IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
April 30, 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 23, 2002 meeting.
Ron Holman, Courthouse
Maintenance Director, discussed the requested ceiling fans. He presented
bids from Stout Electrical for installation of five fans at $600.00 for
immediate delivery; Hoffmeier Electric for installation of five fans at
$579.54 for immediate delivery; no bid was received from Maloney Electric.
Discussion followed. Commissioner Works moved to approve the bid from
Hoffmeier Electric. Commissioner Thompson seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.
Ron discussed drinking
water in the courthouse. D & R suggested putting charcoal filters on
the drinking fountains. There are seven stations that would need to be
changed. There are three drinking fountains, three sinks and one icemaker.
Discussion followed on trying the filters on a couple drinking fountains.
The filters cost annually for everything would cost more than buying from
Culligan. Commissioners requested Ron to install two filters.
Ron reported Fagan has the
air conditioner ready to be turned on for the summer. It will be turned on
a later.
Sharon Utley, Allen County
Treasurer, discussed hiring a part time employee for the month of June and
the middle of October, all of November and all of December. Discussion
followed. Sharon will advertise in the paper for an employee.
Commissioners approved
McKinzie Pest Control to schedule a re-inspection of the properties of the
Humboldt Senior Center and Community Action Building.
Roy Moorehouse reported
Steve Crume has offered $5,200.00 for the old Moran Senior Center as soon
as the new Moran Senior/Community Center is completed. Commissioners
approved the sell of the land and building in Moran to Steve Crume.
Gene Chambers and Ron
Stanghoner, Carlyle representatives, explained the need of clean up on a
property in Carlyle. Mr. Chambers discussed what needs to be done to clean
up this community. Commissioners reported he would have to discuss the
land in question with the attorney’s office as to whether the drug clean
up is pending or not. Discussion followed. Commissioners suggested to
report the incidents with the dogs chasing horses and people to the
Sheriff’s office. Commissioners stated to talk to the parents of the
landowner for cleanup. The landowner is incarcerated.
Commissioners discussed
the Moran Senior/Community Center proposals. No action was taken at this
time.
Bill King, Public Works
Director, discussed black tops within Allen County.
Bill discussed gas wells
at the landfill and their functions.
Bill reported the bridge
on South State Street would be closed later this spring. KDOT will be
fixing the hole.
The County Auction will be
held June 14, 2002 at 5:30 p.m.
Kevin Cowan, Gilmore &
Bell, discussed the Public Building Commission authorization to authorize
a bond. He discussed schedules and structure of legal documents. PBC could
have a detail resolution for a loan document, one would be for the county
to be responsible for paying PBC payments and in turn the PBC would pay
the paying agent, two would be to have a Trustee (which would be the Trust
Department of a commercial bank) to handle the bond or three to build into
the lease that the county would pay the paying agent for the PBC, which
would be the cheaper option. Kevin explained each option. Discussion
followed. A trustee would probably charge $1,000.00 up front and $1,000.00
per year afterwards, the State Treasurer would charge approximately $3,300
as an initial fee, and afterwards $100.00 to $200.00 per year to serve as
Paying Agent and Bond Registrar. Discussion followed. Principal payments
will be July 1 and January 1 for 20 years with the option to pay off after
seven years. First payment will be on January 1, 2004. Alan Weber, Allen
County Counselor, Loren Korte & Jean M. Barber were present for the
presentation.
Phil Young, CC/JJA
Administrator, discussed the State of Kansas Community Corrections Act
Comprehensive Plan and Application Document for Supervision of Adult
Offenders Grant Funds. Phil explained the statistics and grant request.
The grant request for 2003 is $266,400.00 in anticipated cost of the
service. Commissioner Thompson moved to approve the 2003 Comprehensive
plan for Community Corrections. Commissioner Works seconded, motion passed
3-0-0.
Phil presented the 31st
Judicial District Juvenile Justice Administration funding request.
Commissioners reviewed the Comprehensive plan for Juvenile Justice.
Commissioner Thompson moved to approve the 31st Judicial
District’s Block Grant Funding. Commissioner Works seconded, motion
passed, 3-0-0.
Phil discussed wages for
the Assistant Director for the 31st Judicial District Community
Corrections. He presented a pay record and explained each step. Discussion
followed.
Commissioner Thompson
discussed difibulators for the Allen County EMS. Donald Leapheart, Allen
County Ambulance Director, had received bids from Medical Equipment
Consultants, Inc. for $9,850.00 each but was not able to produce
difibulators for that cost. Progressive Medical International has offered
for $9,689.00 each includes shipping. Commissioner Thompson moved to
purchase the two pieces of equipment from Progressive Medical
International for $9,689.00 each. Commissioner Works seconded, motion
passed 3-0-0.
Commissioners denied the
request from Gloria Gill to mow the old Moran Senior Center.
Commissioners requested
Cox Cable to take Humboldt Senior Center’s cable to a basic service.
Commissioners discussed
landfill fees with Bill King. Discussion followed on the cost of dumping.
Commissioners approved the following
documents:
a) Clerk's Journal Entries #
b) Clerk's vouchers
totaling $62,278.70
With no further business to come before
the board, the meeting was adjourned until May 7, 2002 at 8:30 a.m. in the
Commission room of the courthouse.
