The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department has received a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation for a new radar unit.
Sheriff J.B. King attended the Pulaski County Commission meeting Monday to get commissioners to sign off on the $2,300 grant. The grant will pay for a radar unit for a patrol car, King said.
“This, I think, is our last car that does not have a radar in it,” King said.
In other business, Western District Commissioner Ricky Zweerink said an 18-foot flatbed trailer was stolen this weekend from the county shed in Swedeborg. Zweerink said it was lined up outside of the building with trucks and equipment.
“I assume it happened over the weekend,” Zweerink said. “They backed up there and got the one they wanted.”
King said the Sheriff's Department is working on recovering the trailer, but it is too early in the investigation to know anything more.
Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham is continuing to deal with road issues as one area has become damaged because of a developer's truck traffic.
Farnham said the chip-seal on Roulette Road has been damaged because of traffic from heavy trucks. Farnham said a subdivision is under construction in that area and his foreman has told the developer to repair the road.
“We just had pulled the ditches, put a culvert or two in across the road there,” Farnham said.
Charlie Hamilton, a resident of the Timbers Neighborhood Improvement District, suggested commissioners look into using people who have to perform a certain amount of community service for help with road work, such as clearing brush.
“I see these people who are serving community service and I guess they have so many hours they've got to serve,” Hamilton said. “It'd be kind of halfway free labor.”
Farnham said the commission could probably have an arrangement worked out, but someone from their road crews would still have to train and oversee them while they work.
Farnham said insurance would also be an issue.
“I've thought about that in the past,” Farnham said. “That's a possibility, we just never accessed it.”
The Pulaski County Commission meets twice-weekly at 9 a.m. Monday and again on Thursday.
Three commissioners represent the county, two district commissioners and one presiding.
The Commission will not meet Monday, Sept. 6, which is Labor Day.
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The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department has received a grant from the Missouri Department of Transportation for a new radar unit.
Sheriff J.B. King attended the Pulaski County Commission meeting Monday to get commissioners to sign off on the $2,300 grant. The grant will pay for a radar unit for a patrol car, King said.
“This, I think, is our last car that does not have a radar in it,” King said.
In other business, Western District Commissioner Ricky Zweerink said an 18-foot flatbed trailer was stolen this weekend from the county shed in Swedeborg. Zweerink said it was lined up outside of the building with trucks and equipment.
“I assume it happened over the weekend,” Zweerink said. “They backed up there and got the one they wanted.”
King said the Sheriff's Department is working on recovering the trailer, but it is too early in the investigation to know anything more.
Eastern District Commissioner Bill Farnham is continuing to deal with road issues as one area has become damaged because of a developer's truck traffic.
Farnham said the chip-seal on Roulette Road has been damaged because of traffic from heavy trucks. Farnham said a subdivision is under construction in that area and his foreman has told the developer to repair the road.
“We just had pulled the ditches, put a culvert or two in across the road there,” Farnham said.
Charlie Hamilton, a resident of the Timbers Neighborhood Improvement District, suggested commissioners look into using people who have to perform a certain amount of community service for help with road work, such as clearing brush.
“I see these people who are serving community service and I guess they have so many hours they've got to serve,” Hamilton said. “It'd be kind of halfway free labor.”
Farnham said the commission could probably have an arrangement worked out, but someone from their road crews would still have to train and oversee them while they work.
Farnham said insurance would also be an issue.
“I've thought about that in the past,” Farnham said. “That's a possibility, we just never accessed it.”
The Pulaski County Commission meets twice-weekly at 9 a.m. Monday and again on Thursday.
Three commissioners represent the county, two district commissioners and one presiding.
The Commission will not meet Monday, Sept. 6, which is Labor Day.
