The
Commissioners met with all members.
Present were: Barbara Kolde,
chairman; Richard Carlson, vice chairman; and Tom Doperalski, member.
Richard
Carlson moved and Tom Doperalski seconded to go into executive session at 8:35
until up to 8:55 with Lisa Overkamp, treasurer, administrator, and county
counselor to discuss personnel issue.
Motion carried 3 to 0. Regular
meeting resumed with no action as a result of the session.
Richard
Carlson moved and Tom Doperalski seconded to sign health department application
form for grants for period from July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. Motion carried 3 to 0. (Attachment #1)
Andrea
Karnes, attorney office manager, met with the Commissioners to update them on
that department. A new employee has
been hired in the attorney’s office and will start on March 17. The Commissioners approved her request to
purchase from the check fee fund 4 chairs for $539.96 and pay for the
advertising for the job opening in that department at a cost of $181.72. There is currently $1,937.85 in that fund.
Commission
approved requests to attend conferences for Scott Schwinn, sanitarian; and
Tieler Stumpff, appraiser’s office.
Commissioners
received resignation from chief of Fire District No. 6 in Olsburg.
Board
considered and acted on property statements.
(Nicholas
J. Reynolds, Unified School District #320, Robert T. Race, Flinthills
Photography, & Delmar Gene Hodges.)
Approved
minutes for March 3, 2003.
George
Hough, emergency management director, met with the Commissioners to update them
on his department. One topic discussed
was regarding a broken water line done when Fire District No. 5 was doing a
practice drill. George will contact
Eric Ward regarding payment for repairs.
The County Commissioners also approved ordering 3 hydrants. One hydrant will be placed near the
intersection of Hartwich Road and Onaga Road.
Another will be placed near Fostoria, and the third will be placed in
Blue Township with a specific location to be around Timber creek Housing area.
George
has the paperwork to change the repeater for Havensville on the tower in Onaga
to the new Alltel tower. Leon Cline
with the Havensville Fire Department has done all the paperwork for the change,
and Alltel has agreed to waive the fees and other expenses. The only cost will be for KaComm to move the
repeater. Weather watch siren testing
will be tomorrow, March 11 and will be done twice during the day. The siren at Wheaton needs to be
repaired. The siren works, but does not
rotate. A weather watchers meeting will
be held on the 12th at 7:00 P.M. at the Black Jack Legion in St.
George. Some of the money from the
federal grant will be used for radios for the health department. One will be located at the health department
and three will be placed in health department vehicles. George stated that Fire District No. 6 would
be meeting to decide on appointment of a new fire chief due to the resignation
of the current chief.
Tom
Doperalski moved and Richard Carlson seconded to sign Resolution 2003-14, which
is a lease purchase agreement between Kaw Valley State Bank of Wamego and
Pottawatomie County Fire District #10 for a fire truck. Motion carried 3 to 0. (Attachment #2)
Tom
Doperalski moved and Richard Carlson seconded to allow Fire District No. 7 to
purchase land adjacent to their current land for $5,000 and also to spend up to
$2,000 for installation of a tube for access to the Meinhardt property. Motion carried 3 to 0.
Tom
Doperalski moved and Richard Carlson seconded to approve the treasurer’s
request to fill a vacancy in her office.
Motion carried 3 to 0.
Greg
Riat, sheriff, met with the Commissioners to update them on his
department. On March 30, the South 40
Restaurant will begin delivering the meals to the jail. Greg has ordered replacement vehicles from
Dick Edwards for his department. One
vehicle will be a Ford Explorer. One
pickup will continue to be used full time.
The others will be used as part time vehicles. Greg and county administrator have met to discuss the Sheriff
department’s account with money received from the jail telephones. Robert
informed the Commission that monies generated from the use of pay phones at the
jail are to be receipted into the County general fund. Greg stated that he will receipt the money
and close the account but asked that the Commission allow him to spend that
money to purchase another vehicle for the Sheriff’s office. A portion of the money will be used to trade
in the van currently used to transport prisoners. A car with a cage will be used for this purpose. The Commissioners will consider a one-time
request to increase the Sheriffs budget to transfer budget authority to spend
the money receipted once the money is actually receipted and the amount is
known. Greg stated that there is approximately $9,000 in that account now.
Richard
Carlson moved and Tom Doperalski seconded to go into executive session at 10:15
until 10:30 to discuss personnel and security concerns. Present for the session will be sheriff,
under sheriff, and administrator.
