By Morgan Cardenas
editor@wayneherald.com
At Tuesday's meeting, the Wayne County Commissioners were given updates and talked about the CO2 pipeline.
First at the Wayne County Board of Equalization meeting, County Assesor Dawn Duffy discussed the Wayne Area Economic Development's request on real property tax exemption. This also led to a public hearing about this request and, once concluded, approved the request.
During the Wayne County Board of Commissioner's meeting, the Commissioners discussed a Commissioner Workshop that Terry Sievers had attended in Kearney on Feb. 4. He mainly talked about the Open Meeting Act. Sievers wants to allow time on the agenda for Wayne County offices to provide an update to the board more than just when a request is made.
Then, Highway Superintendent, Mark Casey, talked about how he was waiting on an email from Thurston County but following a conversation with their County Clerk, the low bid was accepted for the County Bridge Match Program (CBMP) #5 to B’s Enterprises, Inc.
Finally, Kylee Kretz, Summit Carbon Solutions, gave more details on the mutli-state CO2 capture pipeline. Members of the community were in attendance to voice their concerns and questions. such as road modifications, amount of CO2 captured, plans and more.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners will next meet in regular session on Tuesday, March 15 at 9 a.m. in the Wayne County Courthouse.
