(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County met this (Tuesday) morning in Red Oak, and approved a letter authorizing the Montgomery County Secondary Roads Department to utilize the County’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), for the purpose of FEMA reimbursements and documentation. Montgomery County Engineer Karen Albert explained…

Engineer Albert, in her regular report to the Board, issued a reminder about e-mails that have been sent out seeking support for a Highway Bridge Competitive Program (HBCP) grant application. The HBCP funds will consolidate bridge projects to replace or rehabilitate bridges two proposed bridges in Montgomery County.

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The grant encompasses 28 county bridges across 20 different counties in Iowa. In addition to the e-mails sent out to County officials, residents of the County are asked to fill out a survey on the County’s website, to go along with the grant application.

There is also a link on Facebook. Those surveys also need to be completed by no later than this Friday (Feb. 28th). Supervisor’s Board Chair Charla Schmid added…

Karen Albert updated the Board on various Montgomery County bridge and other projects.

In other business, the Board also approved an application for the suspension of taxes on a parcel, as allowed under the Code of Iowa, and the abatement of taxes on land owned by the City of Red Oak.

The next meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors is set for 9-a.m. Tuesday, March 4th.