July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Penrod gives trip update (9/12/05)
Sheriff, three others helped out in Louisiana
By By Mike Snyder-
Jay County Sheriff Todd Penrod updated Jay County Commissioners this morning on the trip he and three other county officers made to help out in suburban New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
“I thank you (for allowing the trip) and Louisiana thanks us. They were very appreciative,” Penrod said.
Penrod, investigator Patrick Wells and former officers and current reserves Rick Brinkerhoff and Travis Weaver spent several days in Jefferson Parish, La.
The officers were housed on a riverboat casino that was powered by a generator. The owner of the riverboat invited law enforcement to stay on the boat both as a favor to them and because a large amount of cash was in the basement of the boat.
“He said he was sitting in the doorway with a shotgun, and he was going to start shooting looters if they tried to come in,” said Penrod.
“At the first roll call ... (a Jefferson Parish police captain) got tears in his eyes and said, ‘Guys, you don’t know what this means,” Penrod added.
The commissioners signed a resolution supporting the trip by local police to help in the aftermath of the storm. The expenses incurred by the four local officers will likely be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Also this morning, Penrod received permission to purchase 12 Olympus 4 megapixel digital cameras to give to his officers. The cameras are approximately $159 each. With 12 media cards and a photo printer, the total purchase price will be $2,467.64.
The 35-millimeter cameras currently used by county officers will be placed in the next county auction.
While meeting as the county drainage board this morning, Commissioner Gary Theurer asked county surveyor Brad Daniels if his crews were involved in damage to county roads in Madison Township that resulted from an effort to locate survey cornerstones.
Daniels said his crews helped to locate the cornerstones for private survey crews along county roads 600 and 700 East. County crews used a backhoe to dig up the road surface to locate the cornerstones which were buried under the road.
The commissioners said that the cost for repairs should be taken from the cornerstone perpetuation fund.
In other drainage board business this morning, Commissioners Faron Parr, Milo Miller Jr. and Theurer:
•Approved drainage plans for a 30,000-square foot expansion project planned by Createc Inc. and for a proposed car wash in Dunkirk.
Createc, located at the southeast corner of North Meridian Street and county road 100 North in Portland, plans to expand to the east of its current plant. A detention area will be constructed at the end of a natural swale. Daniels said the holding capacity of the detention area is twice the amount required for the project.
A detention area will also be constructed to the rear of the Super Wash Car Wash in Dunkirk, to be constructed near the CVS on Main Street on the city’s south side.
•Granted a variance to a rural Portland woman who wants to construct a garage 25 feet from the top edge of a county ditch.
The variance was granted to Teresa Whitenack, who lives on the east side of U.S. 27 between county roads 200 and 300 North.
Daniels said his crews would have no problem getting equipment into the area should the ditch need maintenance.[[In-content Ad]]
“I thank you (for allowing the trip) and Louisiana thanks us. They were very appreciative,” Penrod said.
Penrod, investigator Patrick Wells and former officers and current reserves Rick Brinkerhoff and Travis Weaver spent several days in Jefferson Parish, La.
The officers were housed on a riverboat casino that was powered by a generator. The owner of the riverboat invited law enforcement to stay on the boat both as a favor to them and because a large amount of cash was in the basement of the boat.
“He said he was sitting in the doorway with a shotgun, and he was going to start shooting looters if they tried to come in,” said Penrod.
“At the first roll call ... (a Jefferson Parish police captain) got tears in his eyes and said, ‘Guys, you don’t know what this means,” Penrod added.
The commissioners signed a resolution supporting the trip by local police to help in the aftermath of the storm. The expenses incurred by the four local officers will likely be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Also this morning, Penrod received permission to purchase 12 Olympus 4 megapixel digital cameras to give to his officers. The cameras are approximately $159 each. With 12 media cards and a photo printer, the total purchase price will be $2,467.64.
The 35-millimeter cameras currently used by county officers will be placed in the next county auction.
While meeting as the county drainage board this morning, Commissioner Gary Theurer asked county surveyor Brad Daniels if his crews were involved in damage to county roads in Madison Township that resulted from an effort to locate survey cornerstones.
Daniels said his crews helped to locate the cornerstones for private survey crews along county roads 600 and 700 East. County crews used a backhoe to dig up the road surface to locate the cornerstones which were buried under the road.
The commissioners said that the cost for repairs should be taken from the cornerstone perpetuation fund.
In other drainage board business this morning, Commissioners Faron Parr, Milo Miller Jr. and Theurer:
•Approved drainage plans for a 30,000-square foot expansion project planned by Createc Inc. and for a proposed car wash in Dunkirk.
Createc, located at the southeast corner of North Meridian Street and county road 100 North in Portland, plans to expand to the east of its current plant. A detention area will be constructed at the end of a natural swale. Daniels said the holding capacity of the detention area is twice the amount required for the project.
A detention area will also be constructed to the rear of the Super Wash Car Wash in Dunkirk, to be constructed near the CVS on Main Street on the city’s south side.
•Granted a variance to a rural Portland woman who wants to construct a garage 25 feet from the top edge of a county ditch.
The variance was granted to Teresa Whitenack, who lives on the east side of U.S. 27 between county roads 200 and 300 North.
Daniels said his crews would have no problem getting equipment into the area should the ditch need maintenance.[[In-content Ad]]
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