BOARD OF McPHERSON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
APRIL 5, 2005
REGULAR MEETING
10:00 A.M.
2005 PIONEER LUNCHEON – McPHERSON
COLLEGE
12 NOON
APRIL 8, 2005
CANVASS VOTES – CLERK’S OFFICE
9:00 A.M.
ATTEND LAND AUCTION – QUIVERIA &
14TH
11:00 A.M.
ALL PRESENT
Commissioner Terry made a motion
to approve the agenda as presented.
Commissioner Patrick seconded. All
voted aye.
Mr. O.D. Schmidt of McPherson
spoke to the Commissioners during Public Input Session at 10:00 a.m. regarding
the RV dump station behind the County Extension building. He asked why the dump station is not open
year around or at least by April 1 of each year. The Commissioners will check into the possibility of at least
having it open by April 1 of each year.
Commissioner Terry made a motion
to approve the minutes of March 29, 2005 as presented. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
John Hawk and Bill Ridge from the
McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility (MASWU) joined the meeting at 10:10 a.m.
with an update on the status of the ongoing Sub-Title D Landfill Project. Mr. Hawk pointed out some of the costs of
transferring trash to Saline and Reno Counties (approximately a quarter of a
million dollars each year). Mr. Ridge
told the Commissioners that the project is being done in two phases; Phase I is
now complete and Phase II has begun.
Dave Bohnenblust, Public Works
Director, joined the meeting at 10:35 a.m. with the following agenda items:
C. Review fuel usage at the County pumps. Mr. Witte reported that he could find nothing that would allow
private entities to purchase fuel from the County pumps and he recommended that
only vehicles with either City or County tags and City or County undercover
vehicles be allowed to purchase from the County pumps. Other individuals or entities would be
required to provide proof that they are exempt from federal fuel tax. It was a consensus of the Commission to have
Mr. Bohnenblust collect fuel cards from all entities unless they provide proof
of exemption from federal fuel tax and only vehicles bearing city or county
tags (and/or undercover city or county vehicles) will be allowed to use fuel
from the County’s fuel pumps.
A. Request signature on Resolution 05-06 “…establishing the speed
limit on a certain section of CR594 between Wells Fargo Road and Winchester
Road.” This was discussed at last
week’s meeting and at that time the Commissioners asked that Mr. Bohnenblust
look at the possibility of extending the reduced speed section to include the
area south of Wheatridge. With further
studies, Resolution 05-06 now specifies a 40mph speed limit from approximately
2,220 feet north of the intersection of Wells Fargo Road and CR594 and extends
north for a distance of approximately 1 mile and 1,300 feet. Commissioner Patrick made a motion to sign
Resolution 05-06 as presented.
Commissioner Terry seconded. Chairman
Schroeder voted aye. Commissioner
Patrick voted aye. Commissioner Terry
voted aye.
B. Request to award bids for liquid asphalt for the 2005 Roadway
Program. Bids were received from four vendors;
low bids were as follows: 700,000 gal. PG64-22 from Valero Energy Corp. at
$.86/gal. for a total of $602,000; 300,000 gal. CRS-1HP Chip Seal Oil from Koch
at $1.109/gal. for a total of $332,700; and 30,000 gal. CSS-1H or SS-1H Tack
Oil (FOB Supplier Terminal) at $.86/gal. for a total of $25,800. Commissioner Patrick made a motion to
approve the low bids as presented.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to approve the adds
and abates register of April 1, 2005.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
All voted aye.
Mr. Witte presented bids for repairing the Extension
Office roof and replacing the shingles.
Bids were received from five vendors; low bid was from Ashcraft
Construction, Inc. for $10,510.
Commissioner Terry made a motion to approve the bid from Ashcraft
Construction as presented. Commissioner
Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
Mr. Witte presented Personnel Change Notices (PCN’s) for
step increase/wage adjustments (from Step 6 to Step 8, Clerk to Clerk II) for
one clerk in the County Clerk’s Office, two in the Register of Deeds’ Office
and four in the Treasurer/MVL Office.
All are effective April 10, 2005.
Commissioner Terry made a motion to approve the PCN’s as presented. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
Mr. Witte presented a PCN to hire Roberta Strawn as a
Clerk (6/B) to fill a vacancy in the County Clerk’s Office, effective April 18,
2005. Commissioner Terry made a motion
to approve the PCN as presented, with no wage increase at the end of
probation. Commissioner Patrick
seconded. All voted aye.
At 11:45 a.m. the Commissioners recessed and reconvened
at 12 noon at the Mingenback Theater at McPherson College where they attended
the 2005 Pioneer Luncheon. No action
was taken by the Commissioners during that time and at 1:30 p.m. they recessed
until April 8th when they met in the County Clerk’s Office to
canvass votes from the April 5th election. After canvassing the votes the Commissioners signed the official
vote canvass form, approving the election results. No other action was taken during the vote canvass. At 10:15 a.m. they recessed and reconvened
at 11:00 a.m. at Quivira Road and 14th Ave. for a land auction at
that location. Commissioner Patrick
made a motion to bid $1,000.per acre for the 236 +/- acre land parcel for a
total cost of $236,000 to be used for future expansion of the County
Landfill. This being the winning bid,
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to approve a check for $5,000 as earnest
deposit for the land purchase.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
At 12:00 p.m. Commissioner Terry made a motion to
adjourn. Commissioner Patrick
seconded. All voted aye.
Commission Minutes taken by Irene R. Goering.
Don
L. Schroeder, Chairman
Duane
J. Patrick, Vice-Chairman
Harris
G. Terry, Commissioner
Attest: County Clerk
Susan
R. Meng