[0:20] Okay, welcome to the August 17th meeting of the board of Raleigh County

[0:25] Commissioners. Stand for the pledge of allegiance.

[0:31] I >> aliance to the flag of the United States

[0:35] of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,

[0:41] indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[0:53] » Okay. Do we have any public comment this morning?

[0:59] » Seeing none, we have a commission comments.

[1:03] » Yes. Uh well I put Thursday afternoon but

[1:07] actually I guess it was Thursday evening. Um tended the long awaited

[1:10] groundbreaking for the heat sanitary sewer project. Um thought we had a

[1:15] really good turnout considering how blistering brutally hot it was. Although

[1:20] [clears throat] we had a little bit of shade and the cloud cover kind of came

[1:23] in somewhere in the midst of that. So I guess it could have been worse. Uh

[1:27] amazing after over a decade's worth of discussion and planning this project is

[1:30] finally getting off the ground and built. Um, huge thanks to all the

[1:34] community partners and officials that work diligently through the years to

[1:38] finally make this necessary rural infrastructure project and upgrade a

[1:41] reality. Uh, Friday morning had a [clears throat] video call with the

[1:44] doctor, just merely a status quo update to see where things are and how to keep

[1:49] moving forward with some of our plans that are in place. Uh, Saturday morning,

[1:54] attended the Riley County Republican uh, coffee talk over at HY. at some various

[1:58] local candidates and officials available for discussion and um updates and

[2:04] Q&As's. Had a really good number of people in attendance as well. Gave an

[2:08] update on everything happening here at Riley County and answered a few

[2:11] questions along the way as well. Uh Saturday, I also had some friends come

[2:15] into town. Uh went and had lunch at Texas Roadhouse. Um it was packed.

[2:20] [laughter] Judging by the traffic and the activity around town over the

[2:23] weekend, I would say the majority of people are back and ready to go for the

[2:26] upcoming school year. Believe it or not, I think Kate starts this week.

[2:32] Well, school district started last week and it's really strange the new times on

[2:37] there. I uh didn't know how many bus stops there are in around my area.

[2:43] [clears throat] I got a good chuckle out of that starting last week. Um

[2:47] also on Saturday watched some preseason football. Um Jaguars played the other

[2:52] night the other day on Saturday as well. Came back to beat the Saints. I know

[2:56] it's just preseason, but it's live football, you know. I think this next

[3:01] weekend is the last weekend without it for a while. So, u just one of those

[3:06] first steps to fall mornings like this morning, too, where it's relatively cool

[3:10] outside, too. Uh once again, glad to receive some rain over the weekend.

[3:14] Sound like it stormed pretty good the other night. Um considering how hot and

[3:19] humid it was over the last week, it's kind of keeping everything alive.

[3:22] Obviously, the rest of the weekend I spend at home working on some various

[3:25] things for the upcoming week, which should prove to be busy. So, that's all

[3:29] I got. >> Okay, Commissioner McN.

[3:32] » Well, as [clears throat] John mentioned, Thursday evening was the Keats uh

[3:37] groundbreaking sew for the sewer project. Um then Friday, my wife and I

[3:43] and my brother and his wife went to C went to Concordia.

[3:47] In the afternoon, we went to the Orphan Train Museum.

[3:50] had a friend whose grandfather was one of the people that came out on the

[3:55] orphan train. He talked about it so to see it was really I mean there's some

[3:59] really educational stuff in there and I found they pan found the panel on the

[4:03] story of his grandfather's life which was interesting but I think he he and

[4:09] his family have made contributions because his name is on one of the

[4:13] building their family names on one of the buildings. Um then we went to the

[4:18] Cloud County Museum. It's um it's really large. Has a lot of big stuff.

[4:25] » And in the evening we went to the Tyrus show which was why we were in Concordia.

[4:31] Then coming home got to see a lot of lightning dancing around.

[4:38] » We weren't wasn't ever right around right on us but off in the distance

[4:43] there's all kind of lightning shows going on.

[4:47] Um, Saturday I attended the Raleigh County Republicans meeting for a short

[4:51] while. I was able to explain the appraisal process to a couple of people

[4:56] who seem to appreciate the education and then uh I later attended the fall

[5:03] lawn care class with Ray Eis figuring out what to do with PR.

[5:11] » It keeps raining every night.

[5:15] I wanted to make a comment that his rain dances have worked well this year, but I

[5:20] go [laughter]

[5:23] » Yeah, we didn't ask him to do it this year, didn't we?

[5:29] » Did we? Yeah, we did. Okay. Well, it's say Thursday after um

[5:36] our meeting, I had lunch downtown and then packed my car with items for the

[5:40] groundbreaking wedding. Keats, we talked about it already. It was well attended

[5:46] really hot. So we did have an informal gathering in the shelter's meeting room

[5:51] where project managers were present to answer questions from attendees and

[5:55] residents. There was refreshments and it was a great start to the what's going to

[6:01] be a year-long project, a little over a year. So I know there's going to be

[6:07] glitches along the way, but you know it's on on its way.

[6:11] But I I did go over there a couple times over the weekend walking my dog and

[6:16] everything was kind of where it where it was probably because of the rain.

[6:22] Get work get to work probably today. Um Friday afternoon I came in and

[6:28] brought I was back into the office and then went over the agenda for today's

[6:33] meeting. Uh later I had a PT session, picked up the lawboard packet for

[6:37] today's meeting on that. Um Saturday I spent most

[6:43] morning and afternoon um [clears throat] going over the lawboard packet and the

[6:48] proposed grant for the building remodel. Um

[6:53] and then I've received a number of calls about that grant [clears throat] and I

[6:57] studied it several times to understand the pros and cons. It's some major

[7:02] issues on it. Um and then we have a meeting today.

[7:09] Rest of the week I was pretty quiet. [clears throat]

[7:12] So caught [snorts] up on paperwork and reviewed today's agenda and documents

[7:16] and that's all I have.

