IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
March 27, 2001
The Allen County Board of
Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. with Chairperson Kent
Thompson, Commissioner Dick Works, and Sherrie L. Riebel, County Clerk.
Commissioner Walt Regehr, Jr. was absent.
Commissioners corrected
and approved the minutes of the March 13, 2001, meeting.
Susan Bell, PACE
(Prevention Awareness Community Action - a division of Hope Unlimited),
explained she headed up the awareness program in Allen County. She
requested to tie green ribbons around the trees at the courthouse April 9,
2001 though April 13, 2001. She requested putting up tree ribbons and a
marker on the courthouse lawn in remembrance of abuse. Discussion
followed. Commissioners denied the request for a marker to be placed and
suggested they talk to the City of Iola. Commissioners approved ribbons to
be tied around the courthouse trees during the week of April 9, 2001.
Marty Taylor, Zoning
Administrator/GIS Director/L.E.P.P. Coordinator, and Alan Weber, Allen
County Counselor, discussed the previous Planning Board meeting held on
March 22, 2001. He explained the desire of the planning board was to zone
area along Hwy 54 between Gas and LaHarpe as commercial land use. Marty
explained the request. Discussion followed. Commissioners approved the
Planning Board to proceed with the process of rezoning along HWY #54.
Commissioner Works moved to accept the recommendation of the Planning
Board to approve the request for zoning a vacant lot currently zoned ag
owned by Richard Culbertson to commercial. Commissioner Regehr seconded,
motion passed 3-0-0.
Commissioners discussed
replacing Becky Jackson and Alan Teague on the Planning Board.
Commissioners appointed
Tom Powell to serve the unexpired term of Rose Mary Riley on the SEK
Mental Health Board.
Mr. J. Dean McFarland,
Kirkpatick Pettis, a Mutual of Omaha Company, explained his services would
be available for the new jail, if needed. No action was taken.
Gerald Gray, Natural Soil
Conservation Agent, discussed the airport land needing seeded. Gerald
explained the Southeast Kansas Wildlife and Parks project on seeding
native grass on the lands for wildlife. There is currently some NCRP land
at the airport. There is funding available for seeding this year.
Discussion followed on the concern of wildlife along the runway and haying
the grass. Commissioners discussed the pros and cons of brome or native.
No action was taken at this time.
Commissioner Thompson
called the 5 year Bridge plan hearing to order. No public was present for
the hearing. Bill King, Public Works Director, and Darrell Stokes, Public
Works Foreman, discussed the bridges. Currently rated Bridge #1 is the
Marsh Arch Bridge (C-1977-01), #2 Riebel Low Water Bridge east of Gates
(C-3663-01), #3 Mildred Bridge .2 mi N & 1.5 mi E of Mildred
(C-3664-01), #4 Central Street Bridge 1.4 mi E of Humboldt (C-3776-01).
Bill explained the Central Street Bridge is closer to being ready before
the Mildred Bridge. He presented pictures of the bridges. Discussion
followed on each of the remaining 14 bridges on sufficiency ratings. For
2001 Five Year Bridge Plan the Commissioners rated Project #C-3663-01 as
#1, Project #C-3664-01 as #2 and Project #C-3776-01 as #3 and added #10
which is the Bauer Bridge as #4, added #18 which is the old HWY 169 bridge
as #7 and will review the bridges considered for # 5 and # 6 on the five
year bridge plan.
David Beck, Emergency
Preparedness Director, presented SARA Title III information to
Commissioners. Discussion followed on membership of the LEPC board. David
explained some of the questions asked at the meeting last night. The next
meeting is currently set for April 30, but subject to change.
David discussed the
Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant Program (HMEP).
Discussion followed on what is to be done on each grant. This grant is to
pay for all but salaries for the tech fireman to be trained.
David explained he was
copying the State Domestic Preparedness Support Program book to CD for
Commissioners to review. David explained what the phases of the grant
consist of.
Donald Leapheart, City of
Iola Fire Chief/EMS Director, presented a letter from the Humboldt
Ambulance service discussing new ambulance personnel.
Linda Houk, Moran Senior
Center representative, discussed lost paper work explaining the groups
responsibility for maintaining the center, 2nd problem is in maintenance
(access, no outside lights, parking is a problem, curb problems, too heavy
glass front door, heating and cooling blower, paneling chipping, beat up
furniture, no one to change the light in the building, painting, old bad
kitchen) 3rd problem is bossy renters - thinking they have say in what is
done to the building, there are no smoking signs that are not being
enforced. She mainly wants to know what the senior citizens are
responsible for and what the county is responsible for. There is a board
that runs the senior center and members join. She questioned whether they
could have fund raisers. Commissioners stated they could have fund
raisers. Commissioners will check into by-laws and will take care of some
of the lighting and check out the rest of her requests.
Bill requested five radios
for the new equipment coming in. Bids were received from TFM for a radius
M1225 for $420.00 each; Chanute Communications for a radius M1225 for
$442.00 each; Arrowhead Communications and Lett declined to bid.
Commissioner Regehr moved to approve the bid from Chanute Communications.
Commissioner Works seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.
Bill reported there is a
Semi Annual Meeting of Association of County Commissioners and Highway
Officials of Southeast Kansas on April 10, 2001 in Chanute. Commissioners
will be meeting at 1:30 to sign checks and vouchers only.
Bill discussed dust
control within the smaller cities of Allen County. Discussion followed. No
action was taken.
Bill reported Robert
Robinson, Burns & McDonnell, P.E. (the engineer for the landfill) and
he will be meeting with a KDHE representative at the landfill.
Bill briefed the
Commissioners on up coming bids, truck drivers and seasonal workers.
Betty Daniels, Allen
County Treasurer, discussed personnel training.
Alan Weber, Allen County
Counselor, discussed the Sexually Oriented Ordinance presented at an
earlier meeting. Alan is still checking into laws. No action was taken.
Commissioners signed
Resolution 200106 "Resolution granting tax exemption for economic
development purposes to the Monarch Cement Company" which had been
approved at the hearing on March 6, 2001.
Commissioners approved the
following documents:
a) Clerk's vouchers totaling
$ 45,672.93
With no further business to
come before the board, the meeting was adjourned until April 3, 2001, at
8:30 a.m. in the Commission room of the courthouse.
