Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Monday, March 23, 2026

The Board of County Commissioners discussed the renewal of the county's health and dental insurance plans, approved the purchase of a used rescue truck for the Fire and Rescue Department, and addressed various county operational matters including lawn care contracts and a donation to the Miss Kansas Foundation.

About this meeting

Government Body
Board of County Commissioners
Meeting Type
Board Of County Commissioners
Location
Pratt County, KS
Meeting Date
March 23, 2026

Transcript

123 sections (from 649 segments)

2:43 – 3:05Speaker 1

like to call the meeting to order. I have a flag salute. Tyson, I have a few words to the flag United States of America to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

3:04 – 3:37Speaker 1

Few reminders before we get going. Please state your name and title when you first begin speaking. Public comment will be allowed to the extent that it's on topic. Persons participating via Zoom are currently muted. You have a comment, then please let Mark know via the chat function. Mark will then inform Chairman Trinkle can take up the comment in a manner that doesn't disrupt the agenda. And if it's the executive session is needed, then we'll mute and turn off the video. And when we're done, we'll turn everything back on. Heather, are you there? I am. Can you hear me? Sure can.

3:35 – 4:49Speaker 1

Okay. I just have a couple of quick updates. I'm not going to be able to show the K dot um information, but I do have a little bit more K dot information. Hopefully, I'll be in a position next week where I can share my screen and share that with you all. Um the good news of the week is that House Bill 2470, which was the um neighborhood revitalization bill, um has passed now both chambers. So, it passed the Senate sometime last week, Wednesday, on Wednesday of last week. And so, it has 10 days to go to the governor's desk. There's no reason to believe the governor would veto the bill. She's But then she has 10 days to sign the bill once it reaches her desk. Um the enactment date of the bill is July 1. So, what the commission needs to do is start formulating um what the neighborhood revitalization plan you guys desire to have. And then I've talked with Tyson um who's going to check with the attorney general's office on making sure that everything's in the correct form um when it goes there so that we can start taking the plan to the different taxing entities moving forward. So, that is all good news and I do not want anyone to think that passing a bill is an easy thing to do. So, um, that was a pretty big thing.

4:48 – 5:11Speaker 1

Heather, before you before you move on, I just I just want to say thank you for all the effort that you put in shephering the bill through the process. Yeah, because I've been told we couldn't get it through and we did, but we wouldn't have been able to do it without your help for sure. Thank you very much, Heather.

5:08 – 6:23Speaker 1

Okay. Well, I appreciate that. Um, the last thing I have because I'm literally standing in a little closet here in the at the capital at the moment, um, is the PADC met last Wednesday and because of House Bill 2470, um, they voted to delay the opening of the housing incentive application because that application and that process will utilize the neighborhood revitalization program as sort of the the basis for which the program is going to be um evaluating who gets the grant and who doesn't. And so they will wait to um open up that grant application until we get the neighborhood revitalization process in place. And so just wanted to give you that update as well. Um with that, I'm happy to stand for any questions before someone asks. There is a tax conference committee at 3 p.m. today. There is no agreement on property taxes yet for any of the various property tax plans or constitutional amendment that is out there and that has had amendments. So, um next week at this time hopefully we will have a deal on property taxes.

6:21 – 7:06Speaker 1

Okay. Uh back to neighborhood revitalization. Uh you know our small group Matt, you were there. I think we got the majority of it worked out. Yeah, I don't know that I I think that what I would recommend is whatever y'all think the deal is um that the the commission as a whole needs to take a vote sort of or at least have consensus that that's what the plan is going to be so that it can be then taken out to the other taxing jurisdictions and I'll leave all that legal ease to Tyson. But just so everyone's on the same page, my exact

7:01 – 7:45Speaker 1

speak with uh Cody andor Regina uh probably tomorrow or as soon as I can this week to get the ball moving. That way we can have formal adoption before the July one date, which I think is a very reasonable time frame. Um I think just need to get the ball moving, get everybody back together if we need to get everyone back together. Okay. All righty. Well, again, thanks for everything you did on that. No problem. Thank you. And we'll talk to you next week. Thank you. Byebye. Clayton. Well, good afternoon.

7:43 – 8:43Speaker 1

Good afternoon. Afternoon. You guys want to introduce yourself? Clayton Kesler on behalf of Brack County Fire and Rescue. Terry Williamson, Brack County Fire Rescue. So, basically, we've been looking for rescue truck for to replace that one for a little while. Um, we've found a few here here and there, but you know, they fall through. Anyways, um, Terry found one and I had him come just in case you have questions or something, but um, you know, what was it? Two years ago, probably. We had you guys were approached about replacing it with new. I don't know. That's a lot of money. I don't think that's my opinion is that that's not the way to go. Um I think taxpayers money can be spent a little bit better than that, you know, for for what we need for that. But that one is a problem. Um, anyways, this

8:41 – 9:00Speaker 1

this one and I'll have I think I have I have one for everyone of if you want to look at it and just kind of explain what I know and then if you have questions why Terry can fill you in on that but you want

8:57 – 9:30Speaker 1

Thank you. Anyway, so this one is a it is a used one, of course, and it's a 2006, but it's a medium duty instead of a light duty. Um, they just got it in last week when we found it. Um, he has they don't know a ton about it. It came from Texas, you know, so there's no rust underneath. Um, he guarantees everything will work. They actually are putting it in the shop this week, right?

9:27 – 10:05Speaker 1

Yeah. So, I reached out to them last week and uh they they said that um you know, maybe we could come this week or last week to come look at it and uh and then they said, "Well, through a transmission code and they want to make sure that it's in the shop and everything is 100% before we even can come look at it." Um he's booked out with appointments next week uh with other truck sales and he said it'd be the following week before we could um come up which is next week which is next week of the 30th.

10:01 – 10:45Speaker 1

Um they had a 30-day money back buyback guarantee on the truck and uh yeah I mean it's they guarantee everything to work on the truck. They wouldn't come let me look at it without it working 100%. So the the downside is um it's in Pennsylvania and I would want somebody to go look at it before we Yeah. And then I also put a I also put a quote in here for the tools um in addition is there anything in addition to the tools that would be added to the would increase cost?

10:42 – 11:27Speaker 1

No. So we should have we should have I mean we'll have some lettering. Yeah. Decal. I was thinking more bigger but yeah. No we have we have as far as spare tools stuff like that goes. Why we should if you got this total be around 15. So you're looking at right around 145 plus some decals. Um, I looked at the I looked at the quote that we had two years ago for for um new and I mean that was 434,000 fell out of Harper or something. Yeah. I just wanted to make sure I Yeah, that's going to be probably 20 or 30% higher now. I bet.

11:27 – 12:09Speaker 1

Yeah. Yeah. And if you could even get one. How soon? At the time when that was brought to us, you didn't have your money. I mean, you're Yeah. And I know in that that special equipment exhibit A or whatever it was that you guys had went through and approved, I think we had 160 I think what it was. I think I have it. And I'd asked them about the price on that, how much money you had in there. Well, there's more in that, but in that exhibit A, we had allocated 16. Yeah. Which is great. You have it on the list. Yep. Yeah. How it's supposed to work.

