Pulaski County is looking for a new manager for its Recycling & Transfer Station. Brad Bonnell stepped down last week citing health reasons, according to County Commissioner Chuck Mellon. During Monday’s meeting, the commissioners accepted Bonnell’s resignation and appointed John Kegarise as interim manager.
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A Pulaski County Council member wants to look into privatizing the county’s Recycling and Transfer Station. Rudy DeSabatine told the county commissioners Monday that it costs the county thousands of dollars a year to operate the facility, and he wants to talk to a potential operator about selling or leasing it.
Continue readingPulaski County continues building up its Building Department staff. Building Inspector Karla Redweik has appointed Tina Dunn as deputy building inspector, taking over Redweik’s former position.
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Pulaski County officials are hopeful that revenues from the Mammoth Solar development could pay for much of the Justice Center and Courthouse projects, even though the developers are requesting the maximum possible tax abatement.
Continue readingPulaski County has a new building inspector. Karla Redweik was appointed to the position by the county commissioners Monday. She was the Building Department assistant for years and had been serving as interim building inspector for the past few months.
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The Pulaski County Justice Center expansion project is expected to start in the next couple weeks, while the proposed courthouse renovation remains on hold.
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Shopping around for health insurance will lead to some significant cost savings for Pulaski County. The county commissioners voted last week to switch its coverage from Cigna to Anthem with EPIC Insurance as the agent.
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Pulaski County is easing its new restrictions on ambulance transfers, following discussions with hospital officials. Earlier this month, the county commissioners voted to reduce the transfer radius from 100 to 65 miles, to extend the life of the county’s ambulances. But that raised concern from doctors, since that puts the major trauma centers out of reach.
Continue readingPulaski County will be able to move forward with hiring a maintenance director and head custodian. The county council approved the commissioners’ Maintenance Department restructuring proposal Monday. The Maintenance Department began the week without an official leader. The new candidates selected by the commissioners had been unable to start until the council set the pay rates, and in the meantime, the interim maintenance director resigned after work last Friday.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Commissioners named a new maintenance director and head custodian last week, but their actual employment remains up in the air, as the county council wants firmer cost estimates for the department’s restructuring plan.
Continue readingPulaski County has hired a new maintenance director and head custodian, as the Maintenance Department restructuring moves ahead. Larry Weaver was appointed maintenance director by the county commissioners Monday. Tammy Pack is the new head custodian.
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Finding a place to put a COVID-19 testing site remains a challenge for Pulaski County. The county had been hosting an OptumServe testing site at the Star City Community Center but decided to move it to a county-owned building at the end of last month, to save on costs.
Continue readingAllegedly driving a county-owned vehicle with alcohol in his system has cost the Pulaski County building inspector his job. The county commissioners voted unanimously Monday to discharge Doug Hoover from his employment.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Commissioners have finalized updates to the county’s solar farm regulations, but not without some concerns from Commissioner Chuck Mellon. The commissioners Monday approved the amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance recommended by the advisory plan commission on March 11. The adjustments beef up setback and screening requirements, among other things.
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Pulaski County has joined in the opposition against a bill that would shift control of wind and solar farm development to the state. The county commissioners passed a resolution Monday opposing House Bill 1381. Commissioner Chuck Mellon said the resolution expresses their “support for local control of land use decisions.”
Continue readingPulaski County may be looking to have a new maintenance director in place before setting out to restructure the department. Commissioner Chuck Mellon previously presented a restructuring proposal that would involve adding a qualified maintenance person at a rate of $25 per hour.
Continue readingAs Pulaski County officials consider restructuring the county’s Maintenance Department, its current director is stepping down. The resignation of Mia Salyers was accepted by the county commissioners Friday. She’d served as maintenance director for the past two years.
Continue readingThe Pulaski County Commissioners last week finalized some arrangements for the county’s share of COVID-19 relief funding. The commissioners passed an ordinance directing CARES Act money to be used to reimburse public health and safety payroll costs.
Continue readingMore than $1 million in additional appropriations will be up for the Pulaski County Council’s final approval tonight. Many of those are appropriations that were approved last year but weren’t entirely spent by December 31. A lot of that is to cover up-front costs for various projects that can be reimbursed from other funding sources later.
Continue readingThe new president of the Pulaski County Board of Commissioners is laying out his proposals to overhaul the Maintenance Department and IT services. Chuck Mellon shared his ideas with the rest of the commissioners last week.
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