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

Greene County Sheriff and Acting Emergency Management Coordinator Jack Williams mentioned the decision for the new county emergency management coordinator will be made later this week. 

The Board then heard an update from Jefferson City Administrator Mike Palmer. He said the front facade brick work is almost complete for the Rasmussen Law Firm building on the southside of the downtown square. Some of the bricks were leaning or had fallen out and so repair work was needed. Palmer mentioned the same crews will then move to Breadeaux Pizza for more repair work as part of the city’s facade grant program. 

Next, the Board approved three courthouse security policies. One policy was in regards to courthouse access, as far as who could be issued key fobs to unlock the courthouse outside of regular business hours and when the exterior doors would automatically unlock for public access, which is 8am Monday through Friday. Another policy was about the courthouse security cameras. The Board approved to continue to record video only and viewing recordings would only be allowed through the sheriff or county auditor on a request basis or if an attorney subpoenas a recording. The final policy was on heightened security of the courthouse, which was discussed in closed session and approved in open session.

The Board also approved a bid letting for a 4.4 mile pavement widening and resurfacing project on County Road E-57 from County Road P-14 to Iowa Highway 4. County Engineer Wade Weiss said the estimated $2.8 million project would be 80-percent of federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funds and 20-percent from farm to market funds. He said the bid letting would be in November and the project would happen next year.

Finally, the Board held a discussion on the utility-scale solar panel ordinance. County Attorney Thomas Laehn mentioned that the moratorium for solar panel projects was going to expire at noon on September 26th. Before that happens, Laehn said there needs to be three required readings for the new ordinance, as well as a public hearing. So he suggested having the proposed ordinance ready by the end of this month.