[7:22] » First item of business is the certificate of substantial

[7:28] completion of the emergency management remodel project.

[7:35] I make a motion to approve the chair to sign the certificate of substantial

[7:39] completion of the emergency management remodel project.

[7:43] » Second. >> As moved and seconded to um approve

[7:48] uh the CRP project for the chair to sign the certificate of substantial

[7:54] completion of the emergency management remodel project. All in favor?

[7:58] » I almost myself.

[8:13] They got moved over there 100% or >> Okay, that's what I thought.

[8:19] [clears throat]

[8:34] Next item is a CIP project activation form for AV equipment replacement for

[8:39] the IT department for public works.

[8:46] » I move to approve the CIP project activation form for the AV equipment um

[8:51] public works in the amount of $87,824.39.

[8:57] No second. >> That's moved and seconded to approve the

[9:00] CF project activation form for the AV equipment replacement

[9:06] uh for the um public works department in the amount of $87,824.39.

[9:14] All in favor?

[9:19] Why is it all burned around?

[9:23] So,

[9:41] right.

[9:47] Next item, Charlie County employee action forms for Addison Burkus, a

[9:51] status change as an intern to as needed as an on call juvenile intake officer.

[9:56] Stephanie Rodriguez Conturus, a child care provider in the health department

[10:00] for separation. Kimlan Ninkan, a childare provider, health department

[10:05] separation. Taylor Hos, a child care provider, health department separation.

[10:11] Kayen Henle, an intern in the ITGIS for separation. I can get a motion.

[10:20] » Go ahead and make a motion to approve the uh listed Raleigh County employee

[10:24] action forms. >> Second. [clears throat]

[10:28] » It's been moved and seconded to approve the Raleigh County employee action

[10:31] forms. All in favor? All right. All right.

[13:03] Any

[13:10] changes to the August 13th meeting minutes?

[13:18] » I move to approve the minutes of the August 13th meeting as presented.

[13:24] » Second. >> So moved and seconded to approve the

[13:26] minutes of the August 13th meeting as presented. All in favor?

[13:31] » I. >> I. Any changes to the tenative agendas?

[13:43] Any press conference topics for next week?

[13:51] » John at 9:00.

[16:34] Oh yeah. Okay.

[16:47] Yeah. Yeah.

[17:07] » Okay.

[17:16] That's true. I don't know why.

[17:22] [clears throat]

[18:02] four of them.

[18:48] Yeah,

[18:51] this

[18:57] Not mine.

[19:11] » Yeah. I don't know if I've seen this one.

[19:13] » That one's in your box in our office. I just put it in there this morning.

[19:18] » Okay. >> But it's at Frances.

[19:22] » Yeah. Usually our the treasur's office will let us know

[19:31] it said something about the different people.

[19:35] » Yeah. There >> who has

[19:46] Yeah. Bankruptcy is a whole different game.

[20:01] I >> think that's like the third piece of

[20:03] mail we've gotten from there. >> From a man.

[20:06] » Usually once it kicks on, the male just they kick it out. Oh, really? A lot.

[20:11] They burn a lot of trees down for that.

[20:42] You get these usually instant. it's about. And this one doesn't really say

[20:47] » Oh, it doesn't. I didn't even look at that. I'll just make copies of it.

[20:49] » Yeah. >> It doesn't say why we're included.

[20:53] » Usually when it comes to bankruptcies, they'll they will notice anybody who has

[20:58] even ever touched the company to make sure you had a claim later.

[21:01] » I just looked up this name on GIS to see if it's not listed property owner.

[21:08] » Yeah. Oh, >> I thought maybe that's where it was.

[21:10] » Well, they used to in the mall probably. Maybe they don't have the cultural.

[21:16] » That's possible. >> Well, that isn't a ownership. That's

[21:21] just a rental, right? >> Yeah. And then it could be taxes. If

[21:24] they think we have a claim of taxes of some sort, they might notice that

[21:28] » taxes somehow. Yeah.

[21:33] Oh,

[23:17] » [snorts]

[28:18] » Right.

[28:36] » Yeah.

[28:40] for one. >> Yes.

[28:54] Morning.

[29:02] » Morning.

[30:12] Oh no. Yeah. Nice.

[30:33] You ready? Hey, good morning, commissioners. John Ellererman, public

[30:37] works. This morning, I have my monthly update. I'm a week late or Yeah. So, um,

[30:47] Winkler Mills, we we have we applied and received

[30:52] were awarded the cost share program monies from it. So, we're waiting for

[30:56] contracts to come in before we put that out to bid. Um, hopefully here in the

[31:01] next couple months, we'll we'll be advertising for bid for that project to

[31:05] go. That is still one of the projects left on the halfsent sales tax list. Um,

[31:11] Marlad Road, we've had field checks. So, now we're just they're going through

[31:15] those final designs. Um, looking at getting a rideway is about the time to

[31:21] start looking at ride buying rightway. Most of that that needs to be done for

[31:24] that project will be for the city's sidewalks. So, county won't have to

[31:30] really mess with right away on that. Um I've got a call or we'll have a call in

[31:36] this afternoon to BBN about the update on the judicial services study. [snorts]

[31:43] Um we did cancel the health department study. So some of the brothers these

[31:49] projects on here are projects that have been started or consultant selection and

[31:54] design have started on the bridges and culverts for the point 2 sales tax

[31:59] projects.

