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<v Speaker 1>Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time now for our community connection right here on

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<v Speaker 1>K one, the one you trust and joining me here,

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<v Speaker 1>we have a Commissioner Corey Scholl. Corey, how you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good, Tom, I'm good. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, A lot's been happening the last time we saw you.

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<v Speaker 1>Last time we saw you, you had just won the election,

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<v Speaker 1>but you were thrust into office just a little early.

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<v Speaker 3>Unfortunately, yeah, unfortunately, with the passing of you know, Commissioner Movia.

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<v Speaker 3>I was appointed by the governor I think December fifth

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<v Speaker 3>and sworn in on the sixth, and you know, just

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<v Speaker 3>a just a terrible thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He's so close to retirement and.

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<v Speaker 3>All that it was. It was a bad deal. But

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I got to know him. I met I

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<v Speaker 3>met Mike when he when he first came into office.

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<v Speaker 3>And you know, of course I worked for District three.

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<v Speaker 3>He worked for uh a commissioner of District two. So

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<v Speaker 3>so our pass crossed, you know, quite frequently, and always

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<v Speaker 3>super nice guy and.

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<v Speaker 2>Enjoyed talking with him.

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<v Speaker 3>And then when when he decided to do his retirement

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<v Speaker 3>or not seek reelection, I told him that I was

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<v Speaker 3>going to I got to visit with him several times,

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, he talked about, you know, the difference.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I was at two, he was at three,

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<v Speaker 3>but those are they're the same, but they're not, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>So we got to discuss a little bit about the

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<v Speaker 3>differences of those two two districts. And he always he

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<v Speaker 3>talked about the cemeteries, you know, oh yeah, he was

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<v Speaker 3>did some major up facelifts on those things. And he

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<v Speaker 3>never came around and asked me exactly, you know, to

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<v Speaker 3>the point if I was what I was going to

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<v Speaker 3>do with them. But I did assure him that anything

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<v Speaker 3>he was doing with those cemeteries we would continue to

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<v Speaker 3>do very good. He was, I think he was pretty

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<v Speaker 3>happy about that.

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<v Speaker 1>He had to be absolutely Now, your learning curve was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a very hurry up. Yes, even though you've

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<v Speaker 1>been working as a worker with the District three for many,

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<v Speaker 1>many years, twenty nine years of it. So now that

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<v Speaker 1>aspect is one thing. Being on the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>the table a little bit different. It is.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's quite a bit different, more different than I

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<v Speaker 3>even expected. Obviously, I am glad to have the experience

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<v Speaker 3>that I have. I can't imagine coming into this completely blind.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's.

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<v Speaker 3>There's a learning curve, a lot of moving parts. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>trying to figure them all out. I'm two, a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit over two months into it. I feel like I

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<v Speaker 3>have all the pieces to the puzzle. I've just got

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<v Speaker 3>to get them put together.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got a couple of pretty good folks that can

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<v Speaker 1>hit help you out there with your fellow commissioners.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, absolutely, And you know, of course I have good

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<v Speaker 3>relationships with them. I had prior to even thinking about

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<v Speaker 3>running for commissioner, you know, and then obviously Commissioner Done

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<v Speaker 3>Laps was my boss for the past eighteen years. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so I've got a great relationship with him, and it

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<v Speaker 3>is nice to be able to work with them.

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<v Speaker 2>All of our elected officials are so so good to

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<v Speaker 2>work with.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh imagine, so good good people. What do we have

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<v Speaker 1>cooking here? We've got I'm gonna go ahead and jump

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<v Speaker 1>into this because it took a look at the forecast

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<v Speaker 1>that we might actually see some rain or some snow

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe a little bit of a mixture of both.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that four letter word.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, I know, wash my mouth out with so right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it happens to you, it doesn't happen here. Very often,

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<v Speaker 1>but when it does, it gets people's attention. Sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>gets there adrenaline going. So what's the process once we

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<v Speaker 1>start having weather like this come into our area, what's

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<v Speaker 1>the process?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, we had a little trial run a

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<v Speaker 3>few weeks ago, a month ago, whatever it was, had

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<v Speaker 3>about three or four inches of snow and the guys

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<v Speaker 3>they were out at three o'clock in the morning and

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<v Speaker 3>they started their routes. All the guys at district too,

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<v Speaker 3>they've been there for quite some time, so they know

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<v Speaker 3>they know exactly what to do. They have their routes,

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<v Speaker 3>they get in their trucks. You know, we hit try

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<v Speaker 3>to hit the main traveled roads as quick as possible

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<v Speaker 3>and then just kind of work our way down from

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<v Speaker 3>major collectors, minor collectors to you know, the more roads

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<v Speaker 3>that don't get a whole lot of traffic. We get

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<v Speaker 3>to those probably last.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, just.

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<v Speaker 3>Getting the equipment ready the guys, you know, a couple

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<v Speaker 3>days before and make sure everything's working and wait for

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<v Speaker 3>the snow to come in.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and if it doesn't, well, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's a great thing as long as it's snow

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<v Speaker 2>and not ice.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, during the course of the year, we have routine

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<v Speaker 1>roads and bridge maintenance. It takes place. We got anything

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<v Speaker 1>cooking big as the weather starts.

