County's application for funding for buyout of flooded homes is ready to submit

Winneshiek County is about ready to submit its application for money to help buy out and demolsih seven flood-damaged homes.

County Emergency Government Director Sean Snyder met with Winneshiek County supervisors Monday morning and got approval of a resolution promising the county would spend at least $220,000 in its own funds as part of a $1.4 million project for the buy-out of seven Winneshiek County homes which were destroyed in August's flooding.  The houses will be torn down and turned into green spaces. 

Also Monday, supervisors approved a bid of roughly $350,000 for work on Trout Run Road from near the Hatchery back to the culvert near Olson Explosives.

Supervisors also heard a request from Quilts of Valor president Joni Johnson for $1,700 in county financial aid to the program, which creates quilts to present to people who have served in the armed forces.