IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
April 9, 2002
The Allen County Board of
Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30 a.m. with Chairperson Walt
Regehr, Jr., Commissioner Dick Works, Commissioner Kent Thompson, and
Sherrie L. Riebel, County Clerk.
Commissioners corrected
and approved the minutes of the April 2, 2002 and April 5, 2002 meetings.
Sheriff Atkins reported
another fight in jail. He explained what happened. Discussion followed on
cleanup of the jail.
Ron Holman, Maintenance
Director, discussed the carpet request for around the elevators. Bids were
received from Decorator Supply for $501.40 and Mike’s Carpet World for
$480.80, both for area on each floor (32 sq. yd) by the elevators, both
tear up old and installation. Discussion followed on color and quality.
Commissioner Thompson moved to purchase the carpet from Mike’s Carpet
World. Commissioner Works seconded, motion passed 3-0-0
Marty Taylor, L.E.P.P./Zoning/G.I.S.
Coordinator, discussed the aerial mapping. He called for bids, he received
bids from Western Air out of Overland Park for $13,480.00, Sanborn
$31,975.00 for flying the cities within Allen County. Commissioner
Thompson moved to approve the bid from Western Air for $13,480.00.
Commissioner Works seconded, motion passed. 3-0-0.
Commissioners received a
letter from William A. Shirley resigning from the Community and Juvenile
Corrections Advisory Board. Commissioners accepted his resignation and
will be appointing a citizen to serve on the board.
Bill King, Public Works
Director, discussed the landfill expansion. He stated it was approved by
KDHE. Discussion followed on the plans. Bill reported the crusher has been
down three months because of the ice storm clean up and cold weather. He
reported some monies have been received from FEMA from the ice storm clean
up.
Bill discussed the
Presbyterian Church at Moran. The auction was successful, persons
purchasing items out of the church have two weeks to remove the items. The
county will down the building on April 22, 2002.
Bill discussed the two
trucks purchased at Federal Surplus Property. Discussion followed. He
requested to purchase a ten-wheeler Paystar truck for $7,500.00 from
Federal Surplus Property.
Bill discussed a letter to
the editor concerning beavers building dams within Allen County on private
property. Discussion followed on who’s responsible for removing the
beavers. The Commissioners stated it should be the responsibility of the
landowner to get rid of the beavers. Commissioners will take no action
towards the beavers.
Bill reported the seasonal
worker for the courthouse grounds would start in a week.
Bill reported radios for
the new trucks are fairly cheap now days and the maintenance will install
the radios. He reported the quarry uses portable radios for safety issues.
Bill discussed the water
situation in the courthouse. Currently Culligan provides water for the
break rooms in the courthouse. Discussion followed on the reasons why the
water tastes so bad, whether or not filters in the current water fountains
need changed more often. Alan Howell, Allen County resident for the
meeting, discussed his option on the condition of the water. Sandra Drake,
Allen County Appraiser, discussed the orange ice cubes and particles in
the water filters.
Rex Taylor, City of Iola
Police Chief, and Nick Gill, Iola High School government student,
discussed the 911 $0.75 cents for ASTRA Mobile Data Terminals for Allen
County. Chief Taylor discussed there are grants available if matching
funds are available to help. He explained the benefits to the County and
each city within the county. Discussion followed on what is entailed in
mobile data terminals. The cost would be approximately $125,102.79; the
matching fund would be $55,373.20. This does not replace the current
system only enhances the current system. Discussion followed.
Commissioners encouraged Chief Taylor to apply for the grant.
Commissioners approved the
use of the bandstand and courthouse lawn for a fundraiser for Special
Olympics on May 3, 2002.
Sandra Drake, Allen County
Appraiser, discussed a watershed being built for recreation east of Iola.
Sharon Utley, Allen County
Treasurer, and Sherrie L. Riebel, Allen County Clerk, presented a listing
of outstanding checks to write off and to transfer the amounts of them
into the County General Fund. The treasurer’s checks total $1,288.19 and
the clerk’s checks total $106.01. Commissioners approved the write off.
Commissioners discussed
tax issues; state and county. Persons living and having business within
Allen County but have out of county tags are hurting the taxes within the
county, which causes higher taxes on individuals. Discussion followed on
enforcement of persons actually living in Allen County and having tags in
other county.
Commissioner Regehr
discussed a Southeast Kansas Mental Health meeting on which he is a member
of the board. Discussion followed. The boards’ job is setting policy not
running the day-to-day operations of the SEK Mental Health. Discussion
followed on the duties of the board and the size of the board.
Commissioners will visit with other county commissioners concerning the
size of the board.
Commissioners discussed
wages of JJA compared to the courts state wages.
Alan Weber, Allen County
Counselor, discussed the JJA Administrative Board.
Commissioner Works moved
to appoint Kent Thompson to serve in place of William Shirley on the
Community and Juvenile Corrections Advisory Board. Commissioner Regehr
seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.
Alan discussed the PBC
bond schedule proposed from Gilmore & Bell, PC.
Alan discussed the
contracts with the EMT paramedics fulfilling their obligations.
Commissioners reviewed and
discussed the Fair Boards annual report.
Commissioners approved the following
documents:
a) Clerk's Journal Entries #
b) Clerk's
vouchers totaling $
With no further business to come before
the board, the meeting was adjourned until April 16, 2002 at 8:30 a.m. in
the Commission room of the courthouse.
