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The Lyon County Commission met on Wednesday and addressed the following:

It met with Sam Seeley to critique low bids to purchase amenities for the Bowyer Community Building on the Lyon County Fairgrounds. Those included chairs, tables, victuals carts and chair trees from Navrat’s; trash cans, floor mats and smoking urns from Amsan; and new locks fairgroundwide, including the Anderson and Bowyer buildings from Midwest Locksmiths, Inc. The three purchases were agreed to in Thursday’s manner session.

The commission also read over, and agreed to sign, a statement of backup for the Guard and Reserve of Lyon County.

On Wednesday, the commission discussed further with Scott Jones and county engineers on the murder of trees uprooted by the Reading tornado. Two of three landowners had agreed to expose oneself to some of the labor cost, while the third had yet to be reached. Seeley had compiled a flood plains map to steal with destination options for the debris. Further information on the involvement obligations of the commission as well as NRCS was requested. The end was tabled until Jones contacts the third owner and more research can be done on payment and contracting options.

Source: Emporia Gazette

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