(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Commission approved the allocation of the county's remaining ARPA funds in the total amount of nearly $1.5 million when they met last week.

$500,000 was allocated for the construction of new EMS building, in Seneca.

Nearly $462,000 was allocated for the improvement of the Oneida Road. Plans call for the rebuilding of the road with a concrete base and then applying a chip and seal surface from Oneida to Bern.

$298,000 was allocated for the improvement of Kansas Road.

$210,000 was allocated for new fire department radios, with each of the seven fire departments in the county receiving $30,000.

In addition, $112,000 was allocated for new Sheriff's Office radios.

During discussion, Commissioners found it important that law enforcement, EMS and fire departments were able to communicate with each other during emergencies in the county.

In other business, the Commission decided against signing a road use agreement for the Grain Express transmission line project that had been presented by Invenergy. County officials decided there were substantial short-comings in the agreement.