Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Monday, July 20, 2026

The Board of County Commissioners discussed a range of topics, including housing incentive grants, a new pitch book for Pratt County, and water consultation processes. They also approved the purchase of panic buttons for county buildings and a road crossing permit for Kansas Gas Service.

About this meeting

Government Body
Board of County Commissioners
Meeting Type
Board Of County Commissioners
Location
Pratt County, KS
Meeting Date
July 20, 2026

Transcript

195 sections

2:17Speaker 2

I'd like to call the meeting to order.

2:19Speaker 10

We'll do the flag salute, and Tyson will have a few words.

2:23 – 3:11Speaker 11

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. If you'll remind me before we get going, please state your name and title when we 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 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 can you hear us i can can you hear me okay just got a couple things today the first is a report from the last padc meeting um

3:13 – 4:03Speaker 1

The business that I referenced on this with your meeting last week did ask for an incentive application, adding professional jobs in the community at a pretty high wage. So I believe they'll be applying for a grant. The housing incentive grant application process is pending neighborhood revitalization. Tyson, has everything been signed to be able to take that to the AG? waiting on one resolution and i think i'm going to get it tomorrow and it'll go in the mail tomorrow it'll go in the mail as soon as i get it okay i i knew we were very very close so um just for those who are interested in this topic we will then be on the attorney general's timeline for when they give their perfunctory approval um and then once they approve it it becomes quote unquote law right

4:05 – 4:22Speaker 11

Yeah, it needs to get recorded with the Registrar of Deeds and with the Secretary of State, but that'll take a day. I just need to get it back. The maximum amount of time it can take at the Attorney General's office is 90 days. If there's no action taken within 90 days, then it's automatically approved.

4:24 – 7:39Speaker 1

That is helpful. So as soon as the Attorney General review period not to exceed 90 days happens, The housing grant incentive application will open through PAEDC. Also discussed at the meeting was the need to do some additional work on what we're calling a pitch book. Jackie Munn's been doing a phenomenal job of pulling that together, different pieces of information and working with Taylor Printing on what that will look like. The discussion really revolved around AI and online presence and how we can make sure that businesses who are looking for places to locate understand not only the qualitative benefits of locating in Pratt County, but also the infrastructure benefits that we have that some other places might not have. Things like the airport, things like city generated power, things like water rights that are available within the city. and then also for people who might be wanting to develop out in the county how do you go about getting water rights um that's not an easy process so making sure all of those sorts of things are available online the next meeting um someone who has some expertise from taylor printing around website and ai and sort of the new technologies will come so that we have a pitch book that is essentially functional for if you're picking it up in print, but also a much more likely medium through online presence. So that was exciting. The only other thing I have for today is if you did not receive the email, I will forward it to Sasha so she can make sure that you guys get it. The Kansas Water Office and Water Authority, essentially KDHE and all of the water office, All of the kids, all of the different entities that have to do with water and cans are holding a local consultation process very much like what they do for in the roads. For water in August, the 1 that will be applicable to Pratt County will be in Wichita. Given the situation and the impairment issue that we've experienced in the past, we know firsthand how important water is to both the ag economy, but just the economic impact that ag policy related to water can have on Pratt. And so encourage 1 of the commissioners to make sure that they can get to the ag, the water, local consult. Interestingly, this week also, as you all know that we're about to have a new governor, there was some discussion about how the local consultation process that KDOT has traditionally used may or may not be used in the future and how the transportation plans that have been approved may or may not continue to be prioritized in the order they have. And so from a local perspective, certainly we'll continue to watch highway 54 but that that road being four lane from wichita to uh liberal has certainly uh been discussed a lot more recently than it has been in the past and just that local consultation process is really important so with that i'm going to stand for any questions i don't have any heather no i don't have any thank you guys thank you thank you

7:41Speaker 10

Gary, you want to come on up? Yeah.

7:53Speaker 10

Yeah, somebody's following me.

7:56 – 8:19Speaker 6

Do you need one of these? And then I have, this is the thing that we all signed. Yeah, perfect. So basically it's pretty much, we're staffing for the 25,000. And you just kind of have last year's numbers and then this year's estimated and then what we're asking.

8:19Speaker 10

You guys might want to introduce yourself first. Yeah.

8:24Speaker 6

Okay. So I'm Sherry Gatton. Yeah. And I'm the district manager at the Pratt Conservation District.

