Remarks by Ryan Baty
50 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Okay. And Commissioner Beatty will be reading a proclamation. Yeah. Thank you, Chairman. I'm reading a proclamation of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Whereas recognition of the contributions of people with disabilities is an effective way to overcome negative stereotypes and eliminate physical and social barriers to full participation in all aspects of community life, including education, recreation, and employment. And whereas people with disabilities are an important, vital part of our community, as valued workers, civic leaders, business owners, veterans, family members, and friends, and they…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“Aye. Motion passes 5-0. And here to accept this proclamation is Vicki Reusen. She's a Project SEARCH teacher.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“Commissioner Beatty? Yeah, Vicki, how long have you been doing this with Project Search?”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“That's incredible. Well, thank you for your services, community, your service with Project Search and all that you do. I want to... congratulations all those students that are here today thank you so much for working and all that you're doing and contributing I also want to thank the staff at Sedgwick County obviously I see Steven Cheyenne and Jeanette and the gang but everyone that is cooperating with project search I think it's a wonderful wonderful program I love seeing those those participants in the program as they're walking around here at Sedgwick County we see them with the mail we…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“And we saw the colonel who makes these decisions standing before us a couple weeks ago and say that they are leaving Cook Airfield. That's their decision, not this commission's decision. They are leaving. So my motivation has to turn is how do we protect this fleet here? How do we keep this fleet here? Augusta was rumored. Salina is being rumored. And those are serious conversations that they're having. This community needs to have this fleet here because of public safety, officer safety, first responder safety. That's what's motivating my decision. I'm grateful that Cook has kept them here…”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“I think that's a conversation that the colonel of the Kansas Highway Patrol and legislators that I've talked to might have a difference of opinion. It... Again, that's a state-appropriated dollar amount, but my motivation is to keep this fleet here. We have to keep it here. My motivation is for my property taxes. And we're doing the best we can there.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“No, no real questions. I know this is a grant that we've done for many, many years here at Setua County, and this gets put to good use. Different topic, I just want to, Nicole, you did a really good job. Berlinda's back there too. She's our management intern wave. So you guys do a really good job. This is the first time you've been able to give a presentation here and present an item, so I just want to tell you, you guys do really good work for the management office, and we appreciate it. Good job.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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“Oh, go ahead. We just did a CIP amendment for a training center that we've been working on. I just want to acknowledge Captain Nance is here today. Appreciate you sharing the work. He leads our training office for Sedgwick County, one of two training offices we have in Sedgwick County, but he takes the lead on a lot of these things. Very impressive, the work he does, the training he does. So, I saw you out there today, just wanted to acknowledge your presence and obviously Chief Williams is here too, but Captain Nance, we appreciate you, sir. Absolutely appreciate the comments.”
Board of County Commissioners · Oct 14, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“I also had questions on that electric co-op. I did the research and understood a little bit about electric co-ops and the private easements. and the autonomy they have in these. My question is not about this specific bid board item. My question is in general. We are becoming a more urbanized county where we have growth, and we talk about responsible growth, road construction, updating, modernizing our road networks out in the rural parts of our county. Are we going to run into this where Sedgwick County Electric Co-op and other electric co-ops are more prevalent? Are we going to run into this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Well, that's helpful. I begin thinking about some of the areas where we're talking about modernizing road networks. I think about Commissioner Howe's district, Commissioner Wise's district in particular. I start thinking about 135th, 151st, 167th, all these road networks that we know we've got to modernize. And we're talking about shoulders and all the things that if this is going to begin being something that's a lot more prevalent and a lot more expensive for the county, And if it's something that we need to be proactive in thinking about when we're doing these projects out of the gate, if…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Well, I'll find you in the next couple weeks. I've got more questions. I start thinking about ARC-95, Northwest Expressway, some of the major projects that we're looking, and if there's some costs that I haven't been considering in some of these things that need to be considered. Absolutely. Okay. All right. Thanks, Len.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner Beatty? Yeah. For the public's view, we had a very robust conversation yesterday during staff meeting. So if the public would like to go back and get some of the details that we had talked about and you had presented, it was a good presentation. A good discussion. Let me just say some aims here. Number one is we've got to fix the overall system of the TAG offices statewide. The legislature, based on our advocacy and the advocacy of 105 different counties across the state, really petitioned the state for this adjustment in the transaction fee. And that legislation passed and…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Yeah, exactly. The point, yeah, Commissioner Dennis had eight cars. The point being, this should be a fee-funded office, not property tax funds. And we've talked about this since I've been on the commission. This helps us to do that. Now the question is, what's the number? Right. So our CFO is here. Would you be able to, do you mind? I'll follow up the question. I just, the conversation between, we're not going to 10. Right. The current fee is five. Do we go to $750 or $8? $750 has an $86,000 deficit on there, which would require the use of property tax funds to make this up. Does it not fix…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Well, I think if you were to talk to anybody standing in line at 6 o'clock in the morning around the building, would they pay 50 cents more to make sure we can address these lines? I'm comfortable in saying they'd probably pay 50 cents more on their title. processing to make that happen. The question is, and I don't want to spend, I don't want an extra dollar of surplus. I don't think that's necessary. We're talking $750 and $8. There's $86,000 deficit. There's $182,000. If we split the baby and went $775,000, is this something that gets us? It feels like we're in the details, but there's a…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“I understand. $758, we're trying to arrive at a principle here that matters to the taxpayer and to the users of these services. I'll listen to the comments of my colleagues. I think we're really close. The bigger issue here is I truly, I don't want to use any property tax dollars for this service. adamant it's a first principle i don't think we should be doing it so i want to get the number right i know these are guesstimates and then we're going to be close and do i think that would i be supportive of having to make up the gap if we had to do if it improved the service absolutely i don't…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“Okay. I just want to make reference to an article that came out in the Wichita Business Journal that I think is worthy of at least an acknowledgement from the county. The discussion around economic incentives is a very broad, common, popular topic right now throughout our community. And, you know, we typically don't talk a whole lot about these because in my time, we've never initiated an economic incentive discussion. Commissioner Howell, in your time, I mean, from the county, have we, we've never initiated an economic incentive at TIF, an IRB, any of these things here at the county…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 23, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“We always knew this day was coming. I've been here for three and a half years, and we knew this day was on the horizon. I get asked a lot in three and a half years, a lot of people from the private market, I know those that have had private business dealings, they get asked us a lot, like, what's it like working in local government? And there's a lot of things that I like to share, a lot of things that I think the public isn't aware of, of the weight of the decisions and just the busyness that happens here with 3,000 employees. But the thing that I share the most, and I don't think it caught…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“It's almost a size. Commissioner Meister.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. You have permission to retire.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. And this proclamation will be read by Commissioner Beatty. Yeah. Thank you, Chairman. I'd like to read a proclamation of Sedgwick County, Kansas. Whereas in the United States, one person dies by suicide approximately every 11 minutes, with an average of 134 deaths by suicide each day. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death overall in the United States. About every four days, someone in Sedgwick County dies by suicide. In 2025, 90 Sedgwick County residents died by suicide. Whereas, psychological studies have consistently found that 90% or more of people who died by suicide had a…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Yeah, Commissioner Beatty. Hey, Jim, thank you so much. Could you tell us a little bit more about the coalition and the work you're doing? And I'd also like to know, and I'm not putting you on the spot on data, but what is the trend line in regards to our local community, those that are losing their life to suicide? Are we making progress? And if not, what do we need to do?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026