.
Transferring ahead, the county board authorized a decision to scale back the load restrict on county roads and request the velocity restrict to be lowered to 35 miles per hour within the Empire College Zone.
Churchman mentioned the velocity restrict will go from 55 to 45 to 35.
“We’ll do that each 550 ft to scale back it to 35 at that interplay there,” Churchman mentioned.
The board authorized the decision to publish the merchandise for 4 consecutive weeks.
Moreover, Commissioner Morgan up to date the board on the fairgrounds.
Morgan mentioned they have been getting ready the fairground for the upcoming truthful on Aug. 17 – Aug. 20.
In different information, the county board authorized:
• To nominate Todd Churchman as a consultant from the Board of Stephens County Commissioners to serve on the ASCOG Board of Trustees by means of Might 31, 2023.
• Two fairground agreements: one for the Duncan Excessive College commencement ceremony on Might 18, 2023; and one for the Duncan Annual Coin Present in Territory Corridor on Sept. 16-17, 2022.
The common assembly of the Board of Stephens County Commissioners will convene at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. eight on the Stephens County Courthouse.
