IOLA, KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY CLERK
May 1, 2007
IOLA,
KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY
CLERK
May 1, 2007
The Allen County Board of Commissioners met in regular session at 8:30
a.m. with Chairperson Kent Thompson, Commissioner Dick Works, Commissioner
Walt Regehr Jr., and Ann Johnson, Deputy County Clerk. Sherrie L. Riebel,
Allen County Clerk, was absent..
Bruce Symes, Iola Register, was present to observe the
meeting.
Commissioners corrected and approved the minutes of the
April 24, 2007 meeting.
Cara Barkdoll, Register of Deeds, presented bids for
painting her office. Bids were received from Dry Creek Enterprises for
$600.00 and Bell Painting for $2626.00.Commissioner Works moved to accept
the bid from Deer Creek Enterprises, Commissioner Thompson seconded.
Motion carried 3-0.
Bill King, Director of Public Works, presented
proposals for a Crawler Loader. Richard Johnson, representative from
Martin Tractor, talked about his equipment and the advantages it provides.
A 2007 Caterpillar for $263,348.00 with a $112,500.00 trade-in, making a
total of $150,848.00. The order time for the Caterpillar will be long
enough that the county will exceed the hour’s allotted for the trade-in.
Mr. Johnson assured the commissioners that Martin Tractor will not punish
the county for the extra hours. Jim Ivy, Murphy Tractor representative,
talked about his equipment and the advantages it provides. A 2007 John
Deere for $242,475.00 with a $103,000.00 trade-in for a total of
$138,475.00. Mr. Ivy said that his company’s machine is available at the
present time. Commissioner will take a look at the bids and make a
decision at a later date.
Bill discussed Franklin Road in Humboldt and the damage
it has received. The idea is to repair the road with maintained load
limits to be established. Don Cress, Humboldt, visited with commissioners
about Franklin Road. Mr. Cress mentioned he had re-routed his equipment
off of Franklin Road. Mr. Cress mentioned his desire to work with the
county to satisfy both of their desires. The county plans to redo the road
this summer and needs to make sure the road will not be destroyed with
heavy equipment from Mr. Cress’s or anyone else with heavy equipment
that travels Franklin Road.
Commissioners moved to go into executive session for 10
minutes to discuss non-elected personnel. It is 9:20, commissioners
reconvened at 9:30, no action was taken.
Commissioners opened the 5 Year Bridge Plan Hearing. No
one from the public was present for the hearing. Bill King mentioned the
bridges that are on the plan and anything below a rating of 50, excluding
low-water bridges, is eligible for consideration to be replaced.
Commissioners will study the proposed bridge plan.
Bill mentioned to the commissioners that West Virginia
Road needs to be rebuilt in the near future.
Commissioner Works moved to authorize Bill to hire the
person with the highest score for the public works position. Commissioner
Regehr seconded, motioned carried 3-0.
Alan Weber, County Counselor, has not heard from Ron
Boren, Boren Roofing, concerning the courthouse roof project. Alan will
contact Mr. Boren again to see what progress has been made since his last
visit with commissioners.
Craig Abbott, Iola City Commissioner, was present to
talk to the commissioners about the consolidation of county and city
services. Craig wanted commissioners to know the city is willing to work
with the county in any way possible. County commissioners expressed the
county’s willingness to work with the city also.
A request will be sent to Susan Jones asking if she
would be interested in serving a three year term on the board for Tri
Valley Developmental Center.
Commissioners approved the following documents:
Vouchers totaling $32,365.50
Payroll Changes
Abatements PP Value 419053, $78,202.84, Year 2006
With no further business to come before the board, the
meeting was adjourned until May 8, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. in the Commission
room of the courthouse.
IOLA,
KANSAS
OFFICE OF THE ALLEN COUNTY
CLERK
May 1, 2007
The Allen County Board of Commissioners met in special session at 7:00
p.m. at the new community building at Iola’s Riverside Park to attend a
public forum about the possibility of building a new hospital for Allen
County. In attendance were Chairperson Kent Thompson, Commissioner Dick
Works, and Commissioner Walt Regehr Jr. Alan Weber, Allen County Counselor
attended and took minutes. The forum was also attended by numerous
interested citizens and other public officials from Allen County.
Chuck Wells, CEO of Health Care Financial Advisors
presented information about the financing and feasibility of building a
new hospital. Particularly, Mr. Wells discussed the impact of Medicare
reimbursements for hospitals like Allen County which are designated
Critical Access Hospitals. After the presentation, Mr. Wells participated
in a question and answer period for all in attendance.
The forum concluded after the question and answer
period. The commissioners took no action at this time and adjourned.
