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Cass County creates $100K bridge fund

CASSOPOLIS — Cass County Board of Commissioners Thursday night voted 11-4 to establish the $100,000 bridge and major culvert fund advocated at the May 19 meeting by Road Commission Manager Louis Csokasy.

Commissioner Roseann Marchetti’s motion 77 of 2011 specifically limits the appropriation to 2012 and stipulates, “It is the intent of the Road Commission that this fund be used to leverage additional outside dollars with this fund. Any withdrawals from this fund will need to be approved separately by the Cass County Board of Commissioners at the request of the Cass County Road Commission for specific work to be performed on bridges and culverts in Cass County.”

Action came over the objections of Dale Lowe, R-Howard Township, and former chairmen Robert Wagel, Johnie Rodebush and Robert Ziliak, R-Milton Township, who later in the meeting Chairwoman Minnie Warren, D-Pokagon Township, tasked with chairing an ad hoc hiring freeze committee suggested at a previous meeting.

Warren also appointed Dowagiac Commissioner E. Clark Cobb, Charlie Arnold, Marchetti and Dixie Ann File to the panel.

Wagel, R-Wayne Township, suggested the Road Commission go back to the public with another millage try.

From the other side of the issue, Vice Chairman Ed Goodman, R-Silver Creek Township, pointed out that the county already ranks fourth-worst in Michigan, to which Commissioner Skip Dyes, R-Calvin Township, added, based on his 16 years at that level, that townships cannot afford bridge expenditures.

Ziliak cited “primarily three main reasons” for his reservations about whether the Board of Commissioners should be authorizing appropriating $100,000 to be placed in a fund for bridge and culvert repairs.”

First, commissioners have not seen the 2011-2012 proposed budget at this time — and County Administrator Charlie Cleaver reported on the $948,000 “hole” which exists at this point in the process — “therefore, I cannot see how we as commissioners can make an informed decision on this motion. We do not know the revenues or expenses for the 2011-2012 budget. Although the treasurer (Linda Irwin) did give us an update this evening showing where some money could be obtained if it isn’t required elsewhere.”

Irwin gave the annual report on the balance in land sale proceeds of $236,994 as of June 13 from the 2006 tax year available for transfer to the general fund.

The county is also saving $14,400 on its equalization technical assistance contract, thanks to Cleaver negotiating its three-year agreement for $164,440 with Manatron of Portage in a one-year renewal for $150,000 or $12,500 monthly during July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012.

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Reservation and adding to flood pressures in North and South Dakota.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday said it would provide $600,000 each to Montana, Colorado discount five fingers shoes , Idaho, Utah and Wyoming to be used immediately for emergency restoration projects.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement the funding targeted states where the record snowpack poses flooding risks. The money will be used for projects that could include removing debris caught in culverts and under bridges and efforts to prevent soil erosion.

In Utah, the National Guard used helicopters Friday to help fix a 30-foot-wide break in a levee that has begun flooding west Weber County.

The levee separating the swollen Weber River and a small canal broke Thursday, and troops at the site about 10 miles west of Ogden were putting 50 one-ton sandbags into place, said Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Lowther.

The river is expected to remain above flood stage through the middle of June. Residents in the area already have sandbagged their homes but fear the worst after seeing their yards inundated.

Crews in eastern Idaho have lined sandbags around areas prone to flooding as steady showers and the melting snow caused flooding in lowland farm fields.

Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter flew over three eastern counties Thursday to get a sense of the flooding and meet with local officials bracing for rivers and creeks to swell even more. Last month, Otter signed a disaster declaration for Jefferson, Madison and Bingham counties, allowing officials to tap the state for sandbags, water pumps and technical support.

In Colorado, the Colorado River was flooding near Rifle. Officials in Greely closed several roads because of high water and debris. And turbid waters prompted officials to partially restrict access to the Cache la Poudre River.

The Larimer County sheriff’s office said Friday that inner tubes, some types of air mattresses and small inflatable rafts have been banned from the river until the waters calm down. Restrictions could stay in place until early July.

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