8:30Speaker 10

Josh Aylhart. I'm the supervisor of district conservation within RCS of Pratt.

8:37 – 9:03Speaker 6

Thank you. Do you guys have any questions or you want to look it over and guys are asking the same amount yeah it's a good deal because it's already well that's what i kind of thought that's what i thought so and then so when that gets do you usually just i think you just email me or when that gets approved and we'll just yeah have that yeah all right thanks for coming all right thank you guys thank you

9:04Speaker 10

I don't see anything about heat reduction in here.

9:10Speaker 6

Can't do much about that. We ain't got enough money. Or a guaranteed rain in the next week to 10 days.

9:18 – 9:38Speaker 10

Yeah, we're going to need that. It's funny how you go so quick from one extreme to the other. Wet to dry. Just about right back where we started that. The aphids are taking over. Thank you for having me back.

9:38Speaker 6

I'm Jacob Strecker with one of the co-owners at INA Alert. As of last week, we had sent some numbers, initial numbers over to

10:04 – 11:10Speaker 8

session about intrusion system, appendix system, and access control door system for the county building. I won't identify exactly what was discussed, but you have in front of you the parameters of that project. We did split the project into two phases or two projects, one being the intrusion system and one being the access control. I'll give you an option to do both or either or. I'm here to answer any questions about that. when it comes to a intrusion system and the panic button, a certain number of panic buttons was discussed at a walkthrough, and we made sure we met that number. And then when it comes to access control, a number of doors were addressed with the idea to do digital locks to allow for a full-scale lockdown in the event of a need to, and then also able to schedule the doors when to be open, when to be closed, provide staff with more safety, more security, and more flexibility on the building itself.

11:11Speaker 5

Thank you guys for being so quick.

11:18 – 12:02Speaker 8

Absolutely. Turnaround time. Well, it's a project we've done for a lot of other counties. So it's not unique to this county. There's a big push for safety and security inside county departments and county buildings. When we do do this, we also will be changing door knobs to door levers, which will meet any ADA requirements. So any of those that would previously have been a door knob will be shifted to a lever action handle, which will meet any ADA requirements. And then the Sheriff's Department will also have, it'll be a direct link to the Sheriff's Department. So any need that would arise in an emergency scenario, they would automatically

12:03 – 12:31Speaker 10

get notified and have activation of the system so in these beds the 51 000 is the doors and the buttons yes and the 6 000 is just the buttons yeah so the cover page should have both quotes listed and then

12:32Speaker 8

A combined total, and then each quote is separately listed in and of itself inside the packet.

12:42Speaker 3

Yeah, a lot of that.

12:46 – 13:11Speaker 10

I hadn't either. To me, we just start with the buttons. Yeah, I mean. So much needs to be done.

13:14 – 13:51Speaker 8

Nice thing is we do. We do allow in house financing to where we finance it. The second page should be of the access control quote gives a monthly cost in the event that you wanted to do something different or adjust in the future allows you to make those adjustments but it does have that in a separate financing cost just for the access control what kind of interest on it uh i'd have it's on there it's listed on there yeah we don't hide anything right yeah we just give that option

14:05 – 14:23Speaker 10

i think we at least need the buttons i do too right now i hate to do the doors and then something else major happens in here

14:30 – 14:58Speaker 8

The nice thing, and you can always add the button, the doors later. The doors to the buttons will be nice in the future if that's where you go because when they hit the panic button, if it is a lockdown scenario, it will automatically lock the doors. Yeah, so then the outside door is locked. You can exit. If you're on the outside, you won't be able to get in except for any predetermined personnel like your fire, EMS, and the sheriffs. They could have access cards that then allow them into the building.

14:59Speaker 10

Got you. And that can be added.

15:01Speaker 8

Yes, sir. Okay.

15:02 – 15:19Speaker 10

Yeah. Yeah. It can be added. Yeah. When I opened the email, I thought, man, that's a hell of a lot of buttons, 51,000 buttons. Everybody's getting a button that walks in. And then I started reading about the doors.

15:19 – 15:30Speaker 8

Yeah. And I don't know if that's something that came up when they were doing the walkthrough. They just wanted to give that option. You know what that number looks like as you move forward. in securing that facility.

15:32 – 15:45Speaker 10

I think a lot of the employees asked about the doors because there's so many access points to get into their offices. Oh, yeah. I understand.