Motion carried 3 to 0. Regular
meeting resumed with no action as a result of the session.
Tom
Doperalski moved and Richard Carlson seconded that for the Country Stampede
four-day event only, part time sheriff employees that work the event will
receive $12 per hour. Motion carried 3
to 0.
John
Keller, county planner and Gail McConnaughey, zoning administrator met with the
Commissioners at 10:30 for a rezone request hearing. Also present was Brian Martinie, developer and Leu Lowrey, public
works director. The request presented
by Brian Martinie & Gary Rudebush is to amend the existing zoning on
property from A1 to R2. Landowners in
the area submitted protest petitions. A
valid petition would require signatures of owners of 20% of the land within the
notification area. The property is
located at 4410 Green Valley Rd, just north of Timber Creek Subdivision in Blue
Township. Gail informed the Commission
that there were enough petitions submitted.
One of the protest concerns was regarding drainage. John Keller stated that a possible
long-range solution would be to divert the drainage flow to Elbo Creek. Gail informed the Commissioners that no one
protesting the rezoning had attended the planning commission meeting. Commissioner
Kolde stated that she disagreed with the rezoning recommendation of the
Planning Commission as she felt they did not have all the information
necessary. She stated that there is a
drainage problem, R2 zoning belongs in an incorporated area, and there has not
been a study to check the sewer district capacity for more development. Kolde asked Leu at what capacity the current
system is running. She added that she
did not want to reach a point where the system was at full capacity. Leu stated that the system was not at
maximum at this time. Gail stated that
the problem with subdividing and drainage comes with the platting stage of
development and that there is already a house on the property, which is
currently, zoned A1. Commissioner Kolde
stated that she feels there needs to be a study done regarding expansion of the
sewer and to check the drainage. Both Commissioners Carlson and Doperalski
stated that they were not opposed to the request, but unless the Commission
made a unanimous decision, the request would be denied completely. Mr. Martinie stated that if they would
approve R1 rather than R2 that would be acceptable to him. Commissioner Kolde stated that she was not in
favor of the change. Gail stated that
there would be a Planning Commission meeting next Thursday. Commissioners Kolde said she felt everyone
concerned should be notified. John
Keller informed the Board that this is not a public hearing. Gail added there would not be a public
hearing unless new evidence was presented.
Richard Carlson moved and Tom Doperalski seconded to adopt Resolution
2003-15 returning the rezoning change request from A1 to R2 submitted by Brian
Martinie & Gary Rudebush to the Planning Commission. Motion carried 3 to 0. (Attachment #3)
Gail
also presented for the Commissioner’s consideration, an amendment to a
conditional use permit by Bill & Vicky Dean for Blackjack Recreation in St.
George Township. Terms of the amendment
would allow them to hold up to 5 concerts per year with hours extended to 1:00
A.M. during the summer months, speakers for concerts shall face the East rather
than the South, a Special Events Permit must be obtained prior to each concert,
and special concerts may only be held on Friday or Saturday nights and
Holidays. Tom Doperalski moved and
Richard Carlson seconded to approve Resolution 2003-16 regarding amendments to
a conditional use permit by Bill & Vicky Dean for Blackjack Recreation in
St. George Township. Motion carried 3
to 0. (Attachment #4)
Richard
Carlson moved and Tom Doperalski seconded to allow the sale of the Council on
Aging chairlift van by sealed bids.
This van was replaced by a new one purchased with grant money. Motion carried 3 to 0.
Leu
Lowrey, public works director, met with the Commissioners to update them on his
department. March 31 at 10:00 A.M. is
scheduled for discussion of the 5 year KDOT & county plan. Leu will review previous terms of RFP for
sewer study in regards to capacity and expansion. Discussed filling the vacancy on the Blue Township Sewer Board
and the possibility of changing procedures for sewer and water board
appointments by setting terms for the positions.
Tom
Doperalski moved and Richard Carlson seconded to allocate $400 from the special
alcohol fund to Wamego High School for their After Prom Party. Motion carried 2 to 1 with Commissioner
Kolde voting against the motion stating that she feels the allocation should be
lowered to $300.
Chairman
signed the mowing contract with Victor Redding for 2003. (Attachment #5)
The
Commission agreed to review the requests submitted by the court clerk for
updating the PA system in the courtroom in July to budget in 2004.
Meeting
was adjourned.
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Vice Chairman
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