WASHINGTON —
Daviess County offices are facing storage problems, and spiders and mice have invaded some old files the county has in storage.
Clerk Sherri Healy told the Daviess County Commissioners on Monday the old county highway garage on S.E. Third Street has become a problem.
Healy said due to storage issues, the garage has become an "extension of our office." She said someone from her office is in there daily. Recently, they have found spiders, including the poisonous Brown Recluse spider.
"Someone from my office is there daily and the conditions are really bad," Healy said. "It has become a dumping ground." The garage does hold old documents from the clerk and auditor's office. It also holds a road grader and other items from the county highway department.
The sheriff's department also keeps some equipment in the garage, including ATVs.
The documents, Healy said, are in cardboard boxes nearby the other equipment.
State statute says some criminal case paperwork is to be kept for 50 years or longer and some divorce case papers for 25 years. Auditor Gail Doades said some ledgers have to be kept indefinitely.
Healy said the garage is set to be fumigated over Easter weekend, but wondered if it will be effective since spiders are living inside boxes and between pages.
Commissioners realized there is an issue with storage, but said there is little they can do. There was discussion of building another building for storage, offices and parking next to the courthouse in vacant lots.
"Right now with the jail bond, we can't have too much debt," Commissioner Tony Wichman said.
The jail bond is scheduled to be completed in 2020. But with the spider problem, the commissioners were in agreement to get something done.
Following the regular meeting, the commissioners reconvened at the garage to tour the facility.
Utility lines
County Highway Supervisor Phil Cornelius said Daviess-Martin REMC will be moving its lines off CR 900E.
Cornelius said the utility will be moving lines at its own costs. In January, the utility asked if the county would pay part of the $135,345 needed to move the lines because there were not easements for some of the lines and poles on the road.
If the utility had the easements, they would have been moved at no cost to REMC.
Weights and Measures
Commissioners agreed to advertise for a weights and measures tabulator. The state asked for the county to create a position since the county¹s population is now more than 30,000.
The position will be part-time and training and equipment will be provided.
Applications will be taken at the Auditor's office.
Sewer district
Representatives from Greene County were at Monday's meeting to explain rates at a new sewer district that will encompass the WestGate @ Crane Tech Park.
Among the items discussed was the price of tap on fees to the sewer. The sewer encompasses the park, the town of Crane and a few homes in the area.
Residents have until July 1 to request a hook up to the new district.
Tabletop exercise
Knox and Daviess counties will hold a mock disaster exercise this weekend at the Eastside Park Community Building.
The exercise will contain planning and a tabletop exercise that will hold a hazardous materials spill. Emergency responders and anyone who might be working in a disaster situation are invited to attend.The exercise starts at
8 a.m. Saturday.
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