Allen County Commissioners' Meeting Minutes

IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
June 15, 2004

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

Commissioners corrected and approved the minutes of the June 8, 2004 meeting.

DeWayne Jarred and Nathan Clark, Allen County Soil Conservation Board Members, requested $18,500 for 2005 operations fund budget. This is the same as 2004 approved budget. The State of Kansas matches $10,000 each year. They provided information on what other counties give to the Soil Conservation in their counties.

Commissioners viewed the vault in the court area.

Mike Fickel, and Hugh Lester, Shaughnessy Fickel & Scott Architects, held a phone conference concerning the training issues for the new jail on June 24^th & 25^th with the Commissioners, Sheriff Atkins, and Undersheriff Roy Smith. The trainees would be the Sheriff’s staff, Ron Holman, and Commissioners. Discussion followed.

Commissioners discussed some items with the jail to clean and finish up.

Commissioners toured the jail facility.

Donald Leapheart, Allen County Ambulance Director, discussed a Unit #32 circuit board. Discussion followed on the estimated costs and ambulance replacements. Chief Leapheart requested the commission to budget for two ambulances within the next two years. Commissioners approved Unit #32 to be fixed. The Commissioners will consider the two ambulance requests at budget time.

Commissioner Works moved to reappointed Mike Rickner to serve on the Tri-Valley Development Center Board. Commissioner Regehr seconded, motion passed 3-0-0

Sharon Utley, Allen County Treasurer, presented information on last weeks tax foreclosure sale. Discussion followed.

Commissioner Works moved to raise automobile mileage to .37 cent per mile to be equal to the Secretary of Administration’s rate to be effective starting July 1, 2004. Commissioner Regehr seconded, motion passed 3-0-0

Commissioners discussed the request from Frank Allison for a resolution allowing him to reapply for his liquor license. Discussion followed. Commissioners reviewed and discussed Resolution #200404

WHEREAS, Charles F. Allison d/b/a Allison’s Country Liquor, 408 US Highway #59, Elsmore, Kansas, is an alcoholic liquor retail establishment operating in Elsmore Township that has been issued a license to sell alcoholic liquor at retail in the original package by the State of Kansas; and

WHEREAS, Charles F. Allison d/b/a Allison’s Country Liquor desires to renew its retail liquor license with the State of Kansas; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to K.S.A. 41-303, the State of Kansas requires said applicant to submit a resolution to the Board of County Commissioners approving the issuance of such license in that township; and

WHEREAS, the population of Elsmore Township corporate limits is less than 5,000; but the applicant was licensed by the Kansas Department of Alcohol & Beverage Control prior to the effective dates of Senate Bill 197.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of County Commissioners of Allen County, Kansas, meeting in regular session this 15th day of June 2004 does hereby resolve as follows:

1. The Board of County Commissioners of the County of Allen, Kansas does hereby approve of the State of Kansas, Alcoholic Beverage Control Director’s issuance and/or renewal of a license for alcoholic liquor at retail in the original package for Charles F. Allison d/b/a Allison’s Country Liquor located at 408 US Highway #59 in the corporate limits of Elsmore Township.

2. This resolution shall take effect upon its adoption.

The advice from Alan Weber, County Counselor, is to approve the resolution, as they are in compliance with the governing alcohol law. Commissioner Regehr moved to approve and sign Resolution #200404. Commissioner Thompson seconded, motion passed 3-0-0.

Commissioners approved the following documents:

a) Clerk's Journal Entries # 40-42

b) Clerk's vouchers totaling $89,863.10

c) Abatements-PP Value 108, $19.54, Year 2003

d) Abatements-RE Value 258, $39.64, Year 2004

 

With no further business to come before the board, the meeting was adjourned until June 22, 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.