[32:02] We got a couple of them. We're getting pretty close. Um, road bridge crews

[32:06] actually did put in one two of the culverts that were on there. Um, those

[32:10] were the pre-cast box well a pre-cast box and a bridge on airport road was

[32:15] were was on them that point. Two sales tax projects. Um, so that's why they're

[32:21] on the they were under the cancel the side of road bridge was cancelled

[32:26] because we vacated that roadway. So that that'll be taken off and we can

[32:31] maybe see where we're at and add something here later on or um how we

[32:36] want to do that. Um the parks

[32:42] went through the fair did fair cleanup and now I've been trying to catch up

[32:46] with mowing and cleaning up of some of the parks as work they started before

[32:50] fair and rain got to them. Um they were out at Keats

[32:56] spreading mulch and getting it trying to dress it up a little bit before we had

[33:00] our groundbreaking last week. Um there are still quite a bit of trees and

[33:05] branches down at Fairmont that need to be

[33:09] addressed somehow whether taken out, cleaned up. Um, and we do have shelter

[33:16] material and playground equipment that were ordered for um, Secret Dog Park and

[33:22] Secret Playground. Um, operations

[33:27] gravel crew since we've been getting some decent rains, they've been

[33:30] outgrading roads for county roads and township roads. Um

[33:36] they did a motorgrader training [snorts] um couple three weeks ago, a two-day

[33:42] training where they spent the day in the classroom and then um the class went out

[33:47] to a road and then practiced our were shown techniques on grading of the

[33:51] roads. Um I we sent all um all our five or six greater operators um and a couple

[33:58] others and then some of the townships and counties around us brought people in

[34:01] to do to do that. So that was that was a pretty good deal that we

[34:08] needed to do kind of refresh the guys memories on what to do or what different

[34:13] options they have on how to grade roads. Bridge crew um doing service requests

[34:19] just cleaning up around other bridges. They did help the city out um and repair

[34:23] the guardrail on Casement Road. It was hit about a month ago. Um waiting to get

[34:29] steel in. We we went in and and put that guardrail back up for them.

[34:36] Um they're getting ready to do Oh, they

[34:40] completed the Wallsburg Road um covert replacement. It was an RCB uh pre-cast

[34:47] box that they put in up there. They are getting ready and it'll be on your press

[34:51] conference today. 67th Avenue, 62nd Avenue, low water crossing into um

[34:57] [snorts] Wildcat Park. >> Um we'll be shutting that down. And so

[35:03] anything past the low water crossing in the park will be clo closed for two

[35:07] weeks while we do the repairs on that crossing. Um asphalt crew have been

[35:13] shouldering, cleaning up ditches and trimming trees. Um

[35:19] we were assisting the Grant Township with laying the millings on their to um

[35:25] on their roads up in Total Cove area. They've

[35:31] the shop I've been starting to put these on on a couple of the on these last

[35:36] couple updates. The shops repaired oh I think

[35:40] the last two weeks a week 20 pieces of equipment. Um

[35:46] we're preparing to stripe sweeping up the overlay the roads that we overlaid.

[35:50] Um they actually the striper came in Friday, so they should be out today

[35:54] starting to do um striping on those roads, the overlays. Um we'll they'll

[36:00] come back later and finish up to do the sealed roads and any other roads that we

[36:05] might need done. Um, just a heads up is the snow rodeo

[36:11] um that the guys like to attend is at September 17th. Um, I have a feeling

[36:16] that they may want if anybody wins they may want to go to the Colorado one. Um,

[36:22] just giving you a heads up that might be a last minute out of state.

[36:25] » What do they use for snow? >> What's that?

[36:27] » What do they use for snow? >> They don't

[36:31] um obstacle course. Um, so each piece of equipment they use, they run through an

[36:35] obstacle course, try not back up forward, get as close to the cone as you

[36:40] can with the truck. Um, the motor graater, they have to move stuff around

[36:45] and get around obstacle course try to move objects with their blade. Um,

[36:51] certain ways and then the skid steer has certain Yeah, they all have their own

[36:55] little thing. Not sure. They're changing the location

[37:00] where they're going to have it this year and I'm not sure quite where it's at.

[37:06] » Still city, but not at Milford like they've had it in the past.

[37:12] » Um, open positions, the asphalt crew position, they started this morning, so

[37:19] that's a good news. um utility tech. We're having a heck of a time finding

[37:23] anybody interested in utility tech. We've put ads out, of course, on Indeed

[37:29] like we have, but um a KRWA, Real Water Association, and they're just

[37:36] not getting anything. So, we're going to have to regroup and see what we need to

[37:40] do and how we can do that. Get better get better response. I'm not sure why we

[37:46] can't find somebody there. The last few we've had, we pretty much

[37:52] had to train our own. We did find one that had some experience and it's

[37:56] working out pretty well, but everybody up the last three two or three of them

[38:00] we've had to pretty much train in house. So,

[38:05] um, of course, the Keith Benefit District had a groundbreaking last week.

[38:10] Um, emergency management remodel. Um you signed a cert well

[38:17] certificate oxopy has been issued they're moved in you just on substantial

[38:22] completion just a formality and contract with um the contractor and us so

[38:31] it gis we held a pre-construction on Friday um they are set to begin next

[38:37] week so we'll hopefully we won't hear a lot from them but we may still hear

[38:44] something and they'll start demo next week a little bit. Um, we may have some

[38:50] delays looks like maybe April for the generator and that equipment to come in.

[38:56] So, it'll be a couple months behind the actual move in. But, so then with the

[39:03] generator being that delay, that'll delay the

[39:07] the moving of the server. Mhm. >> Um

[39:13] transfer station. They burned the the big tree pile last week, week before. Um

[39:21] they've got a compost drain is they're getting ready to set it up. Should be

[39:25] set up this week and start using the screener for the compost. Hopefully have

[39:29] clean a little bit cleaner compost moving on.

[39:33] Um,

[39:37] we will be a little quiet for a while with the the corridor study as they go

[39:41] through the the applications and what type of projects or things they can do

[39:48] to help improve some of these areas of the corridor for us. Um,

[39:56] looks like the LEC generator will ship the 31st of August with the transfer st

[40:03] switch being um September 14th and right behind that

[40:10] once they get in, we'll get it installed. Um,

[40:15] some of the other things the office and the crews have been work or at least

[40:19] managers have been working on GWorks asset management program. It's been a

[40:23] little bit trying to get that all straightened out and things working the

[40:28] way which should be um another public um conference topic is the chips

[40:36] seal project start um next week on 25th or 26

[40:42] and the the annual mink conference in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas um held

[40:47] in St. Joe every year. Um there should be four of us planning on go to

[40:52] September 16th and 17th. And that is all on my list. Um

[41:00] if you have any questions and answer maybe

[41:04] » LA generate is automatic switch transfer switch there now. Was it did it go out

[41:11] too? >> It's there. It's outdated and

[41:16] » that's all part of the new the new and then

[41:20] » relying [clears throat] and hopefully we can schedule that right with economy

[41:23] electric to come install.

