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County May Seek Mitigation Dollars

The Ste. Genevieve County Commission could be reimbursed for some of the costs incurred as the result of heavy rains and flash flooding that occurred in March and April. The commission plans to explore the possibility of securing reimbursement for repairing damage to county roads from the State Emergency Management Agency, which will receive federal Hazard Mitigation Grant Program money for such work.

Commissioners met with a representative of the Fletcher Reinhardt Safety Harness Co. for a demonstration of safety harnesses for use by road and bridge employees working on the county boom truck. Cost information was not available at press time.

Bids were opened for asphalting two miles of French Village Road, ranging from $99,664 to $125,990. The low bid was submitted by Vern Bauman Contracting of Ste. Genevieve. The commission voted to award the bid to that firm.

The commission followed up discussions of the purchase of portable traffic analyzers from Hoosier Co. Inc. (HCI), agreeing to buy two of the devices at a cost of $2,696 each. monitoring traffic flow on county roads. The company also supplies the devices to the Missouri Department of Transportation.