(KMZA)--A new Nemaha County road and bridge/solid waste supervisor has been named.

Following an executive session at their meeting on Monday, the Nemaha County Commission voted unanimously to offer the position to Adam Kuckelman effective back to April 21. Kuckelman will be paid an annual salary of $74,437.

He has been serving as interim supervisor since the retirement of Dennis Ronnebaum, which was effective March 19.

In other business, Kuckelman informed commissioners he has hired Jerry Morrison to fill the mechanic position in the Road and Bridge Department. Morrison began work May 10 at a salary of $20.89 an hour.

Kuckelman also told commissioners that Centralia Cemetery District #7 has paid to chip and seal a ¼ mile stretch of 92nd Road that leads to the Centralia Public Cemetery and will continue to pay the county to maintain the stretch of road as a black top road.