Kurt Allemeier
From tune-ups to using outdoor LED lights to turning down the thermostat two degrees in the winter, the Scott County Board of Supervisors heard several ways to go even greener.
Earlier this year, the county, that has a “green team” to consider implementing environmental practices, purchased the first two hybrids to its vehicle fleet.
During a [...]
Kurt Allemeier
Scott County Administrator Dee Bruemmer vowed to find ways to save $1 million before the start of the fiscal year 2010-2011 budget. She is more than half of the way to her goal. The “wall of savings” outside her office has $572,303 in savings posted through various cost-saving measures.
The “wall of savings” is part [...]
Kurt Allemeier
Jim Hancock, chairman of the Scott County Board of Supervisors wonders whether the jail has too many cooks in its kitchen. He questioned the request to hire a full-time cook — a vacant position, at Tuesday’s Committee of the Whole meeting.
The kitchen is currently staffed with three full-time and one part-time position.
Hancock pointed out [...]
Kurt Allemeier
Scott County’s supervisors remain pleased with the free prescription discount card program they offer through the National Association of Counties (NACO). In March, 1,712 people used their cards for a nearly 25 percent savings per prescription, according to NACO.
By comparison, Polk County had 107 people use NACO prescription cards, Linn County reported 216 card [...]
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