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Dawes County Names New Road Boss
Published Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Keim is both a certified superintendent and certified bridge inspector. County Commissioner Roger Wess says he's also the only one of the 3 applicants for the post to meet all the qualifications the county wanted.
Keim's advancement leads off a reorganization of the Dawes County Road Department...which has operated with 3 separate districts, each with its own foreman and headed by a County Commissioner.
There will now be a single county-wide district and only 1 foreman. Keim...whose job will be primarily administrative...hopes to help make the transition go smoothly.
Scottsbluff engineer Clint Schaff of M-C Schaff and Associates is currently contracted as the part-time superintendent, an arrangement that will end with the first of the year.
The commissioners say the lack of a full-time superintendent was one of the things that led to record-keeping and other violations cited in a complaint filed against the county earlier this year. The commissioners essentially pleaded "no contest" to the complaint, losing $54,000 in state road funds.
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