15:45Speaker 9

There's no way to keep anybody out of multiple offices or something.

15:49 – 17:07Speaker 10

I understand that. That's why they added that to the quote, of course. You guys want to decide the day on the buttons? What do you think, Tom? So what's the two different ones on the buttons? You have one for $4,000 and one for $5,000. Yeah.

17:07 – 17:40Speaker 8

Adding four additional, this would be an additional couple of doors and four additional panic buttons. to the original system. So this would be, this $6,000 is an add-on to the other, because there's two quotes inside the $6,000, one being an additional access control that would be added to the access control portion of that. And then the second would be $1,400 in additional payment buttons and hardware for additional doors for expansion. So the second one is an expansion package.

17:41Speaker 10

No, what you're talking about is on that first quote, the cover sheet of that first quote to the intrusion.

17:47 – 18:12Speaker 8

The 6,773 would be the initial intrusion project. Yeah. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah, the 22, yeah.

18:18Speaker 5

So that six doesn't include all of the panic buttons. That is just an additional few panic buttons.

18:24 – 18:36Speaker 8

This is just an additional few panic buttons and doors. There's some additional doors in here. So there's additional panic buttons and an additional set of doors. So the additional set of doors for the 4900 is...

18:43Speaker 10

Actually, just the panic buttons are 6,773.

18:48Speaker 10

This 6,364 is additional doors and extra 1,000 for more doors.

18:58Speaker 8

Expansion of access control for the third and fourth door is what this one is.

19:02 – 19:15Speaker 5

Oh, we did ask them to, remember I told you that initially we asked them to separate third and fourth because we didn't know how you guys would want to play that out. but I think that is our responsibility. That's why that is.

19:15 – 19:30Speaker 8

So this is third and fourth floor. Okay. And then this is everything else. So that's why I was wondering, because I'm pretty sure 26 is what we decided on. Correct? So it would be, to do the third and fourth floor would be the 1400 in addition to the 67, but that doesn't, that seems.

19:31Speaker 5

So if they just wanted to do panic buttons and not the intrusion doors.

19:36Speaker 5

It would be. 67, 73, 32. Yeah.

19:42 – 20:32Speaker 10

I think you're missing a couple of zeros on that state contract 10% product distance. Well, since we can add to it, the sheriff's office just crossed the street. I think we start with the panic buttons first. At least it's a start. Yeah, it's a start and better than what we are now. Yeah. Are you guys okay with that? I'm okay with it. I'm fine.

20:33Speaker 5

So if they do the six, seven, does that include any panic buttons for third and fourth or no?

20:38Speaker 8

Does not look like it.

20:40 – 21:18Speaker 10

so the original quote that came over before it was separated out will have just the so you got 22 panic buttons for two floors that doesn't even make sense i'd have to go back and count where everyone hasn't at well if it doesn't include third and fourth floor you're talking two floors that's 42 buttons that's 11 buttons per floor Because I thought when we were talking last week, there was about every desk.

21:19Speaker 11

I want to be careful about talking about where the buttons are going to be. Yeah.

21:23Speaker 10

I understand.

21:24 – 22:33Speaker 5

Do you have the... And he's saying this doesn't... Just what I wanted to see exactly. Me too. Yeah. Okay. Oh, the number of 17. And then with the addition, there was then four on each of the other floors, which would get us to 25, and then we added an additional one.

22:36Speaker 8

It's 26 over the four floors? Yes.

22:38Speaker 10

Why don't you get us a clean bid?

22:47Speaker 8

Yeah. That's what I'm looking for. I think there was a clean one at one time. I just...

22:59Speaker 10

So 25 basically you get five for four.

23:08 – 23:51Speaker 8

Yeah, I think that second one, the addition was we had to come back and install. So the four on the second one, if they're looped in with the 22 of the first one, your price goes way down because they're just doing all the work at one time. So when they put it into the program, it calculates up coming back and doing it a second time okay so i can just email it to her yeah yeah if we got questions in with the email yeah yeah i can do that that's that's not a problem i'll send a clean copy with just the the panic buttons and we'll have that over to you today perfect sounds good yeah anything else you need from me any other questions

23:55Speaker 10

On the doors?

23:58Speaker 10

Can we just do a few at a time? Absolutely. Okay.

24:01Speaker 8

Yeah, you can pick out your main, like you just do your main entries and start there. That's a lot of places.

