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The Road and Bridge report was provided by Superintendent John Schouten, during the routine weekly Greenwood County Commission meeting on Monday of this week. Schouten reported that inventory was started Monday morning, due to the rain. Bids for culverts were provided for commission review. He is looking to compare the price for culverts to previously submitted numbers for steel pipe. All culvert bids received were for 14-gauge. Following comparison of figures and review of local vs non-local vendors, commissioners approved to proceed with the bid from Coyote Culvert and Pipe Company for the amount of $14,374.50. Commissioner Preston Evenson noted that the county could consider reinforcing the ends of culverts to prevent them from being crushed. Commissioner Mac Obourn asked that ‘Bridge Out’ signs be put up for the bridge on 60th Street west of J Road. Road and Bridge will look to address this. Greenwood County Fire Chief Glen Collinge presented a request for the county to pay half of the total cost for purchase of headsets for Madison Fire. Collinge noted that these help with safety and communication. He shared that the contribution amount would total $2,500. Commissioners approved contributing towards the purchase. This would afford for the purchase of three sets. Collinge noted while present that Fall River and Piedmont Fire departments do not have headsets. He will be looking at needs and cost to potentially bring numbers back to commissioners. Collinge shared that the recently held live fire training proved to be very beneficial.

Awarded Grant For Sidewalk Engineering Along River Street

The Salt Springs Township Board held a meeting for audit presentation on Thursday, November 17. Mike Peroo CPA, PA presented findings from the compliance audit completed for the 2022 fiscal year. Peroo shared that he had been asked to go through records and compliance and look at documentation. Peroo explained that he had taken every bank statement and transaction for 2022 and entered them into their system to collect data. The following statistics were shared for 2022: 257 disbursements and $89,000 in total payouts. 72 of the transactions amounted to $24,000 and were related to payroll and mileage. Peroo reported that there were things that could not be found in records/documentation. Of the $65,000 tested, no documentation could be found for 14%. Of the 41 main vendors that funds were spent on, 10 accounted for 83% of total dollars that went out.