By Emilee Shake
The Daviess County Commissioners gave the OK during Monday’s meeting to move forward with gaining information from county employees regarding the wellness plan.
Marilyn McCullough with Thompson Insurance and Jane Norton, county nurse, told the commissioners they need solid numbers on the amount of employees interested in participating in the wellness plan.
“Once we get a number, we can determine the actual cost and apply for the grant,” McCullough said.
The grant could off-set the county’s expenses for the plan.
Norton shared a few ways they could gauge the interest level: an attachment in payrolls, have department heads meet or actually go into each department.
The commissioners told Norton and McCullough to proceed with obtaining the information needed for the grant application.
In other business
Project Life Saver
Diane Beasley presented the commissioners with a newsletter about the Project Life Saver program. She told the commissioners she is coordinating with the Monroe County Police Sergeant to get more information for them.
“If we can provide monitors for home detention, we can provide monitors for our most innocent people,” Beasley said.
Grader Bid Award
Larry McLin, Highway Department superintendent, presented the bids for two road graders. The commissioners voted 2 to 1 to accept the bid from Caterpillar.
Load Limit
Commissioner Tony Wichman thanked the general public for the indulgence in the load limit.
“What we can do for 10 days here we can probably save months worth of patching and work (in the future),” Wichman said.
The plant manager from Berry Plastics Mike Clark requested clarification on the rules of the load limit.
“We’ve got a lot at stake for the future. We just want to understand the impact of this,” Clark said.
Wichman said they are looking to set up designated truck routes.
Roads
Marty Sellers requested the commissioners hire an unbiased engineer to look at his road. He said he’s been driving in 6 inches to 8 inches of mud.
