Agenda
Agenda Review: 1) Jackson County Park- Discussion concerning restaurant equipment to be sold on govdeals.com; Mike Lanford, park employee, discussion concerning pay increase, $1.00 per hour. Job position to be created and announced for park secretary. Comment- I made inquiry as to inventory of park equipment. Items above $5000 inventory lists are maintained at the County Commission office. An inventory of property below the 5K limit is maintained at the county park. This inventory and accountability method is not a preferred method. Short comings: Was all Jackson County Park Equipment and property inventoried prior to the abandonment of the park board? Is there a periodic inventory of all property? By all appearances, the inventory of property within Jackson County is a historical short coming of this and past Jackson County Commissions. The lack of periodic inventories and reports to citizens are seriously lacking. 2) The Jackson County Tax Assesors Office is hiring under contract an ARC employee for 20 hours per week. 3) GASB 34 Accounting requirements will be changed and the software programs the county utilized will need to be updated. CSI Technology Outfitters of Mobile, Al. ( http://www.csioutfitters.com/Home.aspx ) will be updating the county's accounting systems.
Ms. Sandra Erickson, Jackson County Commission Administrator, discusses requirements of the new GASB 34 accounting system.
4) County Engineer Phillip Widner discussed the issues listed on the agenda plus reported on a bridge on Co. Rd. 384 between Pisgah and Dutton which is to be repaired. A bridge status was discussed in Paint Rock Valley within the Francisco community which is in bad need of repair. However, there is a problem with repairing the bridge in that there is no access once the bridge is closed for repair. Another road problem was discussed concerning the maintenance of a private road. Apparently a private road leading to a barn was graveled with 8 loads of county gravel in 2009. The road was reported as not being in the county inventory. Comment: The 8 loads of gravel cost the citizens approximately $5,000.00
County Engineer, Philip Widner, discusses road & bridge issues. Mr Phillip Widner informed a Paint Rock citizen that a road previously graveled by Jackson County was not in the county road inventory and the county would not be able to maintain his private road. Commission Chair stated she would review commission records to determine if the road had been taken into the county inventory. Mr. Widner indicated he had searched his records and there was no indications that the road is a public road.
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