Lyon County Commission
By Brandy Nance
Originally published 09:11 a.m., May 7, 2009
Updated 10:14 a.m., May 7, 2009
10:13 a.m.
The commission voted to allow a modification of contract for animal control in Americus to include the pick-up and transport of cats. Undersheriff Richard Old said the city had a trailer park at Americus that has been cleaned out and a number of families moved and didn’t take the cats with them.
The animals will be transported to a veterinary hospital where they will be held until their time is up or until they are claimed. Old said he foresees a number of these trips until the cat population is thinned out.
10:07 a.m.
Commissioners approved facilities management to sign a contract with McKenzie Pest Control for pest control in county facilities for a monthly amount of $405.
10 a.m.
Sam Seeley of Lyon County zoning and flood plain management said the county should see the agreement for the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan anytime.
“They had to re-allocate money because one dropped out,” Seeley said. “We shall see how that effects us.”
9:50 a.m.
Commissioners approved a zoning application for agriculture special-use single-family dwelling for a home in northeast Lyon County. The application came to commissioners with approval. The land is being deeded to the applicant for use as a home site.
9 a.m.
The Lyon County Community Corrections is taking action to prevent the spread of the H1N1 Flu virus and has a pandemic plan if the country were to go to Phase 6 in the pandemic scale.
Robert Sullivan, of Community Corrections, told Lyon County Commissioners Thursday morning during the action session about the plan, the Pandemic Influenza Response Plan. The plan details prevention of the spread of flu and then details response if the flu were to get to a full-scale pandemic level.
Sullivan said even if the flu isn’t fatal, there would be a lot of people that would be absent from work.
“The problems we would have here, every other community would have the same problems,” he said.
Sullivan asked the board for permission to go to homebound operations if Phase 6 were to be implemented. He said he envisions that public buildings would be closed to the public but could still be open to employees.
For the homebound operation, Sullivan said he would need permission for IT to put a log-in system on employees’ home computers.
“We would still need to provide services to our population we look for it just wouldn’t be face to face,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said for now, the focus is on prevention through the use of hand sanitizer for employees and the people they serve.
“The most dangerous virus in the world can still be killed with hand sanitizer,” Sullivan said.
Blackshirt (anonymous) says...
Oh my goodness, it does appear that Robert Sullivan has a tendency to be very dramatic. Robert, it's the flu get a grip!
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