[41:30] » Okay. Thank you.

[42:05] As long as you know that. >> Thank you.

[42:08] » Okay. >> Because I can remind you.

[43:29] Uh oh. Cindy, >> what's wrong?

[43:32] » Oh no, there is. Never mind. Me user error.

[43:36] » It is. Every day is a Monday for me and Mondays are just the worst.

[43:42] I replied to somebody's email and and said thank you to the wrong name. I I

[43:47] just it's a Monday.

[43:54] What is that it term they use regard

[44:10] something like that [laughter] >> which is 90% of my problems.

[44:17] Jones at the email market. Thanks, Cammy. Somebody emailed me back once. I

[44:21] said, "That wrong person."

[44:28] So then I I So then I apologized and she said, "Oh, that's the wor

[44:34] I don't know exactly what it is, but I've seen it." So that's

[44:39] Yeah. Generally from it's my error. >> Yeah.

[44:46] » [snorts]

[45:05] » David. >> Right. Good morning, commissioners.

[45:06] David Adams, emergency services director with my EMS monthly update. Just for

[45:10] your knowledge, I did ask Cindy starting in September, we can just go to 30

[45:14] minutes and I can do all of my departments at once. I didn't do it this

[45:18] month because Russell was still in charge in July. So, I'll have let him go

[45:22] and do the the July update. So, coming forward, my date will have to change,

[45:27] I'm sure, but uh unless Cindy can play her magic. So, all right. So, starting

[45:33] off with operations calls for service in July is 433. That was down a little

[45:38] about 100 from the month before. Heat plays a role in that. You know, it's too

[45:42] hot, people aren't outside as much, students are gone, you know. Um so, but

[45:47] uh not surprising. So um call volume by station 144 at their headquarters 144 at

[45:55] 11th and points really the the headquarter station was one that was

[45:59] down there as much out of those two. It wasn't that uh the other station had

[46:04] picked up a lot of extra but was just it just happened to be their month. So 63

[46:10] at uh public works, 67 at the airport and Lville was 13. I was down quite a

[46:15] bit. >> Um so I really don't have an answer for

[46:18] that one. It's just one of those things other than heat. You know, in rural

[46:22] areas, you know, farmers are working earlier, so they're getting trying to

[46:25] get out of the heat and and such. But operations preparing for fall standby

[46:31] season, that's September 5th is coming up, you know, and then high school and

[46:35] and all of that right behind them. So today is a day where they're going

[46:38] through all of the event bags, getting them put back together because we pull

[46:43] equipment off at the end of football season that we put it back into stock so

[46:46] it rotates and gets used and we're not having a lot of expireds just sitting

[46:50] there. So they have to get those back up and running and get them get them going

[46:53] and everything checked and signed off. So they're starting that today actually.

[46:59] Uh our staff met with KU athletic staff for training. Uh so did some training.

[47:02] We do it every year uh with the uh student

[47:08] athletic trainers and and with our athletic training staff reminding how to

[47:11] use some of the equipment that they have that we use that we have and make sure

[47:15] it's working. Go over that with their staff. Uh and then some of our new staff

[47:19] or even our younger younger being new were staff. They may have done one

[47:24] standby or two last year taking them through the facility tours reminding

[47:28] them where all the gates are, where the maps are and and things like that. So

[47:32] that was done within the last couple weeks. So to get our staff prepared for

[47:36] that. Um Josh continues to work with health

[47:41] department staff over uh HIPPA exposure control plans again to get one plan for

[47:47] everybody. So right now EMS is is different than health departments. We

[47:52] can make them a little bit longer and just have one plan versus having

[47:55] multiple different plans for the county. So that's coming along well. uhus with

[48:01] interns from colleges. Thank you, Jacob. He does a a fantastic job, uh turning

[48:06] them back around, then they go to Elizabeth for her approval or she cleans

[48:10] things up and says, "Oh, no, no, no. We don't do that." Or, you know, because

[48:13] things that he doesn't know and I don't know, but she does know. Um so, um so

[48:19] thank you to all of those everybody getting those done. It's the same with

[48:23] us at EMS as it is with the health department and I'm sure with other

[48:26] departments as well. So we have theseus getting them to be aligned. You know the

[48:31] the colleges have their own ideas that don't always align with what we do. Uh

[48:36] so that's where Elizabeth comes in and says no we don't yeah we don't give them

[48:40] complete access to everything like they want or we don't give them a computer to

[48:44] use you know and things like that. So that's where she comes in and saves all

[48:48] of us. So uh but thank you Jacob and your team for getting those you get

[48:52] those turnaround pretty quick. So Josh, Alex and I are attending the

[48:57] certified public manager course. Uh it is really good, very intense. Uh we're

[49:02] getting a lot out of it. Um working on our capstone projects. So it's a project

[49:06] for for your department. Uh so we all have each our own capstone projects and

[49:11] uh uh so we're we're learning a lot, working together. Um but it it is an

[49:16] intense program to say the least. Also on the uh so it's good. Um this weekend

[49:25] one of our crews did a CPR AED uh training presentation with Hope

[49:29] Ministries. >> Um so that was well attended. Um so I

[49:34] appreciate our staff doing that. I think that was done on Saturday

[49:38] and I met to grab the Battle of Badges trophy as uh the smallest department we

[49:43] won. We don't win it very often, but we're quite a bit smaller than the other

[49:45] departments, but uh a shout out to our staff who really took a lot of pride in

[49:49] it this year and and uh and had a lot of fun with it. Uh so, and uh there's a lot

[49:55] of good banter as you could imagine between the three agencies. So, um but

[50:00] uh it was it was good. I was happy for him. Uh continue to work with EM and

[50:05] fire staff on transition of operations. Uh try to get over there a couple times

[50:10] a week, just check in with Lori and Doug and Jake and and kind of what's going on

[50:15] and had a meeting last week with Lori and Robert uh the planner Robert Cox to

[50:19] just talk about some operational things so I can have a better understanding of

[50:24] what they do and they understand my my perspective. So good positive meeting.

