Crawford County Commissioners on July 14 approve the proposed taxing board policy.

Presiding Commissioner Steve Black said that, since the library district had been providing input on a proposed taxing board policy, he contacted the other two boards to see whether they had any changes they wanted to make.

“They both were in favor of this new proposed taxing board policy, so I’m hoping that makes all three taxing boards on board,” Black said.

This new policy requires the boards to use their own funds for advertising and promotional costs, that a public notice be posted for open positions, and that they could submit board applicant recommendations, but that appointing members are under the authority of the commission.

A motion to accept the policy was approved with a 3-0 vote.

Crawford County Library District Director Amy England gave the commissioners her report.

“We did meet yesterday with our new board members. Our board reorganization. Our president is Lacy Ludwig. Our vice president is Julie Jenson. Our treasurer is Annalee Williams. Our secretary is Faith DeRennaux, and Linda Todd is a member at large,” England said. “We have some neat things. The Kiwanis Club in Cuba is going to be providing reading glasses. It’s just a fun thing, but like if someone comes into the library and can’t see something, there will be some free reading glasses there.”

A motion to accept an intergovernmental agreement for the county to take over preparing tax bills and collecting real estate taxes, personal property taxes and special assessments for the city of Steelville for an agreed-upon compensation was approved with a 3-0 vote.

In other business, Treasurer Karen Sikes reported that the June sales tax was up about 3.5 percent from last year.