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Mainly clear skies. Low 68F. Winds light and variable..
Mainly clear skies. Low 68F. Winds light and variable.
The Massac County Treasurer’s Office has been a busy place the last several weeks as residents pay their property taxes.
Tax bills for the year 2021 were mailed July 22 with the first installment due Thursday, Aug. 25, and the second on Tuesday, Oct. 4. Mobile home taxes are due Tuesday, Oct. 4.
Massac County Treasurer Jody Haverkamp made the report at the Massac County Commission’s regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 23.
“We’ve been very busy. I’m really glad we’re getting as many people and payments in so early,” Haverkamp said. “The online individual payments have really kicked up this year. I compared it, and we’re ahead of where we were this time last year.”
As of Tuesday, the treasurer’s office had collected over $5.3 million in property taxes.
Haverkamp noted payments can be made in several ways: online, dropbox, mail or in person. She emphasized the payment stub should be included. Both branches of City National Bank will accept payments as long as the payment stub is included.
Massac County highway engineer Joe Matesevac updated the commission on several road projects. After weeks of waiting for the completion of environmental and other reviews, “things are starting to break lose and starting to get busy,” he said.
The environmental review is done for the Country Club Road bridge.
“We’re finalizing a set of plans to have a bid date sometime in October,” Matesevac said, noting the work could begin as soon as March and would take six months to complete. He explained the bridge itself will be longer to miss the current abutments, but its approach grades will remain the same. The current bridge is wooden and dates to around 1973.
Work on the Unionville Road bridge near the Pope County line is scheduled to begin Monday, Aug. 25.
Overlay work on New Columbia Road was bid out the beginning of the month, but Matesevac has yet to hear when it may begin. He should learn more when a pre-construction meeting is set.
The go-ahead has been received for box culverts on Upper Salem Road, Round Knob and Walnut Ridge. However, Matesevac’s not sure if he can do all three due to costs.
• Joppa Mayor Sue Sandusky discussed plans to add a two-bay fire station next to the village’s current structure to provide covered storage for a second fire truck and the Massac County Fire Department’s new fire tanker, which is slated for 2024. The current two-bay fire station is housing Joppa’s current fire truck and a truck for the Massac County Fire Department. Sandusky said she’s received a quote of $62,800 for the new building and has some funds to go toward it. She requested the county provide $50,000 from its American Rescue Plan Act funds to help with the project. Sandusky said the $41,000 in ARPA funds Joppa received is being used to update the village’s water system filtration and put a new roof on city hall. She noted work on the structure can begin as soon as funding is received. Commissioner Jayson Farmer told her they will discuss the request.
• EMA director Brian Horn updated the commission on quotes he’s received to replace the antenna at the courthouse. The commissioners told him to try to find one more, and if he can’t to proceed with the one discussed at Tuesday’s meeting.
• Massac County Sheriff Chad Kaylor reported the jail’s inmate count Tuesday morning was at 39.
• Haverkamp reported the county’s general fund balance as $235,548.82 prior to payroll and expenses.
• And, the commission approved the PY22 allocated funding submission for Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board, Inc. The contact information list was also signed and updated.
Tuesday’s meeting began with a visit from Southern Seven Health Department.
Executive Director Rhonda Andrews-Ray explained she and the leadership team have been visiting the commissions of Alexander, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski and Union counties to provide an overview of Southern Seven. Each quarter, a member of the leadership team —Jennifer Parks (early childhood administrator), Emily Boyd (human resources administrator), Sarah Goddard (financial administrator), Miranda Adams (environmental health director), Natalie Sawyer (health education director) and Teresa Wilburn (director of nursing) — will return to do a presentation on their specific programs, so county commissioners can learn more about what services are being provided in that specific county.
Headquartered in Ullin, Southern Seven serves 61,936 people living in 2,003 square miles. Each county has a public health clinic and there are 11 Head Start centers. The department has a 28-member board, which consists of four board members from each county, along with three policy council members from each of the seven counties.
“The policy council guides the Head Start program — setting policy, approving the budget and discussing programming,” Andrews-Ray said.
Metropolis Head Start is located at 416 E. Ninth St., in the former Metropolis Middle School building. Andrews-Ray said it is Southern Seven’s biggest center with 108 children enrolled in Head Start and 42 in Early Head Start.
Massac County’s public health clinic, at 1230 Commercial Park Rd., Metropolis, is open 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
“Anybody can call and make an appointment for services. It’s fully staffed and fully servicing,” Andrews-Ray said.
In Massac County, Southern Seven provides public health services, environmental health and health education.
“We’re also a partner with Rural Health on the opioid response program, which is something that is a little unique to this county,” Andrews-Ray said.
Of Southern Seven’s over 200 employees, 28 are from Massac County.
The commission’s next regular meeting is 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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