[50:30] Um, but uh I touch base or Doug touches base with me several times a week. Lets

[50:35] me know kind of what they're doing, what's going on. I'll be over there

[50:38] today. I need to have him sign some paperwork and and uh we'll touch base

[50:42] again. Uh working on the training officer job

[50:46] description for our two departments. I think it's pretty close to done.

[50:49] Elizabeth put it together, sent it out to us. Uh fire and EM EMS staff signed

[50:55] off on it. So, I think just maybe a little bit of verbiage cleanup. I don't

[50:58] I don't know. But uh I think we're pretty well done with that. So

[51:03] Oh, okay. Well, so yeah, currently there's one more one more piece to sign

[51:07] off on it and I'll get that done this week.

[51:11] So EMS is preparing for radio reprogramming as part of the contract.

[51:16] We have one left. We are waiting until everything got settled and our radio

[51:20] systems, our our overhead systems were up and operational. So I anticipate

[51:25] that's coming fairly quickly. Um, I've talked a little bit about the

[51:30] CRG maps, but I don't think I've given it enough credit. Uh, this is a company

[51:34] that has contracted to come in with all the school districts to have maps of

[51:39] their buildings with entrances um and door numbers on them for for responders,

[51:46] EMS, fire, uh, RCPD all have access to them. We've got them uploaded as they

[51:50] get them done into our our system for our staff so they can see them. It's

[51:55] it's fantastic. And uh one of these days I'll remember to bring that in to you to

[51:59] show it to you. But it's really really neat and and and long overdue. So kudos

[52:04] to all the school districts in Riley County for embracing this.

[52:09] Continue to work with the as the interim health department director. Um, so we're

[52:14] working now, uh, Elizabeth is the point person for, uh, working with the

[52:19] supervisors and the programs in the health department to,

[52:22] » [clears throat] >> uh, work on the transition of moving

[52:24] health department staff into the into the health department administration

[52:28] building. Uh, so it's a it's a big task. They're up to it. Um, and uh, you know,

[52:35] so I think we have another meeting again today with with some of the leaders, but

[52:40] u, they've embraced it. They've brought back some ideas. They sent us I know

[52:44] myself emails over the weekend. I think Elizabeth was tagged into it as well

[52:48] with some of their ideas. We're going to have to bring John in as the engineer to

[52:51] see what we can do, what we can't do. So that is today, correct? Yep.

[52:57] » Our captains are finishing up the highly effective managers program. Um, one of

[53:02] our captains is has lots of ideas. So, um, she'll have the opportunity, I

[53:09] think, with with Josh to kind of go through some of those, but but, uh,

[53:13] they're they're getting a lot out of it. And I think as a county, we do a really

[53:18] good job of of identifying the right programs for the right people. And, uh,

[53:22] this one was was certainly right right in line with what our our our captains

[53:26] do. We continue with the work groups as we

[53:30] can. Um, they're preparing for a September 2026 airport drill. Uh this is

[53:36] more of a Josh and Alex uh and then emergency management and county fire. Um

[53:41] so they're they're meeting regularly on it and are preparing for it. So we had

[53:46] no event standbys. So but uh that'll be the last time I say that for about eight

[53:51] months.

[53:55] » Education. Uh last month Alex put on a uh emergency or emergency pediatric care

[54:01] course. this month. Uh, tomorrow is actually advanced medical life support

[54:04] class. I'm going to do my best to attend it. U so I cleared my calendar as best

[54:10] as I can. This last weekend, Alex was a presenter at the Kansas EMS Association

[54:15] conference here in town. Uh, and then uh next month he is uh representing us at a

[54:21] national conference, EMS World Expo uh on he's going as one of their

[54:25] instructors. So, but uh um they pay they cover all costs and and such. So, but uh

[54:33] so he's I mean he's known nationally. He's in national publications as one of

[54:38] the authors and and uh he brings back a lot of quality information for us.

[54:45] Everything else is we just is just continuing the data uh protocol book

[54:49] things such as that. Um, and then the only community outreach last month was

[54:53] the uh car seat check lanes, which we continue to do once a month.

[54:58] Any questions about that? Commissioners,

[55:03] July stats broken down as you can see there. Um, you know, I was Monday was

[55:10] busy, Tuesdays kind of dropped off, which is kind of a surprise. Uh usually

[55:13] Mondays and Tuesdays are pretty busy, but uh uh pretty consistent across the

[55:18] board with with the except exception of Tuesday.

[55:22] And then as you can see, but with students gone, you know, call volume

[55:26] dropped off a little bit from 10 p.m. through the rest of the night. So, um I

[55:32] told them uh I joke with them that, you know, enjoy that because that's about to

[55:36] end. And I think it >> I think it already has ended. Um yeah,

[55:39] from the looks of some of the staff this morning, I think uh and looking at my

[55:43] phone when I see it in the morning to see kind of what because I get think

[55:47] about every call that comes in going, "Okay, yeah, they're they're back to

[55:51] business." So,

[55:55] what I did here, >> I think the fraternities and sororities

[55:59] were >> Yeah. Last week was rush.

[56:02] » Yeah. >> Yep. Was rush. I saw a lot of uh dressed

[56:04] up young college people parading around and such. So, um

[56:09] » I think that's probably where you're up to

[56:10] » where where where there's rush, there's parties.