24:08Speaker 10

All right. It's not all or none.

24:12Speaker 8

Correct. It's expandable.

24:18Speaker 8

All right. Thank you, guys. I appreciate everybody. Thank you.

24:21 – 24:33Speaker 10

Have a good time. Given us all the options, we've been fusing the hell out of them. Thank you, guys. Thank you. Thank you for all your time.

24:33Speaker 8

Yeah, no problem.

24:46Speaker 10

Doug around or anybody there?

24:52 – 25:19Speaker 10

Thank you, Mark. I'll make a motion to approve the minutes from July 13, 2026. So moved and seconded. We approve the minutes from July 13. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Minutes have been approved.

25:44Speaker 3

He'll be on his way here soon.

25:46Speaker 10

That's good. Thank you.

25:50 – 26:25Speaker 10

We have to switch him out and tell him to come with us. Come with us. Isn't that bad head when you come in here? Yeah, we used to have buttons at least in the courtroom because the judge used to hit it with his knee and we'd all come busting in the middle of his trial. That would upset him probably.

26:25Speaker 9

Yeah, that would upset him. Still ready?

26:31Speaker 10

Yeah. We've been waiting two hours on you.

26:36 – 27:02Speaker 9

I would call it a little off guard. I wasn't expecting this early. So I guess I'm here to ask and it's time to look at a grader again. So I'll be bringing you a quote from Caterpillar to let you know the one we will be trading in is right over 20,000 hours. And we've got another one right behind that.

27:10 – 27:35Speaker 10

make an AI version just great on its own don't need an operator for it not yet but when they do we won't be able to afford it so just we still won't be able um so anyway that'll be in the plans I don't know how soon I'll get that

27:38Speaker 9

Our salesman, I don't know if you guys know him, is quitting, retiring. So training somebody new.

27:46Speaker 10

Is that Wade? Yep. Okay.

27:50Speaker 10

He's got a pretty good contract.

27:52 – 28:38Speaker 9

Yep. That's exactly what happened. Yeah, he did. So Tyson, this might be a brief question for you. So the Gas company's got to dig up a road out here. The line going to Sawyer, to supply Sawyer. Anyway, straight south of the lake there a couple miles, they've got to dig into our county road. The line's already there. I mean, it's been there forever. Do we need to do... We know where it's at. It's been there forever. They're just needing to dig into... No, they need to dig it up to be able to replace some couplings, add a tie-in, and send gas to... And they already have.

28:40Speaker 11

Let's go into executives. I'd request an executive session for attorney-client privilege to discuss right away.

28:47Speaker 10

We'll make that motion. Executive session for attorney-client privilege to discuss right away.

28:58Speaker 10

For 10 minutes. All in favor say aye. Aye.

33:04Speaker 9

They want a T in the brand new pipe.

33:06 – 34:00Speaker 10

I can understand that. Makes sense. We'll make a motion we come out of executive session with no action taken. Second. We move in second and we come out of executive session with no action taken. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. We're back in open session. I'll make a motion to approve a road crossing permit for Kansas Gas Service. on southeast 30th avenue just north of 40th street for uh repairing a gas line the road will be shut down for a few days on second promotion they've moved in second to approve a road crossing for kansas gas service on just north of northeast 40th Street on Northeast 30th Avenue.

34:02 – 34:26Speaker 10

Southeast, excuse me. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Same sign. We approved it. Do you want to make a copy of that?

34:27Speaker 5

Or you can scan it to me, whatever.

34:30Speaker 9

You just do the top page?

34:32Speaker 5

I usually just scan it all and save it.

34:34Speaker 9

Well, you just take it. I'll get it from you tomorrow. How's that sound?

34:38Speaker 5

That way you get everything.

34:41Speaker 9

My afternoon's getting shorter here every minute.

34:44Speaker 5

I can come cut you down tomorrow, too, and get it if you need it today to get it out. No.

34:51 – 35:04Speaker 9

I think that's it. We're laying asphalt down by Coates. Please. Yeah, do not go west of Coates for a little bit.

35:07Speaker 10

Where am I supposed to get home?

35:11 – 35:25Speaker 10

Google. Yeah. Shit, I'll probably end up in Belvedere. No, it's not a city, though. Yeah, with busters. If you can get a cold beer down there in Belvedere, I don't think you can. Well, that's probably true.

