(KLZA)-- Richardson County Commissioners received updates from Sheriff Rick Hardesty when they met May 31.

For the first 30 days of May, the Sheriff's Department answered 762 calls for services, an average of more than 25 per day. There were 47 people booked into Jail, 37 of them from Sheriff's Department arrests and on the 31st there were 24 inmates with one additional person housed at the Nebraska Diagnostic and Evaluation Center.

Sheriff Hardesty presented a contract proposal to the Board which has also been presented to the HTRS School District f0r a School Resource Officer at the school for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. For the first year that proposal seeks $55,652 from the school district and $58,791 for the second year. The HTRS Board is to consider the proposal during their June 12 meeting.

Highway Superintendent Steve Darveau Jr. discussed amending the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Natural Disaster Budget to increase the budget of expenditures to allow for the expenditure of funds received from FEMA for a Disaster Declaration declared due to a December, 2019 storm. The funds would be used to reimburse the Road and Bridge Fund where the expenses for the repairs were incurred.

A public hearing will be held Tuesday, June 14, at 10 a.m. to receive comments concerning amending the budget.

The Board approved the sale of several pickups and trucks, deemed as surplus through Big Iron auctions.

The Board also receive notice from the County health insurance carrier that there will be an average 7.02% rate increase in premiums of all plans offered beginning July 1.