BOARD OF McPHERSON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
APRIL 19, 2005
REGULAR MEETING
10:00 A.M.
ALL PRESENT
Three items were added to the agenda:
1) Tax Credit for Mt. Hope Sanctuary; 2) Marquette Township Board Appointment;
and 3) Request to Award Bid for Asphalt Compactor (10:30 Agenda Item). Commissioner Patrick made a motion to
approve the agenda as amended.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
Commissioner Patrick made a motion
to approve the minutes of April 11 & 12, 2005 as presented. Commissioner Terry seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner Terry made a motion
to approve the checks and claims register.
Commissioner Patrick seconded. All
voted aye.
Lorna Nelson, Old Mill Museum Director and Mike Crowl,
Old Mill Maintenance/Exhibit Prep. joined the meeting at 10:12 a.m. with a
proposal for a wooden pole type shed to be built over the log cabin on the
museum grounds. A metal carport was
approved earlier, provided enough private donations could be collected to cover
the cost of the project. Since that
time, an individual has offered free logs for the project and another
individual, Don Howe of Howe’s Building Supplies, has offered to saw the logs
at his sawmill. This would cut the cost
considerably compared to the cost of the metal carport. Mr. Howe was in attendance and said he was
confident that private donations would be forthcoming to fund the project. Commissioner Patrick made a motion to
proceed with the wooden structure instead of the metal carport. Commissioner Terry seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner Terry made a motion to approve the adds and
abates and landfill register of April 15, 2005. Commissioner Patrick seconded.
All voted aye.
Commissioner Terry made a motion to have the Chairman
sign a Cereal Malt Beverage License for Fleming Convenience store at 2702 US 56
Hwy in Canton Township. Commissioner
Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
Dave Bohnenblust, Public Works Director, joined the
meeting at 10:30 a.m. with the following agenda items:
A. Request
approval of the KDOT 5-Year Plan and add two more bridges to the 5-Year
Plan. Mr. Bohnenblust presented the
revised plan that included the two additional bridges, both on old Hwy 81 south
of Elyria. Estimated cost of the two
bridges, (#167076 and #170072) is $406,000 and $523,000 respectively with KDOT
paying 80% and the County paying 20%.
Both bridges would be replaced in about 2010. Commissioner Patrick made a motion to sign the 5-Year Plan as
presented, including two additional bridges.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
B. Presented
Personnel Change Notices (PCN’s) for end of probation for Eric Folck,
Maintenance Worker III (from 13/C to 13/D) and for Damon Kleinsorge,
Maintenance Worker I (from 9/A to 9/B).
Both are effective April 24, 2005.
Commissioner Terry made a motion to approve the PCN’s as presented. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
C. Request to
award the bid for an 84” Vibratory Asphalt Compactor. Four bids were received for a new or used (1,000 hours or less)
compactor. Public Works recommended
accepting the bid for a used 2000 Ingersol-Rand DD130 compactor from Victor L.
Phillips Company for $63,500.00 with trade-in of a 1990 CAT CB-534. Commissioner Patrick made a motion to
approve the purchase of the Ingersol-Rand from Victor L. Phillips Company as
recommend by Public Works. Commissioner
Terry seconded. All voted aye.
Brenda Becker, County Treasurer, joined the meeting at
10:50 a.m. with two agenda items:
A. Presented a
Personnel Change Notice (PCN) for Cassie Becker for end of probation (6/A to
6/B) effective April 24, 2005. Ms.
Becker also presented PCN’s for Gladys Brockway, Maureen Ensminger and Bonnie
Stratton as Tax Season Clerks to work 20 to 40 hrs. per week through tax
season. All three are effective April
25, 2005. Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to approve all four PCN’s as presented.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
B. Presented a
proposal for new workstations for the Treasurer’s Office. Total bid cost for the project is $14,144.25
from Kansas Correctional Industries (KCI).
The Treasurer budgeted $7,000 for the project. Commissioner Terry made a motion to approve the purchase of
workstations for the Treasurer’s Office from KCI for an amount not to exceed
$14,144.25 with $7,000 to be paid from the Treasurer’s 2005 Budget and the
remainder from Capital Outlay Reserves.
Commissioner Patrick seconded. All
voted aye.
Kim Snyder of McPherson, Co-Chairperson of Mt. Hope
Sanctuary, Inc., joined the meeting at 11:05 a.m. Mt. Hope Sanctuary offers food, shelter, counseling and training
for at-risk women and children, all this is made available through grants,
churches, foundations and corporate and private donations. Ms. Snyder is requesting that the Commission
sign a tax credit application; if the application is approved then contributors
can receive tax credits for their donations..
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to have the Chairman sign the tax
credit application as requested.
Commissioner Terry seconded. All
voted aye.
Mr. Witte presented a letter from the Marquette Township
Board requesting that Peter Hamma be approved as the new Township Clerk to
replace Gregg Hopp who resigned last year.
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to approve the appointment of Peter
Hamma as Clerk of the Marquette Township Board. Commissioner Terry seconded.
All voted aye.
The Commissioners recessed at 11:45 a.m. and reconvened
at 12:45 p.m. in Mr. Witte’s office at the Courthouse. Mr. Witte requested 35 minutes in executive
session, from 12:45 to 1:20 p.m., to discuss non-elected personnel in the
Appraiser’s Office. Commissioner Terry
made a motion to go into executive session as requested. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye. The Commissioners returned to open session at 1:20 p.m. No action was taken during executive
session.
The Commissioners discussed the remodeling project at the
Bank of America building. No action was
taken. At 1:30 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