(KLZA)-- The Richardson County Law Enforcement Center has been found to be in full compliance by the Nebraska Jail Standards Board. 

Sheriff Rick Hardesty presented the report to the Richardson County Commissioners last week. The last inspection by Jail Standards was completed in September of last year. 

Commissioners met with Leah Meyer of the Nebraska Recycling Council who wanted to discuss the possibility of Richardson  County contributing funds for operating costs to maintain a recycling center.  More information and research will be presented to the  Commissioners at a later date. 

Commissioners also approved funding for the Richardson County Transit program with local matching funds for 2021-2023 in an amount of $5,823 and entering into an agreement with Southeast Nebraska Community Action Partnership to administer the program funds.  

County Clerk Mary Eickhoff informed the Board that she had applied for and received funding in an amount of just over $8-thousand from the Nebraska “Help America Vote Act,”  which is federal funds for reimbursement for the extra and allowable expenses incurred during the 2020 elections.