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Okay, welcome to the August 17th meeting
of the board of Raleigh County

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Commissioners. Stand for the pledge of
allegiance.

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I
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of America and to the republic for which
it stands. One nation under God,

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indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.

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» Okay. Do we have any public comment this
morning?

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» Seeing none, we have a commission
comments.

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» Yes. Uh
well I put Thursday afternoon but

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actually I guess it was Thursday
evening. Um tended the long awaited

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groundbreaking for the heat sanitary
sewer project. Um thought we had a

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really good turnout considering how
blistering brutally hot it was. Although

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

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in somewhere in the midst of that. So I
guess it could have been worse. Uh

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amazing after over a decade's worth of
discussion and planning this project is

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finally getting off the ground and
built. Um, huge thanks to all the

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community partners and officials that
work diligently through the years to

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finally make this necessary rural
infrastructure project and upgrade a

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

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doctor, just merely a status quo update
to see where things are and how to keep

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moving forward with some of our plans
that are in place. Uh, Saturday morning,

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attended the Riley County Republican uh,
coffee talk over at HY. at some various

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local candidates and officials available
for discussion and um updates and

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Q&As's. Had a really good number of
people in attendance as well. Gave an

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update on everything happening here at
Riley County and answered a few

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questions along the way as well. Uh
Saturday, I also had some friends come

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into town. Uh went and had lunch at
Texas Roadhouse. Um it was packed.

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

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weekend, I would say the majority of
people are back and ready to go for the

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upcoming school year. Believe it or not,
I think Kate starts this week.

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Well, school district started last week
and it's really strange the new times on

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there. I uh didn't know how many bus
stops there are in around my area.

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

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also on Saturday watched some preseason
football. Um Jaguars played the other

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night the other day on Saturday as well.
Came back to beat the Saints. I know

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it's just preseason, but it's live
football, you know. I think this next

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weekend is the last weekend without it
for a while. So, u just one of those

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first steps to fall mornings like this
morning, too, where it's relatively cool

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outside, too. Uh once again, glad to
receive some rain over the weekend.

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Sound like it stormed pretty good the
other night. Um considering how hot and

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humid it was over the last week, it's
kind of keeping everything alive.

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Obviously, the rest of the weekend I
spend at home working on some various

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things for the upcoming week, which
should prove to be busy. So, that's all

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I got.
>> Okay, Commissioner McN.

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

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groundbreaking sew for the sewer
project. Um then Friday, my wife and I

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and my brother and his wife went to C
went to Concordia.

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In the afternoon, we went to the Orphan
Train Museum.

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had a friend whose grandfather was one
of the people that came out on the

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orphan train. He talked about it so to
see it was really I mean there's some

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really educational stuff in there and I
found they pan found the panel on the

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story of his grandfather's life which
was interesting but I think he he and

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his family have made contributions
because his name is on one of the

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building their family names on one of
the buildings. Um then we went to the

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Cloud County Museum. It's um it's really
large. Has a lot of big stuff.

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» And in the evening we went to the Tyrus
show which was why we were in Concordia.

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Then coming home got to see a lot of
lightning dancing around.

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» We weren't wasn't ever right around
right on us but off in the distance

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there's all kind of lightning shows
going on.

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Um, Saturday I attended the Raleigh
County Republicans meeting for a short

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while. I was able to explain the
appraisal process to a couple of people

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who seem to appreciate the education
and then uh I later attended the fall

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lawn care class with Ray Eis figuring
out what to do with PR.

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» It keeps raining every night.

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I wanted to make a comment that his rain
dances have worked well this year, but I

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go [laughter]

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» Yeah, we didn't ask him to do it this
year, didn't we?

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» Did we? Yeah, we did.
Okay. Well, it's say Thursday after um

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our meeting, I had lunch downtown and
then packed my car with items for the

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groundbreaking wedding. Keats, we talked
about it already. It was well attended

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really hot. So we did have an informal
gathering in the shelter's meeting room

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where project managers were present to
answer questions from attendees and

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residents. There was refreshments and it
was a great start to the what's going to

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be a year-long project, a little over a
year. So I know there's going to be

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glitches along the way, but you know
it's on on its way.

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But I I did go over there a couple times
over the weekend walking my dog and

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everything was kind of where it where it
was probably because of the rain.

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Get work get to work probably today.
Um Friday afternoon I came in and

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brought I was back into the office and
then went over the agenda for today's

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meeting. Uh later I had a PT session,
picked up the lawboard packet for

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today's meeting
on that. Um Saturday I spent most

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

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proposed grant for the building remodel.
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and then I've received a number of calls
about that grant [clears throat] and I

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studied it several times to understand
the pros and cons. It's some major

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issues on it.
Um and then we have a meeting today.

