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The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Colt Castle, Sarah Wagner, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, Kevin Irwin, Lance Terry and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted.

The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Then M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders received the commissioners' approval. Two road crossing permits were approved this week, both in District 2.

The burn ban was tabled this week for later discussion; the vote was not unanimous, with Board Chairman Jay Hague voting in the minority.

Lance Terry, state 911 coordinator with Oklahoma 911 Management Authority, gave an informative presentation on the necessary updates to 911 services due to infrastructure changes due 2020. The remaining copper landline systems must be replaced by fiber optic and cell service. The need for seamless backup in coverage and cooperation from different counties, municipalities and bording states to serve the citizens was stressed.

Shana Smallwood-Buchanan was appointed as a receiving officer for the Carmen responders with almost no discussion and a unanimous vote from the commissioners. Then an agreement for the provision of inmate health services with Advanced Correctional Healthcare Inc. was approved. This will cover inmates at the county jail.

The county awarded the bid for the EMS Helena Station to Rick Scott Construction Inc. for the amount of $1,190,500.

The county bid 18-008 (addition to Goltry Rescue fire station) was amended: "change order #1 guttering and additional concrete. $1,500 for guttering and $2,000 for concrete respectively."

Commissioner Stan Tucker requested tabling the private property access easement for District 2 in the last southwest corner of 18-25-12 to remove trees and debris from around a bridge. This met with approval from commissioners Toby Walker and Chairman Jay Hague.

No unforeseen business was presented. A motion to adjourn was approved, and the meeting closed.