12:07 – 12:41Speaker 1

I had also asked asked them about negotiation, like how firm they were on the price and they said, "You're they're very firm on the price. They don't like they price them to sell." And then I additionally asked them about delivery and they told me $1,900. I said, "Well, if we bought the truck, would you would you throw in delivery for free?" And so they agreed to yes. And so that would get the truck here on them. So, if something was to happen to it between here and there, it's on them. It's on them. Yeah, that's correct. Until it hits our our station. Gotcha.

12:42 – 13:26Speaker 1

Um, on the tools, I did I did not get a second bid on those. I don't know what what it is with that, but these are the exact same tools that we currently use. That would be a backup set. Now, I mean, they're the same batteries, the same tools, the same everything. I I think you'd stay with I think I think we're partial to what to what we use. That's fine. They have the the ability to wave the purchase. And it's not it's not like it hasn't been done before on others. Yeah. So, do they have a special equipment too? They do. And they have 235 in there.

13:23 – 14:06Speaker 1

235 special equipment. And how much do they have? Is it just special equipment? Yes. Yes. Okay. So they don't have Okay. Yeah, because it's not broke down like for capital. I say this had to come out of special equipment. This comes out they're both but they're both the same on this is also specials but I think both of them would come out of special and not that's more for like building. Y um but yeah they have two 35 573 in their special equipment. So who's going to Pennsylvania? I'm trying to talk him into going. He's been talking to us.

14:03 – 14:41Speaker 1

Most likely. We was hoping to find something closer so we could just fly down there. Yeah. UNC, not commercially, but I'm not going to fly. Yeah. My private to we had um Yeah. Last one that fell through was which fine, but it was a it was a really nice truck, but they're keeping it local, I guess. I remember seeing pictures of it. I've asked I've asked them about deposits or anything and they claim they will hold it for us. So

14:39 – 15:09Speaker 1

yeah, I don't know how that I mean you know get somebody to get somebody to go out there and put eyes on it, look at it, make sure it checks all the boxes and then I don't know how you want to proceed like from what Well, basically we just give you the authority to spend $95,000. Yeah, once you look at it, if you decide not to, then yeah, you don't you don't spend it. But there's no trade in with the old one.

15:06 – 15:47Speaker 1

So, here's the thing. Um, he said that he he would give us up to like up to $18,000 for that one, but we have to get it to them. So, uh, hold it back. I don't know what to think on that. Yeah. I don't know what that does that seem low to you. It does. Plus, we have to like with the issues with the issues it has. I don't know. Would it make it? I don't know. Yeah. If we blow a transmission up halfway. Yeah. Or turbo.

15:45 – 16:30Speaker 1

Or turbo. Yeah. Anything. Our safest bet would be put it on a truck and haul it out there. If it went if it went if you guys advertised it like road advertises some of their stuff on purple. Do you think you'd have people bid on it? Oh yeah. I would think so. I mean have you seen that we put on purple? Yeah. Where you would get to around that number? I don't know. The question is trying to figure out whether 18's a good number 19. I don't know that 18 is worth it to drive like if we have to get it to them. Yeah. Now, if they would deliver this one and take it back, I don't know. That's a That's an option. Sounds like they're going to drive this, but it doesn't sound like ship. Yeah,

16:29 – 17:13Speaker 1

that's that's the way I was understanding it. They haven't really clearly said yes, we'll haul it or yes, we'll they just said the shipping or the to get it here is $1,900. And hopefully they have a ride to get to Witchah, too. I can take them over there. Yeah. understand and they may have they have a flatbed guy they do this all the time they got it up to Texas or Pennsylvania some Texas to start with I wish they would have left it down there and they just brokered it then we could have just went to Texas looked at it

17:12 – 17:30Speaker 1

but they would have run it through their shop so that's yeah that's good yeah that's the whole thing with that and It's a good thing it's through a dealer. Yeah, some of them are some of them are different in that aspect, you know. I think it's good good that they do that.

17:37 – 18:22Speaker 1

I don't know either. I in my opinion I for that price I think we ought to just keep it around for for a backup. Yeah, that's my opinion. Yeah. And and so, you know, with with that being said, using it as a second out or a backup to the first out, it it doesn't have the responsibilities of the first out um for that price. And and then down the road, you know, you can always auction it off. You could auction it off or advertise it yourself. utilize that second one where it's somewhat bulletproof as put that skid off of that white shivy on it.

18:22 – 19:05Speaker 1

Yeah. I mean, there's there's a handful of handful of things you can do to do it locally. Yeah. To try to Yeah. wisely use that, but I don't know. I don't see nothing wrong with it. I don't have any issues. We've talked about them for four years, five years. I think it's time to do something. Everybody agrees. Yeah. I mean, you got something, you got the money you've been saving. But to be honest, do I need to do these in two probably three different? Yes.

19:03 – 19:48Speaker 1

Okay. I'd make a motion to give Clayton authority to spend up to $95,000 on a new, not new, used 2006 uh rescue truck if once they get eyes on it and like it. Second that motion. It's been moved and seconded to give Clayton permission to spend $95,000 on a used rescue truck. Go ahead. Go ahead. All in favor say I. I oppose. Same sign. That motion carried. I would just wait on this one. On this one?

19:46 – 20:30Speaker 1

Yeah. We want you We can do the Yeah, we can do this one. Just let us know and then we'll I mean if we end up first. Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. because we don't want that if we don't get the first one, right? Yeah. Okay. Um the other thing I have is I had Did I email you that deal on that from that gal on the fireworks stuff? It was like three weeks ago or something. You're asking weeks ago. So I had a gal reach out to me and there's a a bill that was passed. Yes, you did send that I He also sent it to me. Did I say it? Hey, I did something right. Was it?

20:29 – 21:02Speaker 1

Yeah. You know how that goes. Anyways, um I have a cop I have one copy of it here. She was just asking what we wanted to do or what we were planning on doing on the date ranges on that. Usually follow whatever Kansas is. Yeah. I mean, that's what we've been doing. So when I looked at this, I don't have in my office a copy of any any resolution that sets the current dates. I mean, yeah,

21:01 – 21:34Speaker 1

based off conversations with Billy in the past, I think people just went to Billy and they were permitted. I was never involved in that. So to the extent that we have a resolution that does have dates in it, we'd have to we need to look to see if we do. And if we're wanting to change the the dates in that, then we'd need to amend the resolution. Yeah. For firework sales. So, yeah. So, they extended the sales date for fireworks. Yeah.

