Tama County Engineer Lyle Brehm’s road report shows the Tama County Bridge crew is moving out to work on a bridge near Elberon, on X Avenue just north of Elberon. They will be replacing the piles. Work had been planned to start on the Columbia Stub road, however, this will not start this week, but most likely next week. This work involves milling the surface of the existing pavement and placing concrete over the existing pavement. Currently the county road crew is blading roads and hauling rock to prepare for dust control which will happen sometime in May. Tama County does not place the dust control, but we try to have the road in good shape prior to placement by private vendors. The bridge work near Gladbrook continues on “C” Avenue near 170th Street, over Wolf Creek . The piers have been done for some time, but the abutments still need to be constructed. There is a significant amount of grading to be done yet. The road department had been pulling up the rock along the shoulders of the paved roads in Tama County. This prevents a drop along the edge of the pavement. The Spray Crew will be cutting some brush and will be transitioning to placing chemicals along the shoulders of the paved roads. Several utility permits were approved. This includes Richland Township southeast of Tama, Grant Township near Section 14 bridge replacement. Perry Township east of Traer. Geneseo Township north of 115th Street, and Tama Township on H Avenue north of Highway E49. In other business Mindy Benson was present to discuss Hazard Mitigation Planning survey. She stated she was not sure how many of these considerations were already in existence. Considerations suggested were to Enhance Building codes, Acquisition and elevation of structures, add and repair flood mitigation structures, elevate roads, implementation of burn bans, install steel roofs on government buildings to protect from hail and other hazards, inspect and maintain levees, create list of disaster supplies and suppliers, update zoning in critical areas, maintenance of vegetation near power lines, flood assessment requirement for building permit, improve capital improvements planning process, improve regular assessment and maintenance of county structures, create fire extinguisher and fire alarm safety program, train emergency responders in search and rescue for structural failure situations, establish cooling centers, train fire departments for grass fires and maintain needed equipment, establish community shared shelters, construct safe rooms in communities and recreational areas, establish advance warning system for recreational areas, require and enforce maintenance of vegetation near traffic signs, improve fire code enforcement, establish communication between emergency management and vets regarding animal/crop/plant, extreme heat, severe weather, pipeline safety, thunderstorms and lightning, etc., public education program about general fire prevention and prevention of grass and wildland fires, encourage farmers to invest in crop insurance, education on dangers of highway transportation incidents and how to avoid collisions, complete government continuity planning, establish an impact assessment form for communities, purchase generators for crtitical facilities, bury utility lines, budget and plan for communication failures, establish procedure for community to notify Tama County Emergency Management after Energy, Create emergency fuel supply and map other sources. Supervisors advised most of these things have been taken care of either by those who furnish the items or by individual towns or communities, and did not feel a lot of this pertained to small towns such as they have in Tama County. Benson stated she was most interested in the economic end of such a survey. The Tama County Recorder’s quarterly report was reviewed and approved. Claims approved for payment for the past week came to $448,147.83.