At the regular meeting of the Blaine County Commission Monday, the county body reinstated the countywide burn ban.
Commissioners said they would continue to revisit the matter on a weekly basis and lift it when – and if – the fall rains begin to fall.
The commissioners also issued a proclamation recognizing National 4-H Week. Six 4-H members from Okeene, Watonga and Geary/Greenfield were on hand to describe their projects and what 4-H does for them. They presented the commissioners with 4-H travel mugs.
Other business in the shortand- sweet meeting included accepting a donation from Devon Energy to the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office for $1,000 to be used toward uniforms, and allowing several purchases by various fire departments.
Those purchases include parts for Longdale trucks in the amount of $2950; miscellaneous items for Hitchcock Fire Department for $2888; parts and labor for an Eagle City Fire Department truck at a cost of $1,650; service and repair to an Okeene Fire Department truck for $1,458; and a request for the Geary Fire Department to spend $4,926 on items from Chickasaw Personal Communications. This is to meet the department’s share of a new repeater south of town. The Town of Geary is paying the additional $4,000 in costs.
Greenfield firefighter Chad Scheihing noted that there were multiple areas in the southern portion of the county where communications for departments are still spotty. It is hoped the new repeater will help eliminate the dead zones.
The Blaine County Commissioners meet at 9 a.m. each Monday save holidays at the courthouse in Watonga.