35:25 – 35:51Speaker 9

We'll be doing some there. There's some laid out ready for us tomorrow there by Eubanks. Then we've got some to do. We'll work our way east. That way we're not traveling on what we've already put down. We're busy doing that. We were mowing. We only got one or two because I've stole a couple of the guys to lay asphalt.

35:52Speaker 10

One thing about it,

35:54 – 36:34Speaker 9

they can't get much taller it's it's not going to be green much longer if it stays like this but uh yeah i haven't heard much more about mowing tractors yet either so they did say august or late august maybe so hopefully we'll get those in sooner than later because we've been having a little trouble keeping these running certainly not and seeing your repair bills No, they're not. Anything else for me?

36:34Speaker 10

I don't think so.

36:38Speaker 9

I don't think so. Thank you, Doug.

36:41Speaker 10

I'll just see you tomorrow.

36:45 – 36:56Speaker 9

Yeah, sorry about blocking. You know, I could maybe we just put up signs and just block it off permanently for now. You can't travel the blacktop for a couple days.

36:57 – 38:28Speaker 5

by me somebody else would be happy okay i just wanted to give you guys an update and the kind of the public and update um early voting started today we're here from eight to noon and one to five monday through friday um and we do that until noon on august 3rd So if you guys are going to have a hard time getting out to the fairgrounds or are not going to be around on election day, I encourage you to come up. We're happy and willing to help you guys vote early. You can also request a mail-in ballot. There is an application that you can fill out. We can mail those to you if you call our office. We just have to, we do that through the 28th. You can apply for those. And just a reminder, we are out at the fairgrounds this year for the primary, August 4th. We are offering free rides through our public transportation and with extended hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the polls. So if you have any concerns about getting off at the fairground, we're offering free rides that day. And we're also implementing a curbside voting this year for those with mobility issues. If you guys have a hard time at all, we'll have a bipartisan team there to help you get you checked in, get you your ballot, and help you through that process. So.

38:29Speaker 10

Where are you going to do that at, out there?

38:37Speaker 7

On this side.

38:37Speaker 5

Like if you, like if you come like up the, and you're looking at it like this, it's on, it's on this side, and we'll have nice big signs there.

38:45Speaker 10

You got a tent or something?

38:47 – 39:10Speaker 5

No, no. Well, there's that door right there. Oh, you can just see through the door. So, curbside voting is best practice. It's not statutory, but it is best practice, and we want to give everyone every opportunity they can to vote. So, we did get a voting system that's in place. It's just a little cord, and if you drive over it, it dings a little buzzer.

39:11Speaker 10

Well, I thought maybe if you're just going to be sitting outside, I've got one.

39:14 – 40:07Speaker 5

No. 10 times you can use no we would not do that to our very kind co-workers so they'll be they'll be inside and helping doing other things and helping voters while they don't have any curbside voters so and then it'll it'll ding and then our our team will go over there and and help anyone who needs assistance so but it's going smooth so far we've sent out 120ish mail ballots and i think we're around 15 um early voters just this morning so far and we've already been getting ballots back so we're we're full force and and if anyone has any questions please call my office we're happy to help thank you got anything Tyson I do

40:08 – 40:19Speaker 11

I'd request a 15-minute executive session for update on the upcoming tax foreclosure, sell of the PRRC property, and PRMC.

40:19 – 40:30Speaker 10

I'll make that motion. I'll second it. I've been moved and seconded. We go into executive session for attorney-client for sales tax update.

40:30Speaker 2

Tax foreclosure.

40:31 – 56:46Speaker 10

Tax foreclosure update. sale of prrc and hospital update all in favor say aye aye opposed same sign it'd be an executive session second we come out of executive session with no action taken second we come out of executive session with no action taken all in favor say aye aye opposed same sign we're back in open session yes we're anything else got anything going on before what i got is uh after last week's meeting The 911 board met and they're contributing $30,000 to all that. I told them we would. I don't know really where we're at. I haven't heard from them.

56:46Speaker 3

Moving forward.

56:48Speaker 10

Yeah, it's moving forward.

56:49Speaker 3

It needs to be. Yeah. We'll move forward. You can come on up, Cameron. You ready? Yeah.

57:00Speaker 10

We're running ahead of time, Will.

57:05Speaker 3

That's what I heard.

57:07Speaker 10

I don't have much for you.