[56:13] » So, um but uh believe it or not, those go hand in hand. So, but uh uh the top

[56:21] five complaints, sick person, uh falls, traffic incidents, breathing, and then

[56:26] out of town transfers. So, but nothing nothing surprising there. One thing you

[56:31] do notice is there's one there a lot of times it says that the non-applicable

[56:35] and those are our our lift assists uh you know where we go to somebody's house

[56:40] and help them house and help them. Uh that's not on there this month. So I'm

[56:46] not quite sure what's happened there but uh I'm I'm sure they're happy. So

[56:52] » do you have any questions for me commissioners?

[57:00] All right. Thank you.

[57:25] Clear the room.

[1:00:58] Oh, 9:30.

[1:01:38] Okay. >> Okay. Good morning again. John Alerman

[1:01:40] public works and this morning I have two notes public notices to announce this.

[1:01:46] Um first one is the annual chip seal projects will begin Tuesday August 25th

[1:01:54] and should be completed by Friday August 28th. We will be chip sealing the Welsh

[1:02:01] Road McDall Creek Road West 32nd Avenue. Traffic will be allowed through these

[1:02:08] projects but drivers should be expect delays up to 15 minutes. Take

[1:02:12] alternative routes when possible and We schedule any change due to weather

[1:02:18] and scheduling delays. So we may depending on weather, we may get it done

[1:02:22] on time or not. >> Usually if it stays pretty warm, pretty

[1:02:27] simple process, especially those that do it, guys that do it every day. Um

[1:02:34] shouldn't take too long. So >> you said next week, right?

[1:02:36] » Next 25th. Yes.

[1:02:41] Um the second project is a covert replacement project on West 672nd

[1:02:48] Avenue. Um scheduled to begin this 24th, Monday. Um project is located about 4/10

[1:02:56] of a mile south of Anderson Avenue, west 62nd Avenue will be closed to traffic at

[1:03:04] the intersection of Anderson and Wildcat Park.

[1:03:10] Wildcat Park Road is Wildcat Park will be closed at the with this project. I'm

[1:03:15] sorry, I can't read right um closed at Anderson. Um the park will

[1:03:21] be closed through traffic. The homes can get in there, but past the bridge

[1:03:25] there's no home. So, um low water crossing. Um project expected to be

[1:03:31] completed Wednesday, September 16th, weather permitting. So, what I have

[1:03:36] Okay. >> Thank you.

[1:05:04] You can go ahead. >> Good morning, commissioners. Katherine

[1:05:07] Hutzler, director of Garly County Historical Museum. Just coming to you

[1:05:11] this morning with our staff update, and this includes uh the most recent numbers

[1:05:16] from July 2026. So, uh looking at visitation and tours,

[1:05:20] you can see we had a great month in July. Okay. Um we had a number of events

[1:05:25] and programs and outreach that we did. Um so our total uh attendance numbers uh

[1:05:31] between the museum, the Goodno House, the Wolf House, Pioneer Law Cabin and

[1:05:34] Programs and Outreach total 1,375 unique visitors. So um great numbers um

[1:05:42] one well I would say two of the things um one is that we had our living history

[1:05:48] days in July and we had a great attendance with that. Um and then also

[1:05:53] we had sunflower summer going on and we attended the county fair. So amongst

[1:05:58] those things that really brought our numbers up. Um as far as volunteer

[1:06:01] hours, we also had a great month for volunteer service and contributions um

[1:06:06] time. So general and interns almost 200 hours volunteer service. our historical

[1:06:12] society's board of directors were just a little bit of well 52 and a half hours

[1:06:17] and then community service workers contributed 14 hours of of uh volunteer

[1:06:22] service. So um again great month uh for those numbers as well. Education and

[1:06:28] outreach uh we did open a new temporary exhibit on July 1st. It is called 250

[1:06:34] years United in service. um about um

[1:06:40] it's tricky because we're Kansas and we're trying to celebrate America 250.

[1:06:45] Um what we decided to do is um we we've of course connected to that early

[1:06:52] American history, but we wanted to tell the story of what has been going on in

[1:06:56] Riley County. And we decided um really what was important to us and and what

[1:07:02] we've also heard from our community is telling stories of first responders. And

[1:07:05] so um what that exhibit talks about is how Riley countians have responded in

[1:07:11] times of trials and tribulations whether it's military service or if it's um

[1:07:16] police service or um fire department, EMS, EMTs, etc. So we um not just told

[1:07:24] the story of the different departments and their contributions through the

[1:07:28] years, but also we were able to pull out individual stories. So if you have a

[1:07:32] chance to come and see this exhibit, uh it won't be up till January 3rd of 2027.

[1:07:38] Um we're pretty proud of it. It looks

[1:07:42] great. Um we've also installed uh two satellite exhibits. One is in the county

[1:07:47] office building lobby and then the other is in the courthouse.

[1:07:51] Um, [clears throat] like I mentioned, we hosted our living history days. That was

[1:07:55] July 10th and 11th. We had um 204 attendees and those did include

[1:08:01] participants as far as um the vendors who provided activities and hands-on

[1:08:07] programs for the guests and of course the public. Um, we decided initially

[1:08:14] when we planned it was going to be outdoors with tents and booths. and

[1:08:20] you've been here for this summer. It has been incredibly hot. So, we um we

[1:08:25] normally don't bring programs like this inside. Um and you also know our space

[1:08:31] issues at the museum. So, we just we kind of toyed around with the idea we

[1:08:35] can't leave our vendors outside. I personally didn't want to work outside.

[1:08:38] Neither did my staff all weekend. And so, we figured we're going to make it

[1:08:42] work. We were able to bring all of the vendors indoors and set up booths

[1:08:46] throughout the exhibits. and it worked really well. So, um I think what this

[1:08:50] exhibit did was not only or excuse me, not exhibit, but the event um we were

[1:08:55] able to offer a new event that we had never offered before, but we utilized

[1:08:58] our space in a in a manner that we have kind of always set up as a challenge. Um

[1:09:03] and it worked out very very well. So, what we are going to do, we're really

[1:09:07] the turnout. Um we do plan on making this an annual event, but we're going to

[1:09:11] shift it to the fall to where it's more of a harvest festival. And so, uh, we

[1:09:16] will not be doing it this fall, but we'll be doing it in the fall of 2027.

