In one of his last appearances as Clerk of the Court and County Comptroller, Richard Weiss had exceptionally good news to convey to Polk County Commissioners at the Dec. 4 regular BOCC meeting.

“I want to tell you, as the elected comptroller of this Board, one of the areas I really enjoyed over the years is overseeing the bonding of the county,” Weiss said, “And this last issue we dealt with last week let me go out with — I point (out) the word — the ‘bang.’ It’s a real pleasure.”