57:14 – 58:04Speaker 3

I just got some surrounding. Hey, some departments. That's all I know we talked about a month or two ago. he's got medicine launch police department starting at 25. all right first one's prep 1.5 the second page is that medicine launch we're starting up the same anthony please starting at 2309 no experience i'm on good authority i have it that barber county will probably manage 25. It doesn't help much not asking for anything. Letting you know what it is.

58:05 – 58:27Speaker 10

Yeah, yeah. It does help. We need to get registered deeds starting at 14. That's not even a level of wage. It would help if we wouldn't overuse our health insurance every year.

58:32 – 59:07Speaker 3

but this does give we have to make a tax raise we can say hey darcy did the same thing this is what other counties are doing this is what yeah it gives us some ammunition for the on bank yeah it seems like that's what we're competing with yeah yeah i don't understand You guys are still down one. Down one. It looks like we're going to be down two. I think Tyler's heading out.

59:08Speaker 10

Is he? Yeah.

59:11 – 59:27Speaker 3

He's looking at going anywhere. I guess West Virginia's got cheaper property taxes and higher pay. It's West Virginia. It is West Virginia. Got a lot of work out there.

59:27Speaker 10

I don't know.

59:32Speaker 3

That's all I got in that much. I know we talked about it, so just pull in the numbers. Yeah, absolutely.

59:37Speaker 10

I'd like to say this helps. We don't have, where are we down in the road? 11, 12 positions?

59:47Speaker 3

What's that?

59:49Speaker 10

In the road. Probably something in that area. Do you know where that site might be?

59:55 – 1:00:25Speaker 3

i don't know if it'd be viable or not i do know barbara county pulled and did an assessment and i don't know what they cost salary assessments across the board they pulled everything from hr to sheriff's i looked at that when i first got on you remember how much that was i think we're looking at 40 grand we actually had one of those done well for 10 and then it was supposed to be updated throughout and wasn't updated as well

1:00:26 – 1:00:53Speaker 11

it's just getting aggregating the data initially is where the cost is setting the i don't know what the the annual update fee was but it's the the big amount is for the initial data aggregation it would be nice to have from my perspective yeah yeah and we might have to look at doing that next year shouldn't it just seems like yeah slaps

1:00:54Speaker 10

What's that? It seems like insurance slaps us property insurance down, but it costs us a huge deductible to pull this building out.

1:01:08Speaker 10

I don't think insurance is up 14%.

1:01:12Speaker 3

Yeah. No, this does help. Appreciate you doing it. No problem. Thanks for having me.

1:01:21Speaker 10

We understand.

1:01:24Speaker 3

Everything else going all right over there?

1:01:30Speaker 10

Yeah, doing all right.

1:01:35Speaker 3

Yeah, no, it's been all right so far. We're not filling up too much yet right now.

1:01:40Speaker 10

It's pretty low right now. I know.

1:01:42 – 1:02:19Speaker 3

I'm surprised by it. I guess people are somehow affording higher bonds for the same amount of bonds compared to what they used to. had a conversation with dan about that the other day i was like why aren't we filling up apparently they come up with it so we'll be getting with you on that core request i cc'd you into one at the end of the week yeah corey's back tomorrow thought sometime this week sounds good all right good all right thank you sir thank you gentlemen thank you be safe

1:02:28 – 1:02:54Speaker 10

anybody else got anything here i was coming in around 3 15 as i told her but i'll text her and tell her and if she can be here earlier we're going to go ahead and do vouchers until she gets here we'll make a motion we do the vouchers we're moving second we do the vouchers all in favor say aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye aye

1:02:57 – 1:03:32Speaker 5

Is that working? So let's enter this. I thought it was in the . Yeah, go for it. And I started looking, and it was a two hole puncher. And I was like, oh my gosh, did I order a two hole puncher? Did I make a mistake? So I went upstairs and looked at the order. No, I ordered a three hole puncher. So that one's being returned. And I'm ordering another. Hopefully. I was really hoping they just would say, oh, our bad. Keep that one. We'll send you a new one.

1:03:34Speaker 5

So I'm just glad it wasn't my mistake. Yes. So anyway, a two-hole puncture doesn't do us much good.

1:03:45 – 1:04:32Speaker 10

I will say, on the hospital, I know the public's itching for information. That company just started. What, Thursday last week? Yeah, Thursday. Yeah, so they've had a week and a couple days. Just bear with us. They're doing their job, and they'll have a report for us in the future. I just don't know when. Okay. Big enough for everybody over there? What are you eating?

