CPR training to be offered to county employees
Staff reporter
Marion County employees will be given the opportunity to learn CPR.
The commission approved a proposal Monday from Darryl Thiesen, county emergency medical services director, and Dianna Carter-Frantz, county appraiser, for employees to take a five- to six-hour CPR training class.
The county will pay the $12 per person cost with classes being offered on different days. This will allow employees to take the classes without disrupting county operations.
Commissioner Bob Hein liked the idea.
"I think this would be a good thing," Hein said.
Thiesen said ideally a class should have a maximum of 10 students per teacher.
Carter-Frantz added she would like to see first aid offered to employees in the near future.
In other business:
— Thiesen and the commission discussed concerns related to emergency medical technician classes being offered in Peabody.
The county has received bills for the class and Thiesen isn't sure what the county should be responsible for paying.
Thiesen said he had signed a grant application for the class where the county will receive $835 per student in funds from the State Board of Emergency Services.
Commission chairman Leroy Wetta asked when the grant would reimburse the county. Thiesen said he didn't know.
County clerk Carol Maggard asked if some of the funds would go to the instructor, JoAnn Knak. Thiesen said he didn't know but would check with the state to find out.
Thiesen also will check with the City of Peabody regarding their responsibilities.
Wetta requested a 10-minute executive session with Thiesen to discuss personnel.
Following the session, the commission approved a temporary, part-time employee to work in the EMS office to expedite claims.
Thiesen also asked the commission to consider charging insurance companies for the county's jaws of life equipment.
He checked with private ambulance services and found one that charged $200 per run. He was instructed to check with other counties to see if and what was charged.
— Sheriff Lee Becker reported an inmate had to be hospitalized for five days. He had not received billings for the medical care.
Becker also reported the overdrive transmission had to be replaced in a patrol car. The car was the most recent vehicle purchased and was being repaired at Webster Auto Service.
— The commission approved a resolution to change zoning from agriculture to rural residential for property owned by Roger Hiebert.
David Brazil, county zoning director, said attorney Jim Kaup will be on the agenda for Monday's meeting to discuss transfer station business.
— The close-out report was approved by commission for the county's microloan program. All initial grant funds had been loaned which required the grant to be closed.
— Carter-Frantz presented a maintenance plan for 2006 for appraisal. She noted she again requested a measurement variance from the state that requires measurements of two sides of every house.
— Dale Snelling, county lake superintendent, presented a monthly reported. He also included statistics from previous holidays and years as comparisons.
Since 2001, the best Memorial Day for the lake was 2001 when total revenue of $14,256 was received.
The best Independence Day revenue was in 2003, when $8,656 was collected.
On Labor Day 2002, $8,189 in revenue was received.
The next commission meeting will be at 9 a.m. Monday in the courthouse.
