By Rich Wicks | Times Vedette
On Tuesday, Aug. 6, the Guthrie County Supervisors held a regular weekly meeting with a light agenda, which resulted in the meeting lasting only 13 minutes. No members of the general public spoke during the “Public Comments” portion of the meeting.
Board Chair JD Kuster shared an update about an upcoming meeting regarding EMS.
“I contacted the Adair EMS, and they set up a meeting for tomorrow night over in Adair. Steve (Smith, supervisor) and I will attend, 6:30 p.m. at the fire hall,” Kuster said.
Supervisor Maggie Armstrong shared that she and Smith will meet with Panora EMS and city staff on Thursday morning, Aug. 8.
Kuster asked Armstrong for an update on the county’s development of a new website.
“Good. We’re making progress. There are a couple of departments that still need to submit information to the web development team,” Armstrong said.
“Good. It would be nice to get that up and running,” Kuster said.
Steve Smith mentioned that he has received calls from citizens concerned about road conditions in the county.
“You know, it’s rained a lot. It’s washed,” Smith said. “I also feel like it’s a bigger issue on the hills than it is on the flats.”
Supervisor Mike Dickson added that this is the time of year when more vacation time is likely being used by the county’s road crew, so roads aren’t getting worked on as quickly. He also said that when the new website is up and running, it will be helpful in communicating how the county is addressing issues the public may be asking about.
Item No. 4 on the agenda was to appoint a Guthrie County representative to the Region XII Regional Housing Authority. The current representative is Marty Arganbright.
“He’s been on that for several years now,” Kuster said.
The supervisors unanimously appointed Arganbright to another term as representative to the Regional Housing Authority.
The next regular meeting of the supervisors will be Tuesday, Aug. 13. The public is welcome to attend in person or via remote technology. To join remotely, call 323-792-6123, then use meeting code 547029216#.