1:04:33Speaker 5

Sounds like ice. Yeah. I forgot we brought this one down. So when you said that, I was like, oh my God, could we turn that? Why is there one down here?

1:04:56Speaker 10

City coming along with their budget.

1:04:58Speaker 7

Susan? I think. It's going to get approved very quickly.

1:05:34Speaker 10

Yes, my shoulder went south this time.

1:06:22Speaker 5

Today is the wrong state for entities to let me know whether they plan on exceeding R&R or not.

1:06:33Speaker 10

Most of them have gotten to you.

1:06:36Speaker 10

And... They say, don't they have to turn that in whether they are or not?

1:06:43 – 1:07:24Speaker 5

It would be very nice if they did. I sent that form out to everybody in hopes that they would check yes or no and send that back to me. Stapp, Really, it's just that they're exceeding if they're not i'm assuming if I don't get anything i'm assuming that they're not and i'll move forward with getting everything. Stapp, The estimated notices of tax about because I have to go without 10 days. Stapp, I like to get those in super early you know. There's payroll ones maybe.

1:07:26Speaker 10

Let's look. I'll just at least payroll.

1:07:31Speaker 5

I think those are both road. The top, yeah. I think they go on the top of the road one. Yeah.

1:07:45Speaker 10

We've got the payroll ones.

1:07:59Speaker 5

But I also watch the newspaper, and I pull any publications that I see that people are budget.

1:08:27 – 1:08:49Speaker 7

um Leroy Wells I believe was the one that was his idea and did a lot of the work and then his wife and daughter spoke and um grandchildren and it was a really nice ceremony had a box installed

1:09:09Speaker 10

We'll be there in a minute there.

1:09:15Speaker 5

Did you get my text? Oh, no.

1:09:16Speaker 4

Did you just text me? Great, that works out. I thought that was somebody else texting me. I didn't even look at it. No, you're okay.

1:09:28Speaker 5

Yeah, I think your guy's coming over. Yeah.

1:10:30 – 1:11:10Speaker 10

remember which basket those come out of. What did you do, get a snow cone machine out of your house? It's in my budget. That's true.

1:11:10 – 1:11:22Speaker 5

I'm going to be so mad. No, you didn't even tell us you had one. It keeps sliding in front of me.

1:11:30Speaker 10

thank you guys ready okay well to update you a little bit on

1:12:00 – 1:12:34Speaker 4

um employees had one be done on july 10th one of them that i hired didn't even end up on a bus she was done within a week so hopefully these two will work out really well um So I have Tammy Runyon and Travis Dobbin to request to be part-time drivers.

1:12:57 – 1:13:41Speaker 10

I'm going to butt you some names. Apologize in advance. I recommend that we hire Travis Doman and Tammy Runyon for 1070 an hour for part-time bus drivers. I'll second the motion. It's been moved and seconded. We hire Tammy Runyon and Travis Doman for part-time bus drivers at 1070 an hour. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed, same sign. Motion carried. You want me to get your locks for the seat belt so we can't get out?

1:13:42 – 1:14:40Speaker 4

Well, I mean, I kind of wondered if I might look into a clause about, because the only thing that really is annoying is the KDOT fiscal that they go through. And I try to do that pretty quickly for it to make sure that they are qualified. But then if they don't ever step into the seat, like we pay for that. I mean, it goes through the grant, of course, so we get some reimbursement on it, but that and the initial, I have Eastas do the initial drug straining as well while they're doing their fiscal, and that's about $30 as well. So I don't know, do we already have any kind of policy that, I doubt it.

1:14:42Speaker 11

I mean, it is what it is. You got to do it. I mean, we got to do it and we can't say, well, if you don't work, you're going to pay us back.

1:14:50Speaker 10

You can't do that.

1:14:51 – 1:15:08Speaker 4

Okay. Just thoughts. It's just annoying, you know, more than anything that sometimes we go through and all the things and they're ready to start driving and then like, eh, can't do it.

1:15:10 – 1:15:38Speaker 5

always have a great excuse but well some of them do all right thank you so much anybody have anything else we did receive our 90 grant for our security measures that we did we received that chat today it's been reimbursed where it was paid out at the 90 percent gotcha sounds good i'll make a motion to be adjourned

1:15:41Speaker 10

Second, we adjourn on favor side.

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