21:32 – 22:14Speaker 1

But the state did it and I don't know if it's an option for cities to keep what they have or you have to do what the state said. I don't know. I haven't seen the I would like to see our resolution. So the copy assuming we have we have one match state. The copy that I found within the file is the Kansas state fire marshals regs regulations. So we've just been they have not they had not been updated yet and they probably won't till July 1st. This was a 2025 bill though, right? Correct. Yeah. Not a 26 bill. Correct. And so

22:15 – 23:00Speaker 1

Mayish. So May of last year when these was when these were updated. Yes. I'm assuming they won't be updated in May of this year. And it would probably encompass anything that happened after May of last year, which the legislation would have became effective July one of last year. Correct. So if you and I can look at the rigs too around May if you just send me a reminder to do that and then we'll have session look for our resolution and then figure out what we need to do. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Okay. It's all I have unless you have something for me. Bringing that to our attention. Yeah. Both of you. Yeah.

22:59 – 23:44Speaker 1

Yeah. We should have done that before then. Why? Damn. He hasn't got tools yet. If they got the truck. Yeah. Oh, I know. I've been mulling around. What about the airplane ticket? Yeah. I was going to ask you guys a card. Does fire and rescue have a card like? Yes. I don't know what the I don't know what the maximum is on that. I may have to have you have Amy. Yep. Get with Amy. Um and she'll be able to tell you. I'll run up and ask. Is she here? Yeah, she You could. Yeah, I'll run up and ask her and see. But and then uh either take the card too on meals or or keep your She can always up that too covered if it's not high enough and then lower it back down.

23:43 – 24:14Speaker 1

We'll just send it. I feel sorry for way the TSA lines are right now. Yeah. Or at least that probably that direction more than people worried about the fire trucks on the runway. way out. Crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Anyways, thank you guys. Thank you. Good luck. Yeah. Thanks,

24:18 – 24:58Speaker 1

Barry. Yes, sir. How you all doing? Good. You guys want to start on the plane side first? You want to start on the Blue Cross side first? What do you want to do? Did I let you know that Patrick wasn't going to be able to make it? Yeah, he let me know, too. Okay. Yeah, he was out. So, make it close. I will. It's an increase, isn't it? It's an increase. Yeah. Um, it's like a 14 some percent increase. This the worst one first, huh? Is this the worst one first?

24:54 – 25:30Speaker 1

Yeah, I guess so. Say that. And you know, I usually have the Blue Cross guy here and I will go through the best I can here, guys, in regards to what this is on yield. Um, but I put this I did put this in front um swarm here. Yes. And uh it's pretty good visual what uh what happened here. It's been through the um it says the current time frame February 1st, 2025 through January 31st, 2026, which shows it right here. Did you have this on the second? Y there you go. Sorry about that. Stuck together.

25:28 – 26:12Speaker 1

Um, but you can see on total plan paid over here, but it's a third fourth column from the right. You can go down through there. You can see there's a couple big numbers right there toward the bottom, 234, 202. And you can see on the green uh when you come across your total plan paid, you see it went above your blue line down here at the bottom. Um, so that was probably the the biggest cause of the increase there. looked like you just had a couple there earlier in the earlier in this experience period that it jumped above there, but mostly it was toward the end there that creeped in there. So, um, and that does, you know, you look, uh, and that's up to this point, you know, up to the, uh, uh, 31st of January. So, there could be some more coming in before this, you know, full 12 months. So,

26:09 – 26:27Speaker 1

that loss ratio number in your final right hand column is something that Blue Cross looks at heavily and they have a internal number. We're not close to that internal number. I can tell you it's in the 90s. We're at 85%.

26:24 – 27:25Speaker 1

Yeah. And that uh you um Good. I'm glad you said that there, Tyson. Um you go to the Let's see here. Not this page. Let's go to this page here. Um so see that. Okay. So this is what Blue Cross will look at. Um you can see um payments right here on number four incurred and paid claims. If you look at the payments there was just on the health side because the lefth hand parts health and the right side's dental and so it says payments of 1820 or $1,826,000.96 this came through. Um so uh bill charges was 5 million something allowed charges 24 something and then you got your payments of 11826 or being 1826 there. So, um, and then your the, uh, number seven says projected loss ratio, you're 107.98%. Yeah,

27:24 – 28:01Speaker 1

that's why it's going up. Yeah, that's why it's going up, right? That's the main thing. If you look at your loss ratio, that's I can tell you all this other stuff, it's kind of it probably just bore you to tears, but that 107.98%, that's why it's went up. And you can see it down here at the bottom. It's 14.1% increase on your um medical. Your dental went up 0.5%. So, not a whole lot there in that regard. So, but uh that's the main thing I want to point out on the on the Blue Cross there. Um what was the fellow's name with Blue Cross now? Is he going to come in? Patrick

27:59 – 28:37Speaker 1

Patrick Ro, I can certainly he couldn't take it in this one. I can certainly ask him if he could come in. They usually in the past have came in on their own and I think it would be beneficial for them to come in as they have in the past and explain why it's going up. I I mean I understand a little bit but if you look at our chart here we're also way under most of the months. Yeah. It looks like four months we were over out of the year. Two of them were just barely above but those that last two it's going like this for that that experience period that you had. Yeah. think they're giving us credit for credit is due.

28:35 – 29:20Speaker 1

Well, to be quite honest with you guys, your 14% is pretty nice. I mean, it's no matter what kind of increase it is, but 14% compared to a lot of them I've seen, it's pretty good, which is what Patrick said also like had some pretty like just across the board some pretty high increases. I I would just I can't tell you who it is, but I just came from another county on their renewal and it was it was over over 30%. Wow. Yeah. And it was they were trucking really good, too. And then went boom. I mean, we've had 36% had to redo everything. The problem we're going to have is the legislator gets that passed, we may not have 13%. Yeah. What is it something about the state saying you got like 3% 3% or whatever?

29:19 – 30:03Speaker 1

How do you do that? How do you function with that? I I don't know. You know, the only option we have is at that point is either higher deductibles or the employees payable. Yeah. Because now you start wait a minute. Yeah. It don't give you much wiggle room at all. I mean, this is kind of crazy. Um, this next page is just talking about uh the high deductible um health plan H196A which you guys do have and this is what you would sign if you was going to renew with this particular one. Correct.

30:01 – 30:31Speaker 1

Um this here just showing you some of the uh uh see the categories that these the the items fell into. Drugs is all your prescriptions went into drugs on the Blue Cross report. comes across. They've build charges is 1.883 million. Um gosh, that's a lot, ain't it?

30:26 – 31:20Speaker 1

Holy cow. Anesthesia 38406. 38,46. Um and just on down to just different things here. And you can look at it there. Your um total of 5 million build charges 5,318,63.34. And then this other report that they throw out here, guys, this shows you um the ones that are above the I think it's about the $25,000 mark. And this is these are um if they're not termed, so if it says they're termed, they're no longer working with you anymore. But the ones that are still active, there's a lot of them active. So this is a that's rough. That's a really long a lot of names there. A lot not names, but a lot lot of people there. So that they're active. So I know they look at that pretty hard, too.