[1:09:20] So, keep keep an eye on that. We'll make announcements probably early in 2027

[1:09:24] about it. But we're incredibly happy with the turnout. We had wonderful

[1:09:28] vendors um who came out and provided programming and did that all at no cost.

[1:09:32] So, it was a really great way to connect with their community as well. Um, we've

[1:09:36] also had a couple programs throughout the month. Um, in on July 14th, we did a

[1:09:41] drinks and thanks with Arrow Cocktail Lounge. Again, this one was titled A

[1:09:44] toast to Harry Wear where um these are have become um very popular. 80 people

[1:09:50] attended this and um Melanie is great. She packs the house. So, there will be

[1:09:56] another one that we've planned with them in the fall. Um we're doing this now

[1:10:00] about two to three times a year with with Arrow Cocktail Lounge. Um we also

[1:10:04] attended, like I mentioned, the county fair. Uh I don't have the exact numbers

[1:10:08] for the full fair attendance. Um but at our booth we counted 126 people that

[1:10:14] popped in. So that is a good number for us. Uh we also hosted another history on

[1:10:19] the road. This one was in Ogden and it was uh presented by Pat Collins. We had

[1:10:23] 31 attendees. Um really great evening just of information sharing but also

[1:10:29] memory sharing and a lot of conversation just about the history of Ogden. Um

[1:10:33] we've been really proud and pleased with the turnout for these history on the

[1:10:37] road programs. We do still feel that there's what we we can't just do history

[1:10:41] on the road and go out of town and we can't just do only in Manhattan. We've

[1:10:45] we've got to find a nice balance of um getting to all of the communities. But

[1:10:50] uh this was uh a new program that we introduced for America 250 and so far

[1:10:54] we've been very pleased with it. Um we also hosted a number of special group

[1:10:59] tours throughout the month of July uh at the museum and the Goodno House. Uh and

[1:11:04] then like I mentioned, Sunflower Summer has taken place. It ran from July 7th

[1:11:08] through August 8th. We counted 66 attendees. However, because it is

[1:11:12] tracked by an app, the state will be getting us uh final numbers. So, we

[1:11:17] don't have a really um technological system for tracking guests. We just have

[1:11:22] a tally system as people come in. And so, um we are looking forward to that

[1:11:26] digital tracking um through the app that'll be provided to us. As far as

[1:11:31] collections, um we have been working really hard this summer to clean out

[1:11:35] storage spaces and those are the storage spaces at the museum as well as off-site

[1:11:40] storage. Um while it might not seem like a lot, we have been able to clean up

[1:11:44] approximately 850 square feet in the museum. But when you think about it,

[1:11:48] that 850 square feet has a bunch of shelves and on those shelves could be

[1:11:53] hundreds to thousands of artifacts. So, um, to be able to clear up that much

[1:11:58] space, uh, is a good step in the right direction for us. And you'll see with

[1:12:01] our numbers, um, you know, not necessarily with the incoming donations

[1:12:05] and the individual objects donated. Those are kind of standard for us, but

[1:12:09] the backlog is really starting to pick up. So, uh, in the month of July this

[1:12:14] year, uh, we were able to go through 143 um,

[1:12:20] actual objects processed um, from backlog. And then, [clears throat]

[1:12:25] excuse me, archives and library. Our summer intern has been working

[1:12:28] diligently with the phone directories and yearbooks. And um so as he was going

[1:12:34] through them, we found that over 200 of that 200 objects in that collection u

[1:12:40] they're in our collection, but they have never been accessioned. So he was able

[1:12:44] to facilitate um the update and upgrade with our records uh with the assistance

[1:12:49] of the curators and um to date from the time I sent this report in uh he's

[1:12:56] processed 250 directories and 159 yearbooks and so he's been doing a great

[1:13:01] job. His internship will however come to a conclusion um this week. August 22nd

[1:13:07] is his last day with us. You [clears throat] can see the the

[1:13:11] numbers as far as uh what kind of research requests and appointments and

[1:13:16] photo permission requests took place during July 2026. It's a very standard

[1:13:20] month. There's nothing exceptional um to note there.

[1:13:25] Uh building and grounds. Now, this is a a great announcement. We finally are

[1:13:30] moving forward with the window and door restoration project with the Goodnill

[1:13:34] House. And so, this is a state property. However, um that 1996ou

[1:13:40] put all of us in the mix as far as how we manage and monitor this site. So, um

[1:13:45] Kansas Historical Society owns the property. They take care of any of the

[1:13:49] capital needs. And so, windows and doors are a capital need. Um they are funding

[1:13:53] this entirely. And so, there's um no cost that's going to be subjected to the

[1:13:57] county or the or our Riley [clears throat] County Historical

[1:14:00] Society. Uh but this is great news. It has been something we've been working on

[1:14:04] at least for three years. funding finally came through. The contractor has

[1:14:08] been lined up. Uh John Wood of Woodworks Restoration who has done a lot of work

[1:14:12] for us in the past. Um with our historic properties, um an excellent contractor

[1:14:18] who we trust. Um hopefully if all goes as planned, um this work will start

[1:14:24] within the next two weeks and will be concluded by the end of October. So, uh,

[1:14:28] what John is intending to do is he's only going to do about two rooms at a

[1:14:32] time so we do not have to close the the Goodno house for tours. So, um, we will

[1:14:37] be securing just those two rooms being worked on and we can continue safely

[1:14:42] with visitation. Uh, if anything should change, um, I will be in charge of, uh,

[1:14:48] getting the word out and marketing. Um, and so if we do have to close, we will

[1:14:52] make sure the community knows about that. I will just keep you posted on the

[1:14:56] progress there. But um that is a a great need. I don't know uh when the last time

[1:15:00] was that you were there, but you've probably noticed our windows and doors

[1:15:04] on that building are just deteriorating and really need some attention.

