Railroad track repair to wait until next year

Repair on railroad tracks near Grace City will have to wait till next year.

That is one of the items the Foster County Commission ruled on at their meeting last week.

During the meeting held on Thursday, October 6, the board discussed the repair on the tracks and because the Grace City Highway would have to be shut down for the repair during harvest, they decided to wait till next spring.

In other business:

• The commission learned that more vandalism has occurred at the county park next to the courthouse.

The board said this is the third time the park has been vandalized.

The first time sand was thrown into the bathrooms, the second time it was wood chips and this time it was rocks.

• The board heard from Public Health nurse Lisa Hilbert, who attended the meeting to ask for approval to apply for several grants for her office.

She said the first grant was for $50,000 to recoup lost services due to COVID-19.

The second was the continuation of further funding for the alcohol grant for $62,500 over the next year.

Finally, she talked about an agreement with the behavioral health division of the state for getting Narcan and Narcan training with no cost to the county.

• Finally, Foster County State’s Attorney Kara Brinster asked the board to approve up to $1,000 so she could attend a class on capital crime in Oklahoma next month.

Motion approved.

• There was no new information on the gravel pit or the Nexus agreement for grant writing for the emergency management office.

• Finally, Foster County Interim Auditor Ellen Roundy presented the delinquent tax sale with four properties on the list.