Guthrie County Supervisors approve monitoring well at transfer station
By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
During the July 8 regular meeting of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors, Health Services Director Jotham Arber expressed a need to have another monitoring well drilled at the transfer station.
Arber said he had hoped to receive local bids, but despite contacting many firms in and out of the local area, only one was received. He said this is likely because it is such a relatively small project for any well-drilling company. The one bid received was from EcoSource.
Arber explained the reason for drilling another monitoring well.
“The DNR decided another background monitoring well is needed to verify the water sampling that we’re doing,” Arber said.
Arber said the cost is expected to be $3,965. The supervisors approved accepting the bid for the monitoring well.
County Treasurer Brenda Campbell provided an update on her department. She told of ongoing trainings for those in the department, as well as trends in usage of the various services provided by the department.
“We issued a total of 3,397 driver licenses this past fiscal year, and 814 of those were out of county,” Campbell said. “We also issued 276 CDLs (Commercial Driver Licenses).”
Supervisor Steve Smith updated the supervisors on his progress drafting a proposed new format for employee evaluations. He noted that the target date for implementing any new format is Jan. 1, 2026. Supervisor Chair Maggie Armstrong said she will work on turning Smith’s draft into a PDF form so users can type in it. The supervisors approved the new format.
No members of the public spoke during the Public Comments portion of the meeting.
The supervisors meet regularly on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. The public is welcome to attend in person or via remote technology. To join remotely, call 323-792-6123, then use meeting code 547029216#.
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