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Commission hears concerns about burn resolution

By Greg Bebermeyer

04/10/2025

Brown County Courthouse

(KNZA)--Concerns regarding the newly adopted burn resolution were voiced at the Brown County Commission's April 7th meeting.

County Emergency Management Director Don Pounds met with the Commission to discuss concerns raised by fire chiefs in the county and the Sheriff's office dispatch.

The resolution gives fire chiefs the authority to determine whether someone should be allowed to burn when the National Weather Service Range land Fire Index is in the " high" category.

Hiawatha Fire Chief Patrick Sheldon, who was present at the meeting, said he couldn't get anything done Sunday because his phone was ringing off the wall with residents seeking approval to burn. He also voiced liability concerns.

Pounds said he would follow up with the fire chiefs to gather their input on potential improvements to the resolution.

In other business, the Commission approved a bid for a contract hauler to transport solid waste from the county transfer station to a landfill near Perry.

The Commission accepted the low bid submitted by Smith and Sons Trucking, of Everest, for $350 a load. It was among five bids received.

Three loads are to be transported each county workday utilizing Hamm trailers.

The contract will run from May 1st of this year thru April 30 of next year.

Smith and Sons currently serves as a the contract hauler for the county.

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