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

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

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and that's all I have.

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» First item of business is
the certificate of substantial

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completion of the emergency management
remodel project.

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I make a motion to approve the chair to
sign the certificate of substantial

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completion of the emergency management
remodel project.

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» Second.
>> As moved and seconded to um approve

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uh the CRP project for the chair to sign
the certificate of substantial

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completion of the emergency management
remodel project. All in favor?

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» I
almost myself.

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They got moved over there 100% or
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[clears throat]

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Next item is a CIP project activation
form for AV equipment replacement for

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the IT department for public works.

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» I move to approve the CIP project
activation form for the AV equipment um

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public works in the amount of
$87,824.39.

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No second.
>> That's moved and seconded to approve the

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CF project activation form for the AV
equipment replacement

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uh for the um public works department in
the amount of $87,824.39.

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All in favor?

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Why is it all burned around?

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So,

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right.

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Next item, Charlie County employee
action forms for Addison Burkus, a

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status change as an intern to as needed
as an on call juvenile intake officer.

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Stephanie Rodriguez Conturus, a child
care provider in the health department

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for separation. Kimlan Ninkan, a
childare provider, health department

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separation. Taylor Hos, a child care
provider, health department separation.

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Kayen Henle, an intern in the ITGIS for
separation. I can get a motion.

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» Go ahead and make a motion to approve
the uh listed Raleigh County employee

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action forms.
>> Second. [clears throat]

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» It's been moved and seconded to approve
the Raleigh County employee action

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forms. All in favor? All right. All
right.

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Any

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changes to the August 13th meeting
minutes?

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» I move to approve the minutes of the
August 13th meeting as presented.

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» Second.
>> So moved and seconded to approve the

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minutes of the August 13th meeting as
presented. All in favor?

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» I.
>> I. Any changes to the tenative agendas?

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Any press conference topics for next
week?

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» John at 9:00.

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Oh yeah. Okay.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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» Okay.

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That's true. I don't know why.

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[clears throat]

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four of them.

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this

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Not mine.

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» Yeah. I don't know if I've seen this
one.

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» That one's in your box in our office. I
just put it in there this morning.

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» Okay.
>> But it's at Frances.

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» Yeah. Usually our the treasur's office
will let us know

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it said something about the different
people.

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» Yeah. There
>> who has

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Yeah. Bankruptcy is a whole different
game.

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I
>> think that's like the third piece of

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mail we've gotten from there.
>> From a man.

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» Usually once it kicks on, the male just
they kick it out. Oh, really? A lot.

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They burn a lot of trees down for that.

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You get these usually instant. it's
about. And this one doesn't really say

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» Oh, it doesn't. I didn't even look at
that. I'll just make copies of it.

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» Yeah.
>> It doesn't say why we're included.

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» Usually when it comes to bankruptcies,
they'll they will notice anybody who has

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even ever touched the company to make
sure you had a claim later.

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

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» Yeah. Oh,
>> I thought maybe that's where it was.

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» Well, they used to in the mall probably.
Maybe they don't have the cultural.

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» That's possible.
>> Well, that isn't a ownership. That's

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

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they think we have a claim of taxes of
some sort, they might notice that

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» taxes somehow.
Yeah.

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» [snorts]

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» Right.

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» Yeah.

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for one.
>> Yes.

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Morning.

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» Morning.

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Oh no. Yeah. Nice.

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You ready? Hey, good morning,
commissioners. John Ellererman, public

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works. This morning, I have my monthly
update. I'm a week late or Yeah. So, um,

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Winkler Mills, we we have we applied and
received

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were awarded the cost share program
monies from it. So, we're waiting for

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contracts to come in before we put that
out to bid. Um, hopefully here in the

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next couple months, we'll we'll be
advertising for bid for that project to

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go. That is still one of the projects
left on the halfsent sales tax list. Um,

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Marlad Road, we've had field checks. So,
now we're just they're going through

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those final designs. Um, looking at
getting a rideway is about the time to

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start looking at ride buying rightway.
Most of that that needs to be done for

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that project will be for the city's
sidewalks. So, county won't have to

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

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

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Um we did cancel the health department
study. So some of the brothers these

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projects on here are projects that have
been started or consultant selection and

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design have started on the bridges and
culverts for the point 2 sales tax

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projects.

