Cloud County Commission discussed sales tax decline, Sheriff's Office tech upgrades at regular meeting

The Cloud County Commission met for its regular meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, a day late due to the Labor Day Holiday, but they still tackled multiple agenda items and discussed county taxes.

Cloud County Commission Chairman Gary Caspers said he and commissioners Michael Cleveland and Ron Copple first discussed the sales tax collected by the county in August, which had decreased by 6% from last year, from $97,407.06 in 2023 to $91,756.73 this year.

Next, Cloud County Sheriff Ken Davis and Jail Administrator Matt Nevins provided an update on the Sheriff's Office's activities, including new tech upgrades and a cost-saving measure through inmate labor.

Cloud County Health Administrator Tonya Sulanka then provided a quick update on the County Health Department's plan to offer the new COVID-19 vaccine on walk-in Wednesdays beginning Oct. 2.

Concordia City Manager Amy Lange and City Building Inspector Bruno Rehbein provided the city's new floodplain map, which Caspers said commissioners then discussed and decided it had met all specifications necessary by the county.

Once commissioners finished discussing the city's floodplain, they discussed the UP Bridge Project with Cloud County Highway Administrator Rodney Michaud.

The last two items commissioners discussed included a charter resolution for an exemption on annual sanitary inspections of local school buildings and grounds by local health department officers and Pawnee Mental Health Services' request to proclaim September as Recovery Month for Cloud County.

Cloud County Commissioners will meet next week at the regularly scheduled 9 a.m. at the Cloud County Courthouse.

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