County Commission Meets, Appoints McCaffrey Chair

The Seward County Commissioners met Tuesday night for their regularly scheduled meeting. At the meeting, Commissioners reorganized and elected Nathan McCaffrey as Chair and Randy Malin as Vice-Chair. County Commissioners approved a printer lease, the 2015 Eradication report and plan, approved the C&C Group renewal, approved floor receptacles and payment for the Activity Center, approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Liberal for Planning and Zoning, the GAL contracts, the Annual Waivers for Building Usage, the Portfolio Reports removing SKADAF and the Designation of Bank Depositories using all 4 local Banks. The Commission also approved the purchase of a Fire Rescue Trailer for the Seward County Fire Dept., and approved the purchase of a Compost Turner and Water Trailer for the Landfill. Commissioners also adopted the fee schedule for 2016, approved the fixed assets for Seward County and after an executive session approved hiring a temporary employee in the Administration Offices for a period of 8 weeks. The Commission tabled the Wide Awake Lane decision, and allowed the landfill to fill out a questionaire from Ellis County. The County Commission will next meet on February 8th.