The commissioners in Alfalfa County didn't have a long agenda to tackle this week. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall kicked off their meeting signing a contract on a 2020 Caterpillar 323 TC Hydraulic Excavator from Sourcewell (a public cooperative) with Warren Cat representative Mike Walls. The machine is to be used in Tucker's District 2.

After that paperwork was completed, the three officials reviewed and signed off on the usual items: minutes from last week's meeting, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and blanket purchase orders. Woodall's District 3 had a couple of ro...