31:18 – 32:01Speaker 1

Yeah, that's that drives the high claim. That drives a lot. Yep. You can see down here active, there's 247,000. And uh look at your you stay where you're at. So you have a threshold of $250,000 with Blue Cross. So obviously this and here's one over the 250,000. It's a 263, but you guys got some creeping up there. It wouldn't take much to jump it up there. You know what I mean? Yeah. So, yeah. So, for like for comparison, the year that it was 36%, we had like four over 300,000. Yeah. We had,

31:58 – 32:43Speaker 1

you know, if it's if it's year-over-year medical problems, those numbers are continue going to continue to be there. So since that happened toward the end of on their your exper experience period there where it started going up you know that may you know it depends how bad it is or if others get in that area it'll be above it they may creep into next year's result or rates you know what I'm saying people get surgeries and stuff done at the end of the year because they have yeah everybody's different these 16 those are 16 different individ idual. That's what I thought. Well, they could be families. Well, yeah, that's what I

32:41 – 33:04Speaker 1

It's just Yeah, 16 different events basically. Yeah, you're right. You're right. So, yeah, that's a that's one of the lengthier list I've seen. Just FYI, work not as many, but dollar am.

33:01 – 34:22Speaker 1

Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Um these are contract changes that's coming down through the crossbow shield started January 1 of 2026. Um the uh uh changes effective at anniversary unless otherwise indicated is ID charge card change. So you guys will get all new ID cards for Blue Cross Blue Shield this year. Um they're changing their logo and things like that on there. So that's going to be a new card. The next thing talks about a germline genetic testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer. So, this required a pre-authorization and they took the pre-authorization away. So, now if something comes up that they don't have to go through that that red tape there, they can get that taken care of. Prescription drug program, your formulary, formularies can change whether we're involved or not. Blue Cross can change it at any time and they always kind of put that in there on the prescription side of things. Concurrent drug utilization review. Uh what this is talking about, they're tightening the window on uh when you get your re um refills. Um, so they have a 9 days within 180day rolling period. They're trying to attack how much abundance and over um supply that they have in people's homes. I mean, everybody's got these, you know, maybe maybe not just a medicine cabinet, it may be a whole room full of drugs. You know, they're trying to minimize that cost in regards. So,

34:20 – 34:40Speaker 1

they sent those letters out pretty early this year. eight last year. I think I got one. Yeah. And have you have you heard anybody have any problems with getting supplies, stuff like that, prescriptions? They probably don't even notice it. You know what I mean? But they're trying to do some things there.

34:37 – 36:36Speaker 1

Uh the flex access qualified that um that's another program that Blue Cross Blue Shield has put together for the um uh really costly drugs, your specialy type drugs and things. um they're they got this they send out a letter to the individual and they will also reach out to him by phone if they can't get a hold of them that they don't you guys don't even know it but if they can get a hold of these individuals and say hey there's some help we can give you on this this type of drug and this and that you know fill out this information um and they'll help you from the Blue Cross side. Freedom Claims already does that kind of stuff so this is something the Blue Cross is doing as well on you. So, let's see here. These were I don't know if I need to go through anymore on the Blue Cross site or not. Um, this page here um it just gives you uh um your current and then renewal and then they throw out another option out there. Um but it what happens there you guys um it goes from a $5,000 to a $6,000 plan. That means that increases your liability a little bit there in your regards. Um, uh, it's a 6,000 12,000. It's a 9.13% increase there, but again, it will increase your maximum liability from your your side of things. Um, but anyway, the 14.07, that's the one you're currently renewal, renewed at, or will be renewed hopefully. This option is just if you went with the other option, they have that in there since they had the in the packet there. So, that's a real quick thumbnail sketch of Blue Cross. Um, you know, I I I did get a um an email from Patrick and he indicated that uh not last week, but earlier the week before he put in his two weeks, so he's going to be going to another industry. So, I don't know if you'll be able to get him in here or not

36:34 – 37:16Speaker 1

because usually they do get here about this. They come out on their own. And I did ask if he wanted to meet together here with them video at the same the same time and um he said to let him know but he just had a prior engagement because he he had planned on coming and he's guys he's probably one of your better reps out. He's a really Patrick is awesome. Yeah. He's good to work with. I'm glad we're losing him. Yeah, I am too. He'll do well wherever he goes. Thank you. Right. You can't be good or supplemental represent our blue.

37:19Speaker 1

Remember, we're not even insurance. We're not supplemental. We're just a TPA.

37:27 – 39:12Speaker 1

Okay. Um, so let's go through this first just to kind of go through the report of where you're where you're at and everything and then we'll get into the other stuff. So, just to let you know, um, uh, at this particular point, um, United Healthcare with Freedom Claims, they can't, for some reason, they can't quote the over 50, uh, groups right now. There's something they're working on there to get that taken care of. So, that's why you don't have a UHC, uh, quote here. Hadn't declined. So, I just got Blue Cross here in front of you. So, that's what's happened here. So, um, your current uh, on that lefth hand column there shows where you're at. They're uh you have 14 employee only, 20 employee spouse, eight employee children, 24 employee family with a 66 on the on the plan. You came in at1,390,7506. Your renewal again at 14.07% increase on $1,586,420.64. that far right column, guys, if you would went go out on the market with Blue Cross and just go directly and buy a cookie cutter plan at the $1,500 deductible, which that's what you guys you have two different deductibles, but um uh it would be a $31.11% increase on plan A on plan A. So, you guys have the $1,500 here down below, and that shows you where you're at in the freedom choice plan. um you're running at uh this particular time through February 28, 2026, which is in the top right hand column of that uh last column on the bottom there. That's through February. On the $1,500 plan, you're running 4.22% under at 1 point or 1.61 million.

39:10 – 39:41Speaker 1

That's not supposed to have a one before the four to make up for the 14th and I wish it did. But you know, you think about that that so you may had say one bad actor on you guys' plan. So that one bad actor only affects those reserves one time. You don't just keep hitting it. So once you hit the threshold, you know, it stops hitting your reserves, but it affects your blue cross rates, you know, for so everything. Yeah. Yeah. We can be

39:41 – 40:27Speaker 1

if the wind was blowing from another direction. Um, so the plan B on the next page there, this is your um $2,500 deductible. So again, you have 16 on this is employee, two employee spouse, five employee children, and 10 employee family with a total of 33. Uh, that was on there currently and shows you renewal at 14.07%. The right hand column is a comparable plan with the $2,500 that would be a cookie cutter plan. If you bought directly from Blue Cross, it'd be a 27.54% increase. And down below there's your freedom choice plan. Uh you're running um currently running 4.96% up through February 28th of 2026 at this point.

40:26Speaker 1

This is a one too. It is.

