(KLZA)--Pawnee County Commissioners have approved having Highway Superintendent Chris Rauner study a road south of Pawnee City for vacating an abandoning.

Rauner will prepare a report on vacating a portion of 709 Road, west of Highway 65, which is a mile south of Pawnee City.

Commissioners met with Courthouse Building and Grounds Superintendent Mark Tegtmeier to discuss trees on the courthouse grounds. Several trees will be cut down and another is to be trimmed.

An audit contract with Schulz and Associates was approved and an agreement was accepted for emergency protective custody with Region Five Systems.