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JASPER COUNTY â The Jasper County Board of Commissioners discussed county bridges and roads during its most recent meeting.
County officials were recently notified that it will receive $818,252.25 in funding from the latest round of Community Crossings Grants. As stipulated by the state, that money will be applied to upgrading county asphalt roads only, though the commissioners were hoping to use some of the money to covert the countyâs gravel roads into asphalt.
The county has 350 miles of gravel roads. Officials applied for $1 million in Community Crossings Grants, but got nearly $200,000 less than that.
County officials would still like to slowly convert gravel roads into asphalt in the future.
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County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt spends a lot of his time between Marshall and Jasper counties. At Tuesday’s regular meeting, the Marshall County Board of Supervisors asked him to put together a sharing agreement detailing his work for Jasper County and how long it might last.
Marshall County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt was asked to put together a sharing agreement to bring back to the next Marshall County Board of Supervisors meeting.
Seeking more details and clarification on the time he has spent helping Jasper County this year, Geilenfeldt asked to be on the agenda at the regular Tuesday meeting. Geilenfeldt said he was asking the Jasper County human resources director if they had received any applications for the county engineer position. They have 21 people interested in the job, but Geilenfeldt said most of them are not qualified.
(NEWTON) The Jasper County Board had its regular monthly meeting for April last night in Newton. The Board : approved the payment of all bills as pres.
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(OLNEY/NEWTON) There are two local meetings coming up tonight, on this Thursday night : the Jasper County Board will have its regular monthly meeting for April tonight at the County Office Building in Newton, beginning at 7:00. Due to COVID-19 the public is urged to attend the meeting remotely by telephone at 312-626-6799, use meeting ID number 821 348 1060 and passcode 447765 or go online at www.zoom.us/j/8213481060?pwd=OVN1MkIvM3hSbTcyZURNSEE2aDJadz09. the Richland County School Board will have its regular monthly meeting for April tonight at the Richland County High School in Olney, starting at 7:30. The meeting will be viewable by the public via live stream at www.live.rccu1.net. Comments can be made by emailing them to smusic@rccu1.net.