 An additional $172,000 towards the Beltrami County Waste Transfer Site has been approved by the County Board. Since the solid waste manager last met with the Beltrami County Board in October, there's been significant progress towards the site. The department has finalized a waste management purchase and lease agreement and met with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to review the site improvements. But the agency wanted to make adjustments to the county's renovation plan which then changed the budget for the project. I explained this to the board yesterday and the board approved what our option two which is to actually do some improvements in black duck now which were not going to be done originally because we didn't have any more money to use. The next step for the department will be to amend a capital assistance program funding proposal with the new plan in order to receive a portion of the additional money from the state. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.