The Greene County Board of Supervisors met Monday in regular session.

During open forum, County Engineer Wade Weiss said they are making progress on the new Secondary Roads Department facility in Scranton. What was once used as a temporary cold storage facility is being converted into a fully operational road department shop as electricity is being installed soon and heaters are being installed. Weiss anticipated moving into the facility by late spring.

Next, two Grand Junction residents spoke to the Board about their concerns with the proposed solar panel farm from National Grid Renewables. They would be impacted by the solar project and said when they moved to rural Greene County, they didn’t anticipate a solar farm would be built. The Board agreed to move forward with a six month moratorium, under the guidance of County Attorney Thomas Laehn, to either have the state legislature approve a solar energy law for all of the counties and/or give the county time to draft its own ordinance. 

The Board then heard an update from Jefferson City Administrator Mike Palmer. He said the former AirTemp building has interest from two potential purchasers and renovations are continuing at this time. He mentioned that the Heartland Bank/Gravitate building, as well as the former Pizza Ranch building have been closed with its respective new owners. The Greene County Animal Shelter has the footings and foundation installed, and the metal exterior will be delivered two weeks ahead of schedule. 

Palmer said the bathhouse at the Jefferson Municipal Pool is being renovated to include two family restrooms and there’s a committee being formed to gauge community interest for an indoor pool that would be attached to the current Greene County Community Center. Palmer pointed out that there is a contractor that has agreed to donate their time to install a new welcome sign on the east entryway on Lincoln Way, and city crews would install the base for it. Finally, Palmer noted the cemetery committee is looking to purchase software to fully digitize cemetery records and use GPS to find gravesites in the city cemetery.