Allen County Commissioners' Meeting Minutes

IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
June 1, 2004

The Allen County Board of Commissioners met in a regular session at 8:30 a.m. with Chairperson Kent Thompson, Commissioner Dick Works, Commissioner Walt Regehr Jr. and Sherrie L. Riebel, Allen County Clerk.

Commissioners corrected and approved the minutes of the May 25, 2004 meeting.

Nannette Kemmerly-Weber, Allen County Attorney, requested to hire a part-time employee to file and shred papers in the Attorney’s office. The monies would come out of the diversion fund. Commissioners approved.

Heather Lewis, Extension Council, and Mike Kramer, Extension Board Representative, presented the proposed 2005 Allen County Extension Council. They requested the same monies as the 2004 County Appropriation, which is $82,624.00.

Bill King, Public Works Director, reported the paving machine is down. He presented information on an asphalt zipper, which tears up asphalt. Discussion followed.

Bill reported on bridge project #1 C-3664-01. Beachner Construction Company, Inc. was the low bid for grading and construction of the bridge for $200,043.00; the county’s portion would be $44,009.46. Commissioner Regehr moved to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the "Authority to Award Contract Commitment of County Funds". Commissioner Works seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.

Dave Seigel, KANOMA Sales Representative, sells "Touch Tone Communications" long distance service for 4.25 cents per minute. Discussion followed. Commissioner Works moved to approve to switch the long distance from CGI to Touch Tone Communications. Commissioner Regehr seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.

Diane Bertone, Southeast Kansas Health Department Administrator, requested new carpet for the upstairs offices and bathrooms. She presented two bids for carpet or alternate flooring; one was from Decorator Supply and no bid from Mike’s Carpet World. She requested to replace the double doors on the front of the building and or replace locks. She presented bids for replacing the doors one was from The New Klein Lumber Company and Diebolt Lumber declined to bid. Ms. Bertone described the door and assured it the building would retain its historical look. She requested to have the parking lot graveled. The commissioners stated they would take care of the gravel. She reported in March an inspector stated the building is not ADA compliant. Commissioners will take that under advisement. Commissioners tentatively approved the improvement project but requested Ms. Bertone get one more bid and to accept the low bid.

Terry Knupp, Allen County Jail Project Superintendent, discussed the electric outage that occurred when the hole was sawed through the wall. Discussion followed on other items such as hammer drilling, carpet laying, tile and etc. Terry explained about some other items of concern. Discussion followed.

Robbie Atkins, Allen County Sheriff, reported furniture and inmate materials would be stored in the sally port.

Sheriff Atkins presented his proposed 2005 budget of $682,300.18, which is an increase of 48.6% over 2004 Sheriff’s budget. The 2005 jail budget request is $821,748.52, which is an increase of 55.7%. The 2005 emergency preparedness budget request is $56,762.58, which is an increase from the 2004’s $45,083.00.

Becky Robb, Allen County Fair Board Treasurer, presented financial information on the fair. She explained improvement done and what is yet to be done. Discussion followed. She reported they need funds for the baby barn to be completed.

Alan Weber, Allen County Counselor, discussed the upcoming tax foreclosure sale.

Commissioners approved the following documents:

a) Clerk’s Vouchers totaling $

b) Payroll Changes

c) 16-20M Trucks Abatements Value , $ , Year

d) Journal Entries #

 

With no further business to come before the board, the meeting was adjourned until June 8, 2004 at 8:30 a.m. in the commission room of the courthouse.

Please remember, minutes are unofficial until approved by the commissioners' at their next meeting.