Russell also asked for consideration of approval of several liquor licenses.
Commissioners gave the green light to all of the liquor-license requests.
In other business, Northern District Commissioner Stephanie Gooden said work on the water line for the project at Marshall Junction is progressing. She said contractors are at Marigold Avenue and working north. She said they didn’t give her an estimated percentage of the work completed, but she estimated the work to be 70 to 75 percent finished.
Also, a county employee reported some patrons have been putting out their cigarette butts in the mulch prior to entering the courthouse, and it has caught fire twice. Gooden said the commissioners will get a cigarette butt disposal receptacle and place it in the area.
Gooden says the county’s portion for the MODOT turn-lane agreement is $1,406,067 at a 1.45-percent interest rate for the life of 10 years.
The funding for all of this project at Marshall Junction and providing money to the entities is coming from the half-cent Economic Development Sales Tax county voters approved in April 2018 and went into effect on October 1, 2018.
A court proceeding in the case of a Marshall man facing felony charges after an alleged assault to a farm hand on February 28, 2020 has been rescheduled.
During the morning hours of February 28, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in regards to an assault that had taken place on a farm facility just south of Marshall Junction where the victim reportedly suffered fractures and facial trauma as a result of the assault at the hands of 42-year-old Aaron Smith.
Smith has been charged with a Class B Felony for Assault in the First Degree. The court amended Smith’s bond on September 25 to $50,000 cash or surety if he chooses to travel to Indiana.