Remarks by Ryan Baty
50 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“We're excited for that thing to open. Thank you for all that you do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, just a profound thank you. The co-responder models and what's happening in this community I do think is cutting edge, and I think it leads to less, I choose my words very wisely, on-scene disruptions when the right personnel are there to handle the right type of call. I'm kind of curious, Landon, how does this work on the 911 dispatch side, on the co-responder thing? Help us understand how this works and when the decision is made to send a unit that's a co-response unit, any number of our co-responding units.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Can anybody speak to what that's like to be able to divert that way a law enforcement officer isn't taking as many mental health calls on scene? Do we have better... outcomes in those situations? Is there less friction in those situations? Why is it important for the community to understand why we invest in models to where we have trained professionals going, particularly to mental health calls, which I'd imagine I think our sheriff's office and WPD would tell us that there's a lot more mental health calls over the last decade than there were historically. Why is it important to send this…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“is trying to put our foot on the gas and modernizing some of these models and get the right people on scene on the right calls, I think it is a better outcome. So you see a lot, you do a lot. God bless you guys. Thanks for the work that you do.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Mr. Chairman, thank you for the chance to speak a little bit as well. And I love knowing that that's going to be read.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“One of the things that I remember when I first got on the commission was there was a deficit of child psychiatrists in the Wichita metro area. Significant. I don't... You may or may not be able to validate this number. I remember when I first got it, there was only like one child psychiatrist that was in the city of Wichita. And I remember hearing that number and thinking, that has to be an error, correct? It wasn't an error, right? There was one child psychiatrist. that was certified in the city of Wichita. So alongside KU Med and the county commission, our health department and ComCare, I…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Well, those are incredible numbers. I want to thank you again publicly for KU Med, the partnership that we have there, ComCare, our health department's been involved, and the leadership at the county and the commission for investing in a program, in the fellowship program, to try to get this pipeline at South Psychiatry and growing there. So we have two. So the public's, we have two. This is a significant need that we have to continue to grow in this community. And I know it's an investment that we're making here. So thanks for letting me.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay, okay. Commissioner Brady. Yeah, thank you. And I just want to thank the Planning Department. We've been talking about this for a couple years. I know we kind of pushed on this rather heavily here a few years ago, and then we got really busy with a lot of things. And you've been very busy. And I think this is going to be a big step in the right direction, in my view. Accessory dwelling units are more practical for families nowadays, especially with Parents that are aging in place and trying to get unique creative opportunities, kids staying on the property, I think it's very relevant in…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, go ahead. There's a motion and a second. Does it make sense to go ahead and add, to amend the motion, to go ahead and add particularly the rent commitment date, rent commencement date, and the contingency on a contract with KHP? Does it make, that way we don't have to, if you fix it in this LOI, that way you don't have to redline it later. I mean, it's just an amendment to the motion just to include those two factions separately. understanding the spirit of what's trying to be accomplished. That way you don't have to send it over. We're approving what is here, and then you have to send…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Well, for me personally, the rent commencement date, I think that's very standard. I don't think that's... unusual for land leases. And I think the contingency in regards to a contract with KHP, I think that would be a, those are very standard, I would believe. So the maker of the motion and whatever, we'll allow you guys to do what you want. Just those two things I think are very reasonable things.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So can I ask a question? So we drafted the LOI, sent them. Did we approve the LOI previously?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So they're sending it to us, and we're going to redline and send it back.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“SLOIs typically are redlined back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, then you go to the rent document, the lease document. But what you're sounding, it makes sense. I just think those are two very practical elements that would offer protections to the taxpayers that I think we need.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Commissioner Beatty. Thanks, Kirk. I just want to, for the public and their awareness, I just want to make sure you repeat what you just said 37 seconds ago, which is the county commission has no authority to decline this, correct? This is by state statute. We just have to ensure that the service agreement that they've entered into, they remain compliant to the service agreement.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“So my next statement is in no way a disregard to Goddard. Goddard's growth plans and what they're doing is phenomenal. I'm a big fan of what's happening in Goddard. I have heartburn over unilateral annexations as someone who lives in an unincorporated part of Sedgwick County. My direct representative is a county commissioner. I don't have a city elected that I report to. I don't pay city taxes. I didn't get to vote in the city elections. It's the county commission. And there's one property owner here, and I've spoken to this property owner. I have no idea how they truly feel about what's…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner Brady. Yeah. Okay. Brandy, thank you. Appreciate it, Shannon. Thanks for coming and talking yesterday, a couple days ago, I guess, on some of these details. Senate Bill 325 was a victory on a lot of levels. The biggest thing on my end is it reduces property tax dependence to where what should be a fee-funded office is now a fee-funded office. And we're not going to have to loan the TAG office from the County General Fund a million dollars of property tax support. Plus, you said it was going to be $2 million estimated this year. So that's a big win. Wait times, this gives…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Next question. We talked about pay, and I do agree. I think part of the wait times is technology, software, and UQ line. I do agree that has to happen. I'm glad that IT can help with the custom system. I think that might be a unique opportunity for us. Can you help me understand, what is your starting pay for a frontline tag office clerk right now?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And we're uncompetitive at that point in attracting and retaining. Correct. What is your staffing situation like now? Right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“And you're looking at about $487,000 of what this increased fee you're going to allocate towards increased pay. Does that also include the plus 10 positions that we're looking at? No.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Understood. Okay. That's helpful. I am very favorable to some of the things that you're working on in reform. I very much like the satellite office concepts. I love the idea of the auto dealerships being able to come on and work titles in the back end. These are things that I think that we can continue to push. I know publicly I think some people have heard some of these things and some haven't. But this commission was very supportive of the reforms that you talked about wanting to do and push through. And I want to try to get you the support you need. I want to really understand these…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner, what questions do we have? Commissioner Brady. Just thank you. There's so much work. This is something you do every year, and you come, and Mario will be next. Mario's next. I have questions for Mario, too. But I just profound thank you to you and your staff. You are right. You supervise a lot. a very challenged and complex population. But if it wasn't for corrections, many of these individuals are presumptive prison. And we're supervising in this community because there's better outcomes when we're able to rehabilitate people with supportive services. So we are believers…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, we got a lot of people involved, governor's office, everyone, and the Department of Corrections, and the secretary himself brought staff down, and they heard our concerns. And we presented and asked them to appoint a third party to actually do a study, and they said, you know what, good idea, let's do it. So I just want to publicly thank your support and supporting us in those asks, but also I want to publicly acknowledge the Kansas Department of Corrections and that we're in the midst of that. Commissioner Meister and I have met with them a couple times even and had this conversation…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026
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“Laura, I want to extend a thank you to you publicly and your staff. Thank you so much for what you do, particularly with our kids. This is hard sometimes when we start talking about juvenile and juvenile detention and juvenile corrections. This is very difficult for a lot of different reasons, but you guys do a fantastic job. Thank you. You care deeply about outcomes. HB, the houseboat that we helped champion, and we really cared a lot about the gun charges and things of that sort. Obviously, there's some effect and some impact, so keep us posted on that, please. I talked to you two weeks…”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 16, 2026