Cape Girardeau County Commission accepts bid for insurance

The Cape Girardeau County Commission awarded the Versailles, Mo.,-based Teeple Insurance Company a contract for bond insurance. The county will pay $10,503 per term for the sheriff, assessor, treasurer, coroner and public administrator. The terms of office expire in 2012.

Capital Insurance & Associates of Cape Girardeau offered a bid of $18,526. W. E. Walker Lakenan Insurance declined to file a bid. In an e-mail to the county, Walker Lakenan partner Doug Mueller wrote that his company's bids had been rejected on three previous occasions and that "I am confident that other smaller companies would be more competitive from a premium standpoint."

In other county business:

The commissioners signed letters thanking the Rev. Sam Roethemeyer, chairman of the mental health board, for his service and acknowledged his resignation.

Ellen Lorberg, who served on the mental health board since being appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1995, has also resigned, effective Dec. 31.

Ruth Waldon, former chief juvenile officer for the county, has applied for a position with Pulaski County, Ark., youth services division.

The sheriff's department has applied for a $8,351 federal grant — which requires $927 in matching county funds — to buy mobile radios for three patrol units. The county's share will be taken from the general revenue's county law enforcement restitution fund.

Buzzi Unicem sent a letter, signed by facility manager Brad Meyr, letting the commissioners know the company plans to install a truck wash for its hazardous waster tankers. Meyr's letter indicates that the process abides by Missouri Department of Natural Resources regulations and does not exceed the current waste management process in place at the quarry.

The commissioners finished the meeting with an extended closed session to discuss an undisclosed real estate matter.