The Washington County Board met for a regular monthly meeting last night. At that meeting, the highway department was approved to have a 50/50 project on the northeast side of Oakdale along Old St. Louis Street. The department also is almost done with their 1st mowing along county roads. Mark Jones was approved to be hired as a new employee to replace a retiring employee. Another vacancy has also opened up, which they are hoping to have a hiring by the end of the week. The county had just over $107,000 claims, which included the repair of the recycling truck. Washington County State Attorney Daniel Bronke announced that methamphetamine inside the county is up. Last year the increased drug was heroin, which has seemed to have been replaced by meth. Total crimes in Washington County is down from 2015 to 2016. We saw 163 total criminal offenses in 2016, compared to 236 in 2015. Meth cases in 2016 almost doubled what we saw in 2015. Out of the last 10 arrests, 8 of them were meth related. Under the Sheriff’s report, it was announced that there were 15 federal inmates and 7 county inmates in jail. Under the Treasurer’s report, it was announced that the 2018 mobile taxes have been files, with the figure just under $13,000. Residents have until July 6th to make their payments on mobile home taxes. The next payments will be occurring in mid-August. Sean Abernathy was approved for a special use permit to turn a mobile home to a housing residence on R2 property. He wanted to have his double-wide mobile home on his property and rezoned. That was approved last night by the board, after a brief discussion. Ralph Habbe was approved to a re-appointment to the Nashville Masonic Cemetery and John Brown was approved to re-appointment to the Washington County Mental Health Board. The County Board also approved to combine 4 precincts into 2. That included Irvington 1 and 2 and Nashville 1 and 2. Residents who vote at either precinct will not change where they vote and they will be notified of the combination of the precincts. The board also approved to remove a tree in front of the Courthouse, due to problems with limbs. Over the last 3 or 4 years, the tree has caused damage to 3 vehicles. The tree will be removed, along with the stump, to prevent any future damage. The Nashville Chamber of Commerce also was given permission to use the Courthouse Lawn for the annual Fall Festival, which will have the same restrictions last year. The next Washington County Board meeting will be on Tuesday, July 10th at 7pm.