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We got a couple of them. We're getting
pretty close. Um, road bridge crews

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actually did put in one two of the
culverts that were on there. Um, those

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were the pre-cast box well a pre-cast
box and a bridge on airport road was

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were was on them that point. Two sales
tax projects. Um, so that's why they're

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on the they were under the cancel the
side of road bridge was cancelled

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because we vacated that roadway.
So that that'll be taken off and we can

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maybe see where we're at and add
something here later on or um how we

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want to do that. Um
the parks

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went through the fair did fair cleanup
and now I've been trying to catch up

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with mowing and cleaning up of some of
the parks as work they started before

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fair and rain got to them. Um they were
out at Keats

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spreading mulch and getting it trying to
dress it up a little bit before we had

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our groundbreaking last week. Um there
are still quite a bit of trees and

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branches down at Fairmont that need to
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addressed somehow whether taken out,
cleaned up. Um, and we do have shelter

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material and playground equipment that
were ordered for um, Secret Dog Park and

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Secret Playground.
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gravel crew since we've been getting
some decent rains, they've been

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outgrading roads for county roads and
township roads. Um

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

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training where they spent the day in the
classroom and then um the class went out

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to a road and then practiced our were
shown techniques on grading of the

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roads. Um I we sent all um all our five
or six greater operators um and a couple

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others and then some of the townships
and counties around us brought people in

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to do to do that. So that was that was a
pretty good deal that we

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needed to do kind of refresh the guys
memories on what to do or what different

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options they have on how to grade roads.
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just cleaning up around other bridges.
They did help the city out um and repair

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the guardrail on Casement Road. It was
hit about a month ago. Um waiting to get

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steel in. We we went in and and put that
guardrail back up for them.

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Um
they're getting ready to do Oh, they

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completed the Wallsburg Road um covert
replacement. It was an RCB uh pre-cast

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

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conference today. 67th Avenue, 62nd
Avenue, low water crossing into um

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[snorts] Wildcat Park.
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anything past the low water crossing in
the park will be clo closed for two

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weeks while we do the repairs on that
crossing. Um asphalt crew have been

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shouldering, cleaning up ditches and
trimming trees. Um

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we were assisting the Grant Township
with laying the millings on their to um

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on their roads up in Total Cove area.
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the shop I've been starting to put these
on on a couple of the on these last

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couple
updates. The shops repaired oh I think

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the last two weeks a week 20 pieces of
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we're preparing to stripe sweeping up
the overlay the roads that we overlaid.

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Um they actually the striper came in
Friday, so they should be out today

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starting to do um striping on those
roads, the overlays. Um we'll they'll

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come back later and finish up to do the
sealed roads and any other roads that we

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might need done. Um, just a heads up is
the snow rodeo

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um that the guys like to attend is at
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that they may want if anybody wins they
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just giving you a heads up that might be
a last minute out of state.

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» What do they use for snow?
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» What do they use for snow?
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um obstacle course. Um, so each piece of
equipment they use, they run through an

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obstacle course, try not back up
forward, get as close to the cone as you

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can with the truck. Um, the motor
graater, they have to move stuff around

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and get around obstacle course try to
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certain ways and then the skid steer has
certain Yeah, they all have their own

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little thing.
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where they're going to have it this year
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» Still city, but not at Milford like
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» Um, open positions, the asphalt crew
position, they started this morning, so

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that's a good news. um utility tech.
We're having a heck of a time finding

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anybody interested in utility tech.
We've put ads out, of course, on Indeed

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like we have, but um a KRWA,
Real Water Association, and they're just

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not getting anything. So, we're going to
have to regroup and see what we need to

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do and how we can do that. Get better
get better response. I'm not sure why we

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can't find somebody there.
The last few we've had, we pretty much

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had to train our own. We did find one
that had some experience and it's

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working out pretty well, but everybody
up the last three two or three of them

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we've had to pretty much train in house.
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um, of course, the Keith Benefit
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Um, emergency management
remodel. Um you signed a cert well

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certificate oxopy has been issued
they're moved in you just on substantial

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completion just a formality and contract
with um the contractor and us so

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it gis we held a pre-construction on
Friday um they are set to begin next

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week so we'll hopefully we won't hear a
lot from them but we may still hear

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something and they'll start demo next
week a little bit. Um, we may have some

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delays looks like maybe April for the
generator and that equipment to come in.

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So, it'll be a couple months behind the
actual move in. But, so then with the

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generator being that delay, that'll
delay the

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the moving of the server. Mhm.
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transfer station. They burned the the
big tree pile last week, week before. Um

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they've got a compost drain is they're
getting ready to set it up. Should be

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set up this week and start using the
screener for the compost. Hopefully have

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clean a little bit cleaner compost
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we will be a little quiet for a while
with the the corridor study as they go

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through the the applications and what
type of projects or things they can do

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to help improve some of these areas of
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looks like the LEC generator will ship
the 31st of August with the transfer st

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switch being
um September 14th and right behind that

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once they get in, we'll get it
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some of the other things the office and
the crews have been work or at least

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managers have been working on GWorks
asset management program. It's been a

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little bit trying to get that all
straightened out and things working the

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way which should be um another
public um conference topic is the chips

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seal project start um next week on 25th
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and the the annual mink conference in
Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas um held

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in St. Joe every year. Um there should
be four of us planning on go to

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September 16th and 17th. And that is all
on my list. Um

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if you have any questions
and answer maybe

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» LA generate is automatic switch transfer
switch there now. Was it did it go out

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too?
>> It's there. It's outdated and

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» that's all part of the new the new and
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» relying [clears throat] and hopefully we
can schedule that right with economy

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electric to come install.

