The Washington County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday, acknowledged efforts to house an ambulance crew in the northern tier of the county.

County Ambulance Service Director Jeremy Peck told supervisors of the effort to seek a base for one of the county ambulances in the north part of the county.

Peck said that there is a meeting scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday with city administrators from Kalona, Riverside and Wellman to discuss a possible location. 

He added that the Ambulance Advisory Committee would be informed of the meeting.

The board unanimously approved the move to find a north county base. 

In other business, the board:

• Approved a resolution authorizing the county engineer to sign contract documents in Doc Express for the 290th Street, Kiwi Avenue and 300th Street paving project in which the board formally accepted the $1.6 million bid from Jones Contracting for the work. 

The work involves PCC paving on 290th Street from Highway 1 east to Kiwi Avenue, then south to 300th Street, then west to 2015 300th Street.

• Approved the request from the Wayland Antique Tractor Club to use county roads G67, G38 and W55 from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. June 13 for a tractor parade after noting all insurance forms were in order.

• Approved a Class A liquor license for Richmond AmVets Post No. 107, including Sunday sales, effective July 11.

• Approved an amendment to Brighton tower site lease to $4,800 per year at $400 per month, the same as with the agreements for the other towers. Previously, it was only a month-to-month agreement, explained Sheriff Jared Schneider. 

The towers and the leases are part of the countywide communications update.

• Conducted the official canvas of the June 2 county primary election in which no changes to the results were found.