[1:15:10] Staffing. Um in the [clears throat] last month, we were able to fill uh the as

[1:15:16] needed museum positions and we hired two individuals to fill those hours, Robin

[1:15:20] Imbo and Sydney Bray Fogle. They are both interns that we've had at the

[1:15:24] museum. Um, and so we are, um, just incredibly pleased to offer them

[1:15:30] employment. Uh, it's also helped out greatly because they already come

[1:15:35] pre-trained, so they've just jumped right in and and started working hours.

[1:15:40] Um, so we welcome them both. And then we have selected a candidate for a fall

[1:15:44] 2026 internship. Um, we've provided this person with a conditional offer. They're

[1:15:49] in the the midst of a background check. And so um assuming everything comes

[1:15:53] through we'll be able to offer um the firm position. Um we do have we are

[1:16:01] currently apply accepting applications for uh internships of spring 2027 and uh

[1:16:08] we usually offer two of those. So if you know any students that are interested in

[1:16:12] museum public history, historic preservation, uh etc. please have them

[1:16:17] reach out to me. I'd be happy to talk with them. Our historical society uh is

[1:16:23] on recess and they will be on recess until September the 9th. However, their

[1:16:26] committees continue to meet over the summer. So, they are still getting work

[1:16:30] done. Uh mainly preservation projects over at the Wolf House Museum. Um

[1:16:36] myself and the society administrator Jennifer Pley are currently working on

[1:16:41] the society's 2027 operating budget. Um that goes into effect on January 1st.

[1:16:46] So, if all goes well, uh it'll be presented to the board at their

[1:16:50] September board meeting. If they have any alterations or changes or

[1:16:53] suggestions, they've got a couple months uh to get those in to us and then uh by

[1:16:58] the time the society holds their annual meeting in November, uh they'll be able

[1:17:02] to vote on that and uh it'll kick into action on January 1. The society's

[1:17:07] nominating committee has also been meeting. Um there are a couple open

[1:17:11] positions on the board this year. So they will also have those

[1:17:15] recommendations hopefully by the September meeting, vote on them. Um have

[1:17:19] everything approved by the October meeting and then it'll be presented for

[1:17:22] a vote at the annual meeting in November. And then just uh as far as

[1:17:26] some upcoming events, I won't go through all of these um but some of the really

[1:17:30] important ones are weird, [clears throat] excuse me,

[1:17:35] we are still working on the America 250 time capsule. You'll notice that we've

[1:17:39] extended the deadline. We haven't had quite as much of a response as we had

[1:17:43] hoped to. So, we've extended it for a month. Um, so if you have anything that

[1:17:48] you'd like to contribute to this time capsule, please let me know. Um, or

[1:17:52] follow this link. It's just an online form at this point. Uh, we will continue

[1:17:58] um accepting items until August 30th. Uh, and then also we

[1:18:03] have a Victorian art workshop and that is um by artist Courtney Lane out of

[1:18:09] Kansas City. That's going to be on September the 12th. Registration is

[1:18:13] currently open. Um, it is done online or in person. Uh, we only are offering 25

[1:18:19] spots, so it is filling up quickly. If you know anyone that wishes to attend,

[1:18:22] please uh encourage them to sign up sooner rather than later. There will be

[1:18:27] an athome Shiitakwa event at Manhattan City Park. That's September 19th through

[1:18:31] the 20th. Well, we are not a lead on this. We are a participant. We're on the

[1:18:35] American 250 uh committee that is hosting this. So, I encourage you to

[1:18:40] come on down to City Park that weekend. It'll be from 1 until 5:00. It is free

[1:18:44] and open to the public and um where it is going to be located. Uh it's right

[1:18:48] next to the Pioneer Law Cabin and so we will have a presence there as well. Uh

[1:18:54] we have a lot of fall programs. I won't go through all of them. Um, but what

[1:19:00] probably what we get most questions about um this time of the year are our

[1:19:04] walking tours of Historic Sunset Cemetery. Uh, and it just so happens

[1:19:08] that uh we'll be doing it on October 31st this year. We are waiting on the

[1:19:12] case schedule. Uh, we won't plan anything until we know when that game

[1:19:15] is. Uh, but we will be hosting it that date. So, does anyone have any

[1:19:19] questions?

[1:19:22] » Okay. Thank you so much. Have a great day.

[1:20:02] Good morning, commissioners. Jacob Anson Riley, county council here for

[1:20:05] administrative session. Um, thankfully uh it's pretty much business as usual. I

[1:20:10] don't necessarily have any more updates than uh as I presented last week. Uh the

[1:20:15] only uh thing that I may ask is that I went ahead and submitted an email and a

[1:20:20] survey to our legislative delegates uh and candidates and I've really only

[1:20:24] received one response so far. It's only been a couple days, so that's not

[1:20:27] necessarily unheard of, but if you happen to know any u of the legislators

[1:20:32] individually, I would encourage you guys to maybe ask them to check their email

[1:20:36] and respond. Uh so that way we get some good turnout. And I'll send reminders.

[1:20:40] I'll I'll keep at them, but if I'm sure if you guys know them individually, it

[1:20:44] might also help them to get to respond. So

[1:20:48] » um other than that, I'm happy to answer any questions or uh concerns that you

[1:20:52] guys have at this time. Okay.

[1:20:57] » Thank you, Commissioners.

[1:21:04] » We have anything else?

[1:21:09] Anything?

[1:21:16] » Yes, we can. >> Okay. I guess I'll make a motion then to

[1:21:21] adjourn the August 17th meeting of the Raleigh County Commission.

[1:21:25] » Second. It's mo been moved and seconded to adjourn the August 17th meeting of

[1:21:30] the Raleigh

08/17/2026 Riley County Commission Meeting

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