40:35 – 41:49Speaker 1

So plan A, it's a $1,500 plan on your reporting there, guys, which is this plan, this page here. um you're seeing through the first nine months there on your plan. Uh the lefth hand column with total illustrative rates that is your that's what the rates you would be paying directly to Blue Cross if you uh were dealing directly with them. So that's what's driving the the savings. Okay. So you actually um pay the next column over to Blue Cross the total umbrella policy rates. So that's what you spent with Blue Cross over those nine months. The TPA fee, administrative fees 32,238. um monthly medical claims paid 67,208 came through freedom claims so far on the medical side and on the prescription side you've had 50,000 that's just crazy 50,000 199989 on on prescription drugs the risk management fee um868.99 you take that and you subtract that from the gross savings which is that next column gives you the last column there 53,43663 um and I don't she I gave you gave me the information for the total and the um your sav or your reserves and for some reason I gave that to her but she don't have a report so

41:48 – 42:14Speaker 1

we just know and I know it was kind of I know it's a little bit confusing because I think sometimes people pay that like that savings report each month right and I think they had us just doice yeah twice a year we're just moving what we would have spent over and then letting it just sit there is a pretty sizable amount isn't Yeah, 173,000. Have to go back over that slept since,

42:13 – 43:01Speaker 1

but it was sizable. Like, holy cow, that's pretty good. Pretty good amount in there. So, um so plan B on the next report there. Um again, this is the $2,500 um deductible. Uh going across there, your illustrated rates from Blue Cross. Uh you guys pay the umbrella policy of 445 65648. your TPA freedom claim 16416 the monthly medical claims 1631056 paid out your monthly prescription claims there's a risk management fee you subtract that from the 30,000 gives you the 26 10921 so give or take you know 26 plus your um the one previous there so that's somewhere around your savings there of course like I said you dump everything in there

42:59 – 43:15Speaker 1

right so there would be a few more months I mean really but since just to June. So May, the end of May really is all that means. So from now till the end of Yeah. May. So not too much more to be taken out of there. But

43:13 – 44:16Speaker 1

yeah, trillions to get actually you're have you're going to have savings at the end of the year for sure. Um which is good. Um the next report is your top benefits by location on the $1,500 deductible. That's this one here. Okay. Um you can see that the paid by the plan at the far right uh is your 117,17514 that's came through on the freedom claim side. Again guys this is data that you wouldn't see before. Okay this just allowing you guys to do this is through the having the TPA underneath there. So 1171 17514 on that um that's 2500 uh top benefits um $594 on that one there. I don't know why. Oh, it's a switch. Somebody went from $1,500 to $2,500 plan on that third. Um, then retiree on a $1,500. Maybe that's what it is.

44:15Speaker 1

You do have a retirement. That's what it is. Okay.

44:17 – 45:46Speaker 1

Yeah, makes sense. So, that's $174 was a top benefit on that there. Not a whole lot there in that regards. Um, another top benefit there, prescription claims, $9.75. We we put everything in there, don't we? Sorry, guys. Probably boring you to tears here. Um, then you get to the top benefits here on the $2,500 plan. And it shows you there on that one there, prescription claim, there's 182 claims. The paid paid by the plan is $12,370.76. And the total um is goes down through there $146,9925 with the total of the $2500 being the $1,500 plan. Top providers on the $1,500. This is who all provided the benefits on the previous reports. Um you can see that the prescription claims um PNK that's the pharmacy business manager for freedom claims that they utilize 873 claims of that prescription claims come through there's $50,14783 look like he had 93 claims at Pratt Regional Medical Center another 10,99984 was paid by the plan and this goes in descending descending order down that right hand side there's multiple pages of this here looks like there's three and it totals at uh let's see

45:43 – 46:21Speaker 1

117,17514. Then you get into the uh retirey thing from the previous reports $174. There's the 975. Then you get into the top providers on the $2,500 report. And again, there's the 182 claims. I'm going a little fast, Tom. I was just kind of jumping through there real quick for you guys. Um, am I going too slow, too fast? This kind of information you're kind of just you see. Um,

46:18 – 48:11Speaker 1

anyway, there's the $12,37.76 on the uh uh the 182 claims there on the $2,500 plan. And you put back there, there's multiple pages. There's $146,9925 on that on that plan. So, you've had some usage um but um you're still running under on the on the freedom claims plan. Okay. Go to your the uh your um pie charts talks about your prescription drugs. Um on that left hand column there, not column but lefth hand pie chart, you have 80.7% of your um prescription drugs are generic utilization, which is really good at your your group your size. Um you can see to the right though is where your costs are is on the you know the non or the the nonprescription non non um generic. So you got 70.3% that's the cost. So that makes the majority of your cost up over there in that pie. So there's some people that just can't get a generic drug, you know. So that's kind of your report of where you're at there and what's going on there. That's up through the nine months there that you guys since you guys started with us. Um the and I'll walk through this next sheet here real quick. This is your this is your dental um with Blue Cross Blue Shield. Um, this is you got a 049% increase. So, and I don't see you guys changing from this at all, even though we put a Delta Dentl. Um, we looked at Delta Den, we put that in your your packet as well. Um, but you guys don't have a max on your on your Blue Cross Blue Shield. So, um, I would say you guys will never probably change from this unless they say we ain't going to offer it anymore.

48:09 – 49:14Speaker 1

So, you're probably staying with that there. There's a um like I said, there's Delta Dental in there and there's a comparison sheet. You don't have to fill open the Delta Dentl if you don't want to because I just got the comparison sheet here. Um you got where you were on Delta or Blue Cross, you got a 4 point or 49% increase. Now there was a 6.9 6.94% decrease if you went to Delta Dentl. Um, uh, they have a major deductible applies. There's 60% here. Um, they have a $3,000 max. You guys don't have any max. I would just I would say even though they got this, I don't think you guys would want to switch because honest with you there, but you have the information. So, um, we did US Alliance. We did throw that out there for life insurance, the group term life or group life and AD and D. And who you guys are with right now? Are you with?

49:10 – 49:52Speaker 1

So for we have a whole um slew of voluntary insurance people that come in like there's Washington Liberty. Yeah, he's a good guy. New York Life. Um there's several of them that come in. Okay. Well, if you you happen to, you know, US Alliance, a lot of them have been going to this. Okay. um going from the advance with the blue cross and going to the US alliance. So you might look at that if you want to take a look and see if that's something better. Um by all means you guys can do that as well. We'll freedom claims will handle that with you. It would be two things. Yep. They just administer that. So and is it do you know is it like a payroll deduction or is it

49:49 – 50:26Speaker 1

it's um it's like payroll deduction. Yeah. Yeah. So, it's whatever you guys want to set that up how you want to do it really to be honest with you. So, I think it's like there's three different options on this one page here, page two for group life and AD and D. And I don't know where you guys are currently at. So, you'd have to look at that and then you look apples to apples, you know, and see what you guys are doing. So because yeah because currently we don't offer any that's paid but it's all just like it's all it's on your like a voluntary okay

50:26 – 51:08Speaker 1

yeah a lot of a lot of the the entities I work with they they pay for that piece for the yeah so whatever you guys want to do um they do have the uh lacrosse blue shield they do offer um IMED you guys do the vision at all anybody um there we do not have a vision plan. I think they cover like appointments. Yes. Um but no, there's no vision. Okay. They threw that in there, too, just to let you know. Um I'm going to check something real quick here, though. Bear with me. That blue cross and blue shield, b Yeah, they threw that. That's the the green stuff there. The blue cross blue shield. They threw that in if you look at But on you guys' on you guys' freedom of choice plan, you guys on the um

51:05 – 51:19Speaker 1

there's the uh routine vision exam per person is $35. So the exam's paid for, right? Yeah. So they get an exam. they get the exam. Yep. Yep.

