The Lyon County Department on Aging has had a productive year thus far, Lyon County commissioners were told during their study session Wednesday.
Doug Stueve of the Department on Aging said LCAT did well in the second quarter, bouncing back from the first quarter.
“Second quarter ridership has bounced back about 3 percent,” Stueve said.
Stueve said he expects the transit service to take in more than $40,000 in revenue. LCAT is saving on fuel as well. Fuel was budgeted at $4 a gallon, but prices are well below that. With revenues and savings on fuel, the cost to the county of the LCAT program was about $24,000 for the first six months.
Stueve said the senior meals program has served just short of 28,000 meals so far this year.
In the RSVP program, volunteers have provided about 9,200 hours of service. If they were paid at minimum wage, they would have been paid about $66,000.
In other business commissioners:
• Considered approving the low bid of Express Tire for two Michelin tires for dump trucks at $525.25 each for a total of $1,050.50.
• Considered approving Robert Kearns’ entrance application for an entrance on the north side of Road 190 between Roads G and H.
• Discussed a letter from Dean Wilson on the Pallets Plus site.
• Discussed repealing a resolution relating to the yield sign at Road H and Road 165.
• Considered approval for six communication radios at the Lyon County Jail.
• Considered the purchase of four Bearcat scanners for the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office. The scanners will allow the sheriff’s office to monitor scanner traffic from other agencies.