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

During open forum, County Engineer Wade Weiss mentioned that the Iowa Department of Transportation was in contact with him about setting up a detour for a resurfacing project. He said because the contractor couldn’t get flaggers, they will need to temporarily close Highway 144 from Highway 30 to the railroad tracks and the detour would be on County Road E-53 to S Avenue back to Old Highway 30. The Board had no issues with the marked detour route.

County Attorney Thomas Laehn addressed the Board about the county’s portion of the state’s settlement in the opioid litigation lawsuit. He said the county would receive its first payment of $9,000 but he didn’t know if that amount was going to continue for the next nine years as part of the settlement. The Board agreed to accept the payments and will need to choose from an approved list of how those funds can be spent. Laehn also mentioned that there are 68 pending criminal cases in his office.

Next, the Board approved a three year subscription agreement with Westlaw for $577 per month for the county attorney’s office. Then they acted as the drainage district trustees and approved modifications of district facilities for wetland construction of a nutrient reduction program, with minimal impact to drainage district 121.