51:16 – 52:00Speaker 1

So, and then this here, guys, um you have this here. It's just on the compliance stuff, guys. I think you've utilized this utilize freedom claims on some compliance. Um the stuff that they may deal with is kind of a really a big pain. Um this is just extra cost. It's this other program that's called the employee notice and compliance services. um the 1094, 1095 forms. Um there's picori fees, gag clauset testation, just different things that may you may come across your desk that they could be willing to take care of for you. Y So if you do everything, it's a it's not it's not

51:58 – 52:26Speaker 1

it's not as detailed as No. And we're currently doing all of our N94s in our office. Um but it's tempting. Yeah, there's some people said, "Hey, I don't want to do it. You guys do it, you know." Yeah, because it is it's painful. It is. It's a It's an undertaking at a time of year where we're doing and everything else. It's just It's just kind of We did have them do some of the other It's fairly detailed, you know, and stuff like that. So,

52:24 – 54:23Speaker 1

okay. So, getting to the meat and potatoes here. This this here for the renewal side of things, guys, if you if you plan on doing that. So, um we're looking at the funding here, and I give you some options here, okay? And this ain't set and semian here. Okay. So, we can do some things with this as well. Um, so if we go to this first page here, guys, on the f on the first page, this page here at the top, it says um on the $1,500 plan. This is the $1,500 plan here on the all all three of these are um in the green area here in the little green sliver there's we fund proposed same reserves as 2025. So, your overall increase instead of that blue cross of 14.07 07 or what it was, you'd end up with 11.7% increase instead of the 14% with that. So, when I mean the same reserves as 2025, go to the left, you have your fixed cost, that's the $54 um administrative fee from Freedom Claims. You reserve you that that's the reserve amount that's going in um each month uh that you continue. It's the same as 2025. You do that in 2026. And then your umbrella policy, that's the new rate from Blue Cross Blue Shield there. Okay. So your total premium you guys look at from a from the business perspective is is this here in the yellow. Okay. So obviously that went up because the Blue Cross Blue Shield rate went up. Okay. So that's a 14 or 11.70% increase. It's 57.97% funded. Okay, which is not bad. Okay, like I've always told you, 40 is is that's probably a place to start where you could probably do something. But 57 is almost 60% here. It's a good good percentage there. Plus, with your if you had your money, if I had showed your money here that you have in reserves, it'd be a higher percentage overall. So, just just FYI. Now, the middle one here, we looked at just overall 5% increase, and that's the overall 5% increase off the Freedom Choice plan last year. Okay? So, if I pulled up um just stay where you're at there.

54:21 – 56:01Speaker 1

So, if I went back in there on the $1,500 plan, we looked down at the freedom choice plan, that's a 5% increase on that. Okay. Or, yeah, 5% increase on the on these on the freedom of choice plan. So, that's why your your total premium, it went up 5% from last year, but your reserves that'll go down. You wouldn't be putting as much in reserves then. Okay? Because your rates for Blue Cross stay the same. They whatever the new rate came in at. And then down at the bottom in the green, it says to the comparable overall um increase. Yeah. To the comparable plan. That's looking at that $1500 plan comparing it to this one here. Okay. The comparable plan. Okay. I make it make sense to you so far. Um so to the comparable planners overall 9.07% increase. So, your reserves um they're not as much as you were putting in uh for the like up here at the top. Um but they're more than what you do in the middle there at the middle option. They're just they're just between that and the middle optioner basically. So, you're not putting the same amount in as 2025, but they're still not a bad amount. Um but your umbrella rate, that's the umbrella rate, the new new uh rates from Blue Cross, and then you got your total premium here. So you can see that these numbers here are just a little bit slightly higher than um these right here, but you're not going to put as much in reserves. Okay, just FYI. But that's only 9.07% increase. So that's a pretty good deal. Um I'm sitting there that's a pretty good deal on an increase, but I'm just you know what I'm saying in relative.

55:56 – 56:33Speaker 1

Um so you guys could I wouldn't I wouldn't drive down the middle one because that's only 22 point or 26.3% funded. Okay. Now, obviously, if you throw your other money that's in the bank already, it jumped that up a little bit there, but I wouldn't go that route. Okay, that's what my I wouldn't recommend that piece right there. Um, this here to the 45.53% funded, which is it would work probably. Um, not knowing what you're if that guy that's or the bad actor right now is going to have a big increase, is it going to tail into the next year?

56:31 – 56:53Speaker 1

Maybe you want to think about that and maybe you stick with the top one up here and you keep the same reserve. You know, you see what I'm saying? You bank for that a little bit there. Um, just kind of thinking through that process there. Um, so page two is talking about the $2,500. Are you with me, Tyson, on this? Yeah, I'm get it.

56:49 – 57:39Speaker 1

Okay. Um, so the $2,500 um, funding options here. Again, the first one up here, we just keep the reserves the same as 2025. It's an overall 12.03% increase instead of the 14.07. Um so again your um your reserves stay the stay the same. Your umbrella rates the same p the price of this year's renewal rates. Uh it's at 67.03% increase or percent funded which is good. That's really good. The middle one here you can see here it's 19.43% funded. I like that. Okay. And then down here on the comparable plan it's a 9.07% increase. You don't put as much in reserves. It's 46.96% funded which is not bad. it again. So, I'm still thinking it may still be better to to stay up here in that top one this year. Um, but I don't, you know, you guys

57:39 – 58:09Speaker 1

reserves. Yeah. Keep your reserves up there. That's your guys' call. You know, if that list that he said was long, he's looking long. Going to need to be up top. Yeah. Yeah. You know, that money guys before that was all gone. You didn't have a chance to save any of it there. So, um, so I probably, if I was to recommend just off the cuff, I would say the top ones. We would actually, um, sign and date it underneath each one of those and then give that to her to get back to me later. So, um, okay.

58:06 – 58:51Speaker 1

So, that's that. So, um, so there's the funding I would need back. Um, and then if you on the the, um, the dental, we need that signed there, too. I think that's in your packet there, too. Should have there you can sign underneath there. I believe it is. Let's be Yeah, that's right. You have in your packet there. Okay. So, there's that. Um, what else we have? Doctor administrative fee down a little bit. It's at $54 in it right now, isn't it? So, I think that's what that 54 um then percent of savings I think is what they do as well. Yeah, I think it's

58:51 – 59:28Speaker 1

last year. What's that? with us last year. Where did I start you on your percentage of savings last year? Was it did they I don't where's asked and you and you were helpful that I wonder where they put that at this year. I'll take a look. I don't um if I can tell if they got it here or not. Look. Yeah, I'd like to hear from the Blue Cross guy first. And I did shoot him an email, but um after hearing that he may not be with us, we'll see who see who shows up. Yeah,

59:26 – 1:00:11Speaker 1

I'll look at that. I think last year I started a little little little lower. I think there was a if you look on the initial um plan, the um the freedom choice plan, it shows what I was going to do each year. Okay. I think so. It should be there if you have it. Well, I knew you it was going to go up a little. Yeah, it would. Yeah, you're right. And um just for timeline say I know we're getting close there. Yeah. Um do you have a time that you'd like all this back by and decision made that way we kind of have a timeline to work with. Where where are you guys looking? You guys we're we're you guys let us know within next couple weeks. Okay.

