Remarks by Jeff Blubaugh
132 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“Scott, thank you for that. Can you help me understand cost? What kind of cost is someone going to be looking at to do one of these? In terms of construction? No, no, no. As far as our fees.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Help me better understand some of the struggles they had, like when Phil Meyer is trying to go in there and work some of the core areas. And I kind of heard some war stories as to tens of thousands of dollars for permits and stuff like that. Is that the case or is that exaggerated?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. If we don't have any other questions, I do want to open this up to the public. If there's any public comment, if you'd like to comment on this, please come up. You all have five minutes. Please state your name and address for the record. Okay, I'll bring it back to the Commissioner. Commissioner, do you have any other questions or comments? If not, I'd like to make a motion to adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, approve the proposed amendments to the Unified Zoning Code, side the resolution, and authorize the resolution to be published.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“We'll have a motion and a second. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Aye. Motion passes five to zero. Next item, please.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner, do you have any questions?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I would just echo that comment. The 20-year lease is what we have discussed. Okay, I appreciate that. Absolutely.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And I'll second that motion. I have a motion and a second. I do have an additional question. Justin, we've had public discussions on this numerous times now. Can you give me a timeline as to what other action will this commission need to take?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. And Lindsey, help me better understand Is this rent fixed? Do we have an escalator? Like right now, they're talking about raising the rates again. And I just want to make sure that we're still, we've got some kind of CPI or some kind of escalators.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. So we've got a motion and a second.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. Yep. Justin, I want to ask again. I thought the property at the airport was property tax exempt regardless. I thought that was part of our... our mission to try to lease out for commercial development more airport property. But you're saying you have to go through an exemption process?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Any other questions or comments? We have a motion to second. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Aye. Motion passes 4-1. Next item, please. Thank you, Commissioners.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“When I was on the city council, I had a similar issue with the trailer park just east of there, and they wanted out of the city of Wichita, and I had similar concerns because that's the gateway right into Godfrey's. Mm-hmm. So hopefully you guys are addressing that. If you don't have any other questions, then I'm going to go ahead and make a motion to receive and file and take any other action deemed appropriate.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I have a motion and a second. Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Aye. Motion passes 5-0. Next item, please.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Brandy, thank you very much. And yes, you are the elected treasurer. But as you know, people come to the county commission and whenever it's a budget request like this as well, I'd ask you for information. You provided it quickly to me. And I was trying to get a good grasp as transactions. So I looked at 23 from your data, 618,920 transactions. So in 24, we had 636,215. So we increased 2.8% from 23 to 24. 25, with 645,787 transactions, went up 1.5%. I look at this year, and you've got data up until August. It looks like for this year, we're about a 1.8%. 6% increase. So less than 3% a year.…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Are you comfortable explaining what's going on with the legislature here with this three-year period so that everybody understands why you're charging this and it's not handled as it has in the past?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“When did that prior fee schedule change to what we have today?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“When does this three-year period end with the legislature?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I do hope, I know we've got a lot of other questions up here. I do hope this commission, we continue to work with our lobbyists and with Topeka so that we have updates as to what's going on instead of just waiting three years to see what they give us.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. Brandi, I assume you're working with HR and trying to find out what a competitive rate is. I know we've had issues in the past with 911 operators and other folks that weren't.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“I think you guys have some prior commitments.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. OK. That's a required motion. So I guess we're just looking at making a motion to delay this one week?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. And I'll second that motion. Motion to second. Any questions? Madam Clerk, please call the roll.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026