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<v Speaker 2>To improve, we do.

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<v Speaker 3>I've driven around some roads of course with my with

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<v Speaker 3>my road foreman. He had several roads that he would

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<v Speaker 3>he would like to see that they're gravel now, and

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of there's a lot of residents on these.

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<v Speaker 3>A couple of them's dead end roads, but there's a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of residents on there, you know, so uh, it

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<v Speaker 3>was kind of one of his things, he'd like to

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<v Speaker 3>see those graveled, and I obviously thought it would be

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<v Speaker 3>a great idea to get those. You're not having to

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<v Speaker 3>put gravel on them two or three times a year,

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<v Speaker 3>great them, you know, who knows how many times a

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<v Speaker 3>year depending on the weather.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like there's a whole lot of maintenance for

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<v Speaker 1>what's supposed to be a low meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>It's road absolutely, yeah, there is.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's school buses go down those roads turn around.

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<v Speaker 3>So how we're they're in the process right now of

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<v Speaker 3>mixing in some lime and rock, building the roads up,

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<v Speaker 3>getting getting a proper crown on them, getting the drainage

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<v Speaker 3>drainage ditch is done done up, because that's the life

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<v Speaker 3>of a road.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to proper, proper drainage.

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to be just you have.

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<v Speaker 3>Trouble, you have to You've got to get the road

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<v Speaker 3>compacted well, get it built up. And the the oil

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<v Speaker 3>and chips we put on there are basically just dust control.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah they are. They don't strengthen the road hardly. They

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<v Speaker 2>keep the dust down. Yeah, absolutely so, yeah, we've got that.

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<v Speaker 1>And then.

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<v Speaker 3>The our ceed Projects District too, I inherited a couple

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<v Speaker 3>of projects that are One of them is a Bison

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<v Speaker 3>Road project. It's from West twenty two hundred to Highway sixty.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a busy, it's it's pretty busy. And then there's

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<v Speaker 3>the other project would be from Bison Road to highway

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<v Speaker 3>or yeah, from Bison Road on twenty two hundred road

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<v Speaker 3>to Highway seventy five.

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<v Speaker 2>And both of these.

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<v Speaker 3>Have have bridges that are going to have to be replaced,

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<v Speaker 3>and the project consists of widening out the road.

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<v Speaker 2>It would have, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>A much wider road and probably four or five foot

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<v Speaker 3>shoulders on each side, kind of like Bison from Tuxedo

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<v Speaker 3>going to Durham. It would come out probably be something

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<v Speaker 3>like that. And then recently, well just last week, I

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<v Speaker 3>have added a bridge project to that that is a

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<v Speaker 3>fracture critical bridge that we've been come to find out,

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<v Speaker 3>we've been getting deemed for for several years, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I'm thinking, well that, you know, we might need to

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<v Speaker 3>put that on our priority list and get that up

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<v Speaker 3>there and get it see if we can't get that replaced.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, that's that's where we are on those good

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<v Speaker 2>and six.

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<v Speaker 1>What else is it going on in the district too

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<v Speaker 1>that books might not be aware of that, Maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't hurt to kind of highlight some cool things that

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<v Speaker 1>are going on.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh well, I mean basically that's just getting getting those

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<v Speaker 3>projects out there and hopefully getting those started. Obviously, the

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<v Speaker 3>bridge project, it'll it'll start first, It'll be one of these, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it'll be, but I mean it may be five years

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<v Speaker 3>from now.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just hard to say.

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, and then you know, we just this time

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<v Speaker 3>of year, it's it's tough to get things.

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<v Speaker 1>It hurry up and wait.

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<v Speaker 3>It is that there's just there's a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 3>we can't do. There's a lot of stuff we can do,

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<v Speaker 3>and but mainly it's it's routine maintenance.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, and just making sure that everybody's getting what

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<v Speaker 1>the paying for and yeah, everything else like that. What's

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<v Speaker 1>the coolest thing about being a commissioner now that you

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<v Speaker 1>maybe weren't expecting when you were actually working for a commissioner.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, Tom, I don't know right now.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm in that transition stage.

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<v Speaker 2>We might have to discuss this at a later day.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, once once you see everything, once you.

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<v Speaker 2>Go through a cycle.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely the Yeah, there's there's a lot of stuff, you

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<v Speaker 3>know right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've it's been nice to.

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<v Speaker 3>Go around and get acquainted with with more of the

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<v Speaker 3>people that that I you know, I knew them, but

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't real acquainted with them.

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<v Speaker 2>I've gone around and you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Looked at our properties, tried to get acquainted with that

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<v Speaker 3>and had the people show me around them, and so

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<v Speaker 3>you know that that's been that's been good, just you know,

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<v Speaker 3>kind of get an eye on what what we have

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<v Speaker 3>and what's going on with it.

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<v Speaker 1>Good. Hey, Corey, I want to thank you for dropping

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<v Speaker 1>by today. I know you've got a ton of things

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<v Speaker 1>to do, but thanks for spending part of your Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Morning with us. Absolutely, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, that's

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<v Speaker 2>Commissioner Corey Shival with this here on gaybe