1:00:09 – 1:00:51Speaker 1

Yeah. you could let us know and then uh because it blue cross they're going to be there'll be new cards for probably both of us probably but uh they turn turn around on us it's not going to be that much so you guys are June one we got we got some time appreciate you getting out here yes we're running ahead of schedule this time it so here's what it is it's uh 14 I started at last year's going to 17 this year so it goes 14 1720 and that's where we top out there So, so is 17. Is that good with you? Well, I'd have to go back to freedom claims on that one.

1:00:53 – 1:01:16Speaker 1

But yeah, it's 17 for year, too. So, you can ask them. I can I'll ask them. I'll ask them for you. I'll do that. I'll do that for you. Thank you. That guy you got a call. Yeah, I know you did. Sorry about that. No, no, you're fine. You're fine. You're fine. Thank you so much. Thank you very much.

1:01:28 – 1:02:09Speaker 1

See you. I'd request a motion to go into executive session for attorney client privilege to discuss the PRMC leases for 45 minutes with Jack and David Pley here on present and David's going to be on the phone. I will make that motion. I'll second that motion. Been moved and seconded. Go into executive session for 45 minutes with Jack and David. All in favor say I. I. I. Oppose. same sign. We will be in executive session.

1:48:31 – 1:48:51Speaker 1

live. Yes. Okay. Thank you, Jack. Thanks. I make a motion we come out of executive session with no action taken. I'll second that. Been moved and second we come out of executive session with no action taken. All in favor say I.

1:48:47 – 1:49:23Speaker 1

I. Oppos. Same sign. We're back in open session. Got contract for the mall and stuff. Go ahead. I was going to say on exhibit A, shouldn't we add the

1:49:20 – 1:50:15Speaker 1

So, what I'm what I'm needing is not only exhibit A um I mean I if we're going to put this out to bid, what I need to do is come up with a notice that we can put in the paper, you know. So, one of the things that we had talked about uh last week or maybe it was in an email that I got is if you're not wanting this to be a monthly payment deal where we're paying them throughout the year, then I need to be able to specify we want services during this time frame and state what the time frame is, okay? And what those services are. And so, the idea is look at our exhibit A list of services. If you want to add, remove, and then I also need the time frame for doing so. And so, you know, if we hire somebody from April to October, then you're not going to have anybody providing any of these services during the the time frame, debris removal, things like that. So,

1:50:13 – 1:50:53Speaker 1

that's what I'm asking you to consider. Um, and pre preferably put it, you know, in a writing that I could put in a notice that understand. Well, I think it's starting with exhibit A, we need to add like CIA said the below the doorways and yeah, I put um just to add maybe we could just put that on put on number three. Yep. If we could just add entryways and base of buildings as well, like a lot of debris, leaves, whatever just gets around the building. Um

1:50:50 – 1:51:35Speaker 1

and then also weed control on sidewalks, entryways, and around the building as well. spraying for weeds um on our on our sidewalks. Well, they just do the lawn, don't they? Right. Weed control. Sidewalks and Yeah, because I think there for a little bit we had a tree trying to grow out front by the front door. Okay. On the sidewalks or just weed control in general. Well, we have we have on the we have on the yard itself, we have a weed control. Yeah. On the yard itself, we have CR services kind of we just fertilizer. Uni does that.

1:51:32 – 1:52:14Speaker 1

Uni. Um and then Charles did contact me um our current who we have a current contract with. Um, and he wanted me to bring up um, if whoever fertilizes, which is Unice, could also do plant the grass because he'll plant the grass. Well, there's two issues here. He'll plant the grass, but then if they come and put a chemical down that Oh. inhibits that then it doesn't, you know, grow. Yeah. There's a a gap there. Charles is aware that this is potentially going out to bed. Correct. Yeah. Um and I told him I would let him he's welcome to bid too.

1:52:13 – 1:52:55Speaker 1

Yeah. I told him we would let him know when he we did that. And then also the um sprinkler system like he's looking in or you know not having a sprinkler system he uses hoses. He cannot keep enough water on the yard to grow new grass. And I think that's a part in here is to plant to plant grass as requested by county commission. Dwight tried to look at that and he couldn't get a bid or did we get a bid? So, and I and I and I can see the trouble putting in a sprinkler. And I can see the trouble because when they are watering, we have hoses

1:52:53 – 1:53:36Speaker 1

draped out all across sidewalks, all across which is which is right. Yeah. Um, I mean it's it's what we need to do the yard get. Well, we had in green come get bed, but I don't know. It was Dwight's deal. I I don't want to speak that. I I can't remember what happened. Gotcha. But yeah, if we could get a bid, we could look at that. See what So maybe take the plant grass out of this. He would thought maybe we could take it out of there because it's not working anyway. Like he plants the grass, he can't keep enough water on it and then

1:53:33 – 1:54:15Speaker 1

just wasting grass seed basically. What's his time? But if you guys want to put in a sprinkling system, then that definitely could it would make it a whole lot easier, I think. Yeah. But he thought if we could get whoever does our if it happens to be different people, whoever does our chemical spray, if they could be the ones putting down the grass seed, that way they know when to do it and what to fert Yeah. We could have put that in their contract. Fill in the blank spots. But there again, when it gets 110 out here, he can't keep up with the yard anymore. The grass dies. No, you're moving the hoses to try to get your spot

1:54:13 – 1:54:58Speaker 1

and you try to do it, you know, not during the day. Yeah. So, time frame, uh, I'd say like 1 of April through August 30th. 31st. That sound reasonable. You say September. Oh, you're going to be mowing in October sometime. Did you say August or October? Oh, I said August. No, October. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. That's what I Maybe I did say that's why I said September.

1:54:56 – 1:55:39Speaker 1

Oh, okay. Yeah, I was thinking like August 31st or October 31st or October again. No, that's that's and on weed control on sidewalks. Should we Does the any weeds grow in the parking lot, parking lots and Yes. driveway? Yes, the parking lot. The parking lot needs to be added to that because yes, it looks sometimes like an abandoned building out there with all the weed in the parking lot. So drone can do I would think he can. I mean he sprays around our sewer ponds out there.

1:55:42 – 1:56:25Speaker 1

But I don't All I need to know to know is what you put in the notice. That's it. And I'll bring you have to think about these things. He could probably do it, but would he have time because he's a technically now the person right now and Yeah, that's fine. Put it in his contract. Okay. So, what I'll do is I'll put together a notice and bring it back next week. Okay. to the end of October. Got it. October.

1:56:23 – 1:56:35Speaker 1

I'm out of the date to the end of October. So like October 31. No, August. So April 1st through October 31. Okay.

