UNOFFICIAL COMMISSION MINUTIES-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2005

 

At 8:30 A. M., members of the Pottawatomie County Commission met for a regular session in the County Commission Room.  Present were Tom Doperalski, chairman; and Stan Hartwich, member. 

 

Minutes for September 9th were approved.

 

Lois Schlegel discussed appraisers’ department updates: signed 2006 Appraisal Maintenance Specifications report (copy attached).  Ordered employees vest for field work.  Will be ordering a new vehicle in a month or two from Ed Bozarth with a state contract.  Have three small claims hearings up coming.  Sales and new construction or up with 95 sales in August.  Discussed GIS program with new update maps.

 

Rick Anderson with Standard Plumbing of Manhattan shared his thoughts on HWY 24 landfill: Started with questioning how our current landfill was funded, Tom replied that it was funded by fees and some road and bridge dept. funds.  He stated that he was in favor of the landfill; he sees that they do a good job with all the waste construction materials; they do a lot of recycling and usually have things covered in 5 minutes also the waste can’t be seen from the road.   With the county growing so fast he sees the need for construction waste because this would alleviate some the landfill cost to the county.  In the future that land could be used for a football or scorer fields.  He believes the fire they had a few weeks ago could of been started with railroad ties and he still questions just how they started fire.   Pottawatomie County has a lot of growth and he has seen to much construction buried on sight by closing the HWY 24 Landfill it will just cause more material wrongfully buried.  Tom thanked him for his input and directed him to visit with Gregg Webster and John Keller, in the zoning office.

 

Betty Abitz discussed register of deeds department updates:  reported August work and 13 million in mortgages this was up about 10 thousand from last year, Tom questioned if it was new money or refinancing, Betty stated it was new money, (copy attached). They had to reject over 300 documents due to errors.   Shared a letter from IACREOT, requesting used PC, desks or any office items for the Register of Deeds office in New Orleans because they lost a lot of equipment because of the flood.

 

Gregg Webster discussed zoning department updates:  Wildcat Woods ready to file plat. First National Bank and Frontier will be begin building soon, they look to be very nice buildings.  Next week will have two rezoning and a review use of landfill. (Copies attached)

 

Ruth Ensley discussed mini bus department updates: Just finished attending a KS Public Transit meeting in Topeka.   Ruth shared that the state mileage has gone up to 48.5 and asked if the county going to adjust its reimbursement rate, Tom stated not at this time. Transportation has gotten more money and they are considering off setting her wage, but no decision has been made yet.  Ruth also requested putting something in the news paper stating that we have not increased are prices with hope to get more rides, Tom said that sounded fine to him. Ruth also shared that if we have any vehicles for disposal the FEMA would like to know.

 

 

Leslie Campbell discussed health department updates:  We have had reports of strew itch mites in the county, but no cases of West Nile, with only a few in the state.  The health concern in Onaga has been discussed with the County Attorney.  The department has received five applications for the open position in the office.  Leslie requested that the fees for two vaccines be update; flue increase to $23.00 and pneumonia vaccine increase to $38.00. Stan made a motion to expect the rate increase and Tom seconded, motion carried. Tom questioned Leslie about the dog bite, Leslie shared that she was not holding the dog because there was not bite, the bite was to a boot, she told Hildebrand to talk to the sheriff because the Health Dept. didn’t get a bite report and she had no reason to hold the dog.  The dog was within the city limits, and no dog bite was dispatched.

 

Lisa Overkamp discussed treasurers’ department update:  she had attended the State Treasures meeting in Wichita, and shared that 22 treasures had retired in the state and that an upgrade to the VIPS program was coming. Lisa and Gary Conklin are working on the tax sale.  Lisa requested to replace of one on her employees she had received a resignation; commission stated that would be fine.

 

 

 

 

 

Leu Lowrey discussed replacing one grader, would like to purchase a used one from Martin Tractor for 102,829.00 with a trade-in of a 93 cat with a value of 57,500.00, will need to advertise the 93 for three weeks because statue states that something valued over 50,000 must be advertised for sale.  Will discuss more next week, because a motion will need to be made and Leu wants to look into the statue.  Leu requested that the county us BG Consultants for a bridge washout consultation, the cost would be 4,760.00 for agreement, Stan made a motion to enter into the agreement and Tom seconded motion carried.

 

 

Meeting was adjourned at 10:50 am

 

A road trip with Leu Lowrey to visit water plant in Timbercreek.

 

 

 

 

 

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County Clerk                                                                                         Chairman

 

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                                                                                                                                Vice Chairman

 

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