• Approved an agreement with the state Department of Transportation for work on Lower Meigs Road. The total cost of the project is expected to be $240,024.15; the DOT will pay $166,000 with the county to pay the remainder.

• Voted to increase reimbursement for travel expenses from 45 cents per mile to 50.5 cents per mile to stay in line with Internal Revenue Service figures.

• Set the terms for members of the board of tax assessors at three years. No resolution had ever been passed on the issue, County Attorney Lester Castellow said. The term had traditionally been six years, but he said some on the board had urged a change to three years. Castellow said state law required a resolution setting the terms, and it required those terms be staggered, but it did not otherwise specify what those terms had to be. The same resolution also made the reappointment of Johnny Spooner to the board until Dec. 31, 2010.

• Heard from resident Fred Maxwell, who objected to beaver trapping on his property. Chairman Alderman responded that while the county pays a bounty on beaver tails, trappers are independent businessmen. He said if someone’s trapping on land without permission, that’s trespassing.

• Heard from Liz Mercer, a resident of South Morris Road, who said the county owed her money for performing work on her property that she didn’t want. Alderman urged her to speak with county administrator J.D. Byrd, who would report to commission on the facts of the matter.