1:56:44 – 1:57:27Speaker 1

If it's possible, but like cleaning debris and up around the building. I mean, does that include the droppings over there? Because it's pretty bad. Like if they're cleaning up debris. God, you think they give up? They they are. If nothing else, they are. Um I'm happy to put it in there specifically if you want. Yeah, they can watch it all. There's one of them's not around anymore cuz I noticed by the tree out here to the south when I walked up there was a great big pile of feathers. Oh. Oh yeah. Well, we have some um um hawks. Okay. In here for dinner. It's like n It's like National Geographic out the window sometimes.

1:57:30Speaker 1

They're like, "We know a spot." in on the Miss Kansas Foundation.

1:57:41 – 1:58:26Speaker 1

We always give $1,000. I'll make a motion to give Miss Kansas and Miss Kansas team $1,000. I'll second that. Move and second that we give Miss Kansas and Miss Kansas team $1,000. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carried. And then do you guys the they you get um looks like we get tickets with that. Do you guys want me to get those? They send it to We have to tell them how many you want. I just always order. How much money you got that many? You get you get six complimentary.

1:58:24 – 1:58:43Speaker 1

Yeah. And it's but it's like they get you have to pick which ones um for like what night or what. Don't just get them for what we can get. Yeah. And then who Okay. Okay. I can do that.

1:58:41 – 1:59:26Speaker 1

Tyson likes going public. That's not true. Man, do we want to look at the quote from inner green? Well, it's the same quote. Nothing's changed. And then in the future, if we need to go to a fourpipe, it'll be be done. Be done. And we just double that. Right. Double watt. The price we got.

1:59:24 – 1:59:51Speaker 1

No, this will take care of everything in that room, right? So if we do the where you could switch from heating and air the fourpipe system, everything in there will already be done. So then we just got to pay for the building, which is is the the big big number that we were talking about. Correct. I think we should go ahead and do it. We put it off buns.

1:59:49 – 2:00:26Speaker 1

Yeah. And uh I'll make a motion we approve in green services. I'm going to call it the boiler room. I know it's not. But fix all the leaks and the leaky valves and the insulated pipe that's leaking on the electrical box. everything in the boiler room for $67,47. I'll second that.

2:00:23 – 2:01:08Speaker 1

Been moved and seconded to accept a bid from Intergreen Services for $67,47 to repipe the boiler room. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carried. All right. Wait long enough maybe.

2:01:16Speaker 1

I'll make a motion we approve the minutes for March 16th, 2026. I'll second it.

2:01:22 – 2:02:33Speaker 1

Been moved and seconded. We approve the minutes for March 16th, 2026. All in favor say I. I. Post. Same signs. You got anything else? Unfortunately, I'm using I'll make a motion we hire Timothyson Theison. Can't read his handwriting for uh the road department at $17 an hour.

2:02:32 – 2:03:16Speaker 1

Second that. Been moved and second and we hire Timothy Thomasson for $17 an hour for the road department. All in favor say I. I post same sign. Motion carried. Got a road crossing permit for SC Telecom. They want to cross northeast 50th Street going west from Northeast 40th Street. for approximately 750 ft. I'll make a motion we approve that.

2:03:15 – 2:03:57Speaker 1

Second. Been moved and second. We approve the road crossing for SC Telcom in the northeast part of the county. I'm sorry for SC Telkom. Yes. All in favor say I. I. I. Post. Same sign. Motion carried. Second. I'll make a motion we pay the vouchers.

2:03:59 – 2:04:33Speaker 1

I do have more. Are you pulled off that? Yeah. I'd request to go into executive session for 25 minutes for attorney client privilege to discuss the potential sale of the PRRC building and uh generally discuss the BRMC lease as well. I'll make a motion to go in executive session for 25 minutes for attorney client privilege to discuss the PR

2:04:31 – 2:05:05Speaker 1

RC lease and the PR I don't even know what you call that building as stated as I stated I'll second the motion it's been moved and seconded to go into executive session for attorney client privilege as Tyson stated for 25 minutes. All in favor say I. I post same sign. will be in executive session.

2:22:08 – 2:22:33Speaker 1

So, I'm sure we're just breathing air freshener. I keep saying August all the time. Make a motion we come out of executive session with no action taken. I'll second it. It's been moved and second and we come out of executive session with no action taken. All in favor say I. I. Post. Same sign. We're back in open session. You got anything sin?

2:22:39 – 2:23:20Speaker 1

You got more. I'm good. So I got another small fee from UNMB. It's on a different account. So, there's multiple bond related accounts up there that they administer. I think this is the PNI account. Um, so I don't know how often these come and this is something that will obviously be addressed in the future, but we need to we do need to get it today. Hopefully, this money say that again. What is the money for?

2:23:17 – 2:23:59Speaker 1

Uh they administer bond related accounts relating to the hospital bonds and this hasn't. So generally the way this works is it gets yes it gets paid during the rent process because the rent the sales tax cannot be used to pay anything but the pond related stuff. So here's my question. This is the second year doing it. We didn't get anything the first year. This year we're getting it. So, Oh, no. No. This This generally gets paid through Oh, on the rent side of it. I think they paid it and because it goes to their billing. Oh, they paid it and it's supposed to go to their billing. Yeah,

2:23:58 – 2:24:41Speaker 1

they paid it last year. They just can't pay it this year. Uh, I'll make a motion to approve pay the bill bank. It's to do with the sales tax bonds on the hospital uh for $625. I'll second the motion. It's been moved and seconded to pay UNB $625 on fees for their handling of the bonds. Handling of the bonds. All in favor say I. I. I post same sign. Motion carried. You want me to email that to you, too?

2:24:40 – 2:25:24Speaker 1

That would be perfect. And I think we paid the last one out of commission, I'm assuming. Same. Um, and then also, um, for the boiler room, is that are you guys wanting that due courthouse or capital improvement? Capital improvement. Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Nope. That's okay. I just You want It's got to be done in August, too. Got to be done in a Oh, why August? We can all suffer in a 100 degree day with no AC. I have this one. Okay. You should have that. Okay. Perfect. Thank you. Do you have anything else? I do not.

2:25:22Speaker 1

Do you have anything else? Make a motion to pay the vouchers. I'll

2:25:25 – 2:26:51Speaker 1

second it. Been moved and second and we pay the vouchers. All in favor say I. I. Opposed. Same sign. Motion carries. should get another something solved by then. give you enough. No, I really like three.

2:26:48 – 2:27:35Speaker 1

Oh, okay. I'll remember that next time. me. I think that ice Okay session find it.

2:27:31 – 2:28:11Speaker 1

Thank you very much. There's not very many total.

2:28:08 – 2:28:35Speaker 1

No, I say now you only gave me two. Okay. I don't think I'm getting much more than that myself. Tom's got the majority this time. Seems like we're missing a stack. My duty today.

2:28:41 – 2:29:06Speaker 1

Is that what it is? Thank you. Open. I'll sign too. Free bag of skills. Okay. Forgot about that.

2:29:09 – 2:29:23Speaker 1

Anything else? I don't think so. I'll make a motion to adjurnn then. Second been moved and second to adjourn. All in favor say I. I.

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