By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
During their weekly meeting on Monday the Geary County Commission received updates on different topics.
--They received a report on a future Employee Training Day which will include sessions on suicide prevention and cybersecurity, a briefing on the services United Way provides for the community, closing keynote comments by Jim Sands, service award presentation, vendor information on employee benefits and the availability of flu shots for county employees. The Training Day will be Oct. 11 at the 4-H/Senior Center.
--The employee golf tournament will be June 1st at Rolling Meadows Golf Course.
--There were four bid openings on chemicals to control noxious weeds with the bids ranging from 35,726.85 to $37,149.20. They will be reviewed by staff with an award expected next week.
--A bid totaling $160 for each time grass is mowed at the Cloud Community College Geary County campus was awarded to Boland Mowing Service.
--The CDC has downgraded COVID and it will now be treated like other respiratory viruses. KDHE has signed off on that in Kansas.