County swearing-in postponed

Monday’s scheduled reception for outgoing county officials and swearing in of new officials was postponed because of the weekend blizzard.

At a year-end meeting Dec. 31, commissioners:

• Approved a new $1,557.31 computer for the county’s planning and zoning department, opting to reject a lower bid because it did not include a CD drive and featured a lesser monitor adapter.
• Agreed to lease-purchase agreements borrowing $122,960 at 4.09% interest for rescue equipment and $163,879 at 4.4% interest for a transfer station backhoe from low bidder Marion National Bank. Other bids ranged from 5.21% to 6.22% with additional fees not included in Marion National’s bid.
• Accepted Josh Weiser’s application to represent commissioner Jonah Gehring’s district on the planning commission and board of zoning appeals.
• Met three times behind closed doors — once to discuss acquisition of unspecified real estate and twice, for an hour and 10 minutes total, to interview a job candidate with medical director Don Hodson and emergency medical technician Matt Hein present along with county administrator Tina Spencer and counselor Brad Jantz.