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By Kim Brooks
Express Editor The Jones County Board of Supervisors held its regular meeting on Aug. 24. Jones County GIS Coordinator Kristi Aitchison met with the Board to discuss changes in the Maquoketa River after the recent flood. Pictometry photos were taken 10 days after the flooding. Aitchison displayed a slideshow of photos, showing areas of Jones County before and after the flood. She said many sandbars along the Maquoketa River are now gone. The mouth where Kitty Creek empties into the Maquoketa used to be around 100 feet wide, now it close to 175 to 200 feet wide. Aitchison said there was no significant damage at Pictured Rocks. The cost of obtaining the pictometry photos was just under $12,000. The county and City of Monticello split the cost. Aitchison said with the federal declaration, some FEMA money will help in the cost as well. The Board approved the transfer of Secondary Road Funds to the Farm-to-Market Fund. The transfer was in the amount of $34,248.94 from the Kitty Creek Bridge replacement project, a joint project with the City of Monticello. Monticello obtained state bridge funds for 80 percent of the cost of the bridge. The remaining 20 percent was to be split between the county and the city, per a 28E Agreement. All project costs were initially paid out of the Jones County Farm-to-Market Fund. Jones County Engineer Mike McClain presented the Board with a letter from Gov. Culver concerning I-JOBS funding. In Jones County, I-JOBS projects total $6,700,294, and investment in disaster recovery projects total $13,081,175. |
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