Lyon County Commissioners voted to sign the Consumer Rating System program recertification during their weekly action session Thursday.
Lyon County Flood Plain Manager Sam Seeley presented the document before commissioners which provides landowners with discounted flood insurance premiums. The discount for Lyon County is currently 10 percent, the amount of the discount is dictated by the County’s classification within the National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System. The classification system runs 1-10 with Lyon County currently in the eighth classification which grants a discount of 10 percent.
In order for the county to be eligible for the discounts Seeley, as the flood plain manager, must maintain certification through the Association of State Floodplain Managers.
Flood insurance is normally required by a bank for any homeowners who lives in a flood plain area. Flood insurance policies are separate from homeowners insurance.
Flood plain areas are determined by a flood insurance rate map based of data gathered by the National Flood Insurance Program.
Commissioners approved the reapplication unanimously.
In other business, Bruce Boettcher of BG Consultants and Lyon County Sheriff Jeff Cope sought approval of a bid from Nelson/Fowles LLC of Marion KS for interior improvements for the Sheriff’s office. The bid from Nelson/Fowles came in well under the original work estimate of $62,402 totalling $57,600.
The bid was approved unanimously.
Also Lyon County Engineer Chip Woods presented three separate quotes for approval. The first, totalling $33,855 was for a 2018 Dodge 550 pickup truck from Clint Bowyer Autoplex. The second quote was from Ditch Witch for an XH50 Hydrovac machine for $80,411 and the third quote was from Midwest Trucking Equipment for the purchase and installation of two sanders and snow plows on the county’s existing 2107 Kenworth dump trucks for an estimated $98,200.
All items were approved.
Two executive sessions also took place.
Lyon County Commissioners will next meet Thursday, Jan. 31 at 8 am inside the Lyon County Courthouse.
