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

During open forum, Chief Deputy Jack Williams discussed an upcoming expense for the county jail. He said one of their toilets needed to be replaced because they can’t find replacement parts. Each toilet costs about $5,000 to replace because they have a sink with hot and cold water attachments that are installed with about one-foot on concrete behind the piping. The Supervisors agreed to pay for the difference to get it replaced.

The Board then had further discussion on next fiscal year’s health insurance options. The Board is considering staying with their current carrier of Cypress, but there will be a 21-percent overall increase in rates and fixed costs to the County. The Board is expected to make a final decision at their meeting next Monday.

The Supervisors then heard an update from Jefferson City Administrator Mike Palmer. He gave an update on the renovation projects at 205 North Wilson Avenue, 200 East State Street and 111 East Lincoln Way. He also talked about the cost sharing to install a new impound lot with the County for law enforcement and gave an update on the City’s east entryway project.

Jefferson Matters: Main Street then gave an update. They talked about the projects that they did this year and looking forward to next year’s projects, along with starting the downtown renovation project with their Community Development Block Grant.

RSVP 55+ gave their annual report and funding request for the 2018 fiscal year. They requested $2,500 and the Board took no action on the topic.

The Supervisors then approved the final 15 percent of the 2017 fiscal year funds, a cigarette permit for Paton Pit Stop and the County Treasurer’s investment of $6,348,381 for November and issuing 211 driver’s licenses.

Since The Board received no bids, they decided to allow McClure Engineering to reach out to the four contractors that picked up project plans for a surface drain clean out project on drainage district 27 before trying to put it back out for bids.

Finally, County Engineer Wade Weiss gave an update. He discussed putting together plans for long-range planning of building a new facility for secondary roads in Scranton. No action was taken by the Board.