County employees honored

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The Seward County Board of Commissioners honored county employees who have been with the county for 10, 15, 20 and 25 years during its Dec. 29 meeting.

The honorees are as follows:

Timothy Huntington, 10 years;

Jeff Baker and Craig Stava, 15 years;

Tanya Woosley, 20 years; and

Deanna Boyer, 25 years.

The board also honored those who retired this year included Barb Liska, Rick Bell, Mike Janssen and Dave Pankoke.

Also during the meeting, the board:

• approved a bid from Eagle View Technologies regarding software and an imager to be used for the assessor’s office primarily, among others. The total cost of the bid was $172,783.78, and it was agreed at least 28,000 is to be paid every six years to the technology.

• heard from Seward County Sheriff Mike Vance regarding a volunteer community liaison position that was recently created and introduced the person filling the role, Sharon Dickinson.

• heard from Jeff Baker about the potential restructuring of the veterans service/public transit position for the person coming in to take his place. Baker said based on his experience, length in days and other matters, he would like to see both the veterans service officer position and public transit as full-time positions, requiring two people instead of one.

Commissioner John Culver spoke out against, saying he would like to keep it as one, at least until the summer, when the next fiscal year budget would be opened and worked on. After much discussion between the two, it was decided the position would stay as is, but that such a person would need to be compensated to fulfill such duties.

The board approved the recommendation of Matt Starkey as the new veteran service/public transit/fleet director/general assistance director for Seward County.

The next Seward County Board of Commissioners meeting will be Jan. 13 at 9 a.m. on the third floor of the courthouse. The meetings are open to the public.