Sand Mountain Reporter

GUNTERSVILLE — The Marshall County Commission approved the insurance carrier for property, equipment and physical damage for automobiles during a meeting Monday.

Allison Agency, of Albertville, will cover the county for 2010 at a cost of nearly $78,500. County officials said the cost rose by about $20,000 over 2009.

“We re-evaluated the replacement costs of the buildings the county owned and realized some of them were underinsured and needed to be increased considerably,” county administrator Nancy Wilson said. “We also had the addition of the old armory, which is the newest county courthouse annex.”

Commissioners also approved a number of requests for grants and travel at the meeting.

The commission approved four requests by Anita McBurnett, director of the Emergency Management Agency.

The requests included acceptance of $9,052 of federal funding from an Emergency Management Performance Grant and another $5,834 of EMPG funding to be used in 2010.

Commissioners also approved McBurnett’s request for travel to an Alabama Association of Emergency Managers workshop and her request for a resolution regarding a community storm shelter in the Hebron community.

McBurnett said she will hopefully know by March whether or not the Federal EMA funding is earmarked for the shelter project, which requires 25 percent matching funds from the county.

In other business at Monday’s meeting:

• The commission approved a Council on Aging memorandum of understanding with TARCOG’s State Health Insurance Program, accepting $4,000 to assist senior citizens with programs like Medicare Part D. TARCOG is Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments, an agency that assists local governments.

• Commissioners approved an Alabama Department of Youth Services grant agreement of $32,160 to assist the county’s juvenile probation office.

• The commission approved four travel requests in the Probate Office for Tim Mitchell, Doris Cochran, April Johnson and Jeaneen Buchanan to attend a licensing officials conference in Prattville from Jan. 12-14.

• The Sheriff’s Office is soliciting bids for one or more patrol cars.

• Grover L. Williams, of Guntersville, reminded county residents of the importance of completing 2010 Census forms, saying the figures impact how much federal funding the county receives. Williams said he plans to help launch a public awareness campaign in 2010.

• Commissioners included a prayer for Chairman Douglas Fleming in the meeting’s invocation. Fleming was reportedly in Nashville having surgery Monday.

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