The Bates County Commission met with Presiding Commissioner Jim Wheatley, Northern Commissioner John Gray and Southern Commissioner Trent Nelson present.
John made a motion to appoint Wade Chandler to a board member position for the Mt. Pleasant Township. Trent seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carried. No opposition.
Michael Ussery, with Senator Schmidts Office, visited John and Jim on unofficial business to check in. They conversed over local and national elections. No county business was conducted, just an informal conversation.
Charles Rush came in and discussed Insurance and new possibilities. They spoke about Blue Cross, United Healthcare and an add-on to United Healthcare called NonStop. They went over the prices and Charles said that he felt that Nonstop was a no brainer and encouraged the Commission to set up a Zoom meeting with NonStop to learn more about what they offer and how specific things work.
John was interested in doing a Zoom meeting to learn more.
They then discussed having a list of questions to ask during the meeting. They were hopeful of setting something up for Wednesday the 5th. They briefly spoke over the option of changing it to where the employee must pay some expenses out of their own pocket, but Jim said he would hate to take money from the employee. If they were to give the employee a raise, but ask them to start paying out of pocket, they no longer got a raise.
With Nonstop, each employee would have a spending card. Trent asked about the card and made sure that the individual that it was assigned to is the only person that would be able to use it. Trent also mentioned the last time they chose insurance, they involved the Elected Officials, and it went over well. He felt that the Sheriff also deserved an input due to his office being the majority of the employees.
Trent made a motion to purchase more “dust control” to be put on gravel roads that neighbor the highways. This helps keep the highways visible from the gravel dust and helps prevent accidents. This will be applied to the outer roads from Passaic to Adrian, as well as Rich Hill to the river. John seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion carried. No opposition.
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