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» Okay. Thank you.

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As long as you know that.
>> Thank you.

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» Okay.
>> Because I can remind you.

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Uh oh. Cindy,
>> what's wrong?

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» Oh no, there is. Never mind. Me user
error.

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» It is. Every day is a Monday for me and
Mondays are just the worst.

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I replied to somebody's email and and
said thank you to the wrong name. I I

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just
it's a Monday.

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What is that
it term they use regard

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

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Jones at the email market. Thanks,
Cammy. Somebody emailed me back once. I

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said, "That wrong person."

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So then I I So then I apologized and she
said, "Oh, that's the wor

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I don't know exactly what it is, but
I've seen it." So that's

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Yeah. Generally from it's my error.
>> Yeah.

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» [snorts]

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» David.
>> Right. Good morning, commissioners.

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David Adams, emergency services director
with my EMS monthly update. Just for

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your knowledge, I did ask Cindy starting
in September, we can just go to 30

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minutes and I can do all of my
departments at once. I didn't do it this

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month because Russell was still in
charge in July. So, I'll have let him go

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and do the the July update. So, coming
forward, my date will have to change,

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I'm sure, but uh unless Cindy can play
her magic. So, all right. So, starting

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off with operations calls for service in
July is 433. That was down a little

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

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hot, people aren't outside as much,
students are gone, you know. Um so, but

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uh not surprising. So um call volume by
station 144 at their headquarters 144 at

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11th and points really the the
headquarter station was one that was

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down there as much out of those two. It
wasn't that uh the other station had

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picked up a lot of extra but was just it
just happened to be their month. So 63

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at uh public works, 67 at the airport
and Lville was 13. I was down quite a

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bit.
>> Um so I really don't have an answer for

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that one. It's just one of those things
other than heat. You know, in rural

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areas, you know, farmers are working
earlier, so they're getting trying to

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get out of the heat and and such. But
operations preparing for fall standby

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season, that's September 5th is coming
up, you know, and then high school and

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and all of that right behind them. So
today is a day where they're going

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through all of the event bags, getting
them put back together because we pull

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equipment off at the end of football
season that we put it back into stock so

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

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there. So they have to get those back up
and running and get them get them going

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and everything checked and signed off.
So they're starting that today actually.

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Uh our staff met with KU athletic staff
for training. Uh so did some training.

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We do it every year uh with the uh
student

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athletic trainers and and with our
athletic training staff reminding how to

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use some of the equipment that they have
that we use that we have and make sure

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it's working. Go over that with their
staff. Uh and then some of our new staff

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or even our younger younger being new
were staff. They may have done one

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standby or two last year taking them
through the facility tours reminding

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them where all the gates are, where the
maps are and and things like that. So

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that was done within the last couple
weeks. So to get our staff prepared for

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that.
Um Josh continues to work with health

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department staff over uh HIPPA exposure
control plans again to get one plan for

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everybody. So right now EMS is is
different than health departments. We

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can make them a little bit longer and
just have one plan versus having

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multiple different plans for the county.
So that's coming along well. uhus with

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interns from colleges. Thank you, Jacob.
He does a a fantastic job, uh turning

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them back around, then they go to
Elizabeth for her approval or she cleans

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things up and says, "Oh, no, no, no. We
don't do that." Or, you know, because

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things that he doesn't know and I don't
know, but she does know. Um so, um so

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thank you to all of those everybody
getting those done. It's the same with

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us at EMS as it is with the health
department and I'm sure with other

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departments as well. So we have theseus
getting them to be aligned. You know the

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the colleges have their own ideas that
don't always align with what we do. Uh

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so that's where Elizabeth comes in and
says no we don't yeah we don't give them

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complete access to everything like they
want or we don't give them a computer to

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use you know and things like that. So
that's where she comes in and saves all

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

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those turnaround pretty quick. So
Josh, Alex and I are attending the

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certified public manager course. Uh it
is really good, very intense. Uh we're

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getting a lot out of it. Um working on
our capstone projects. So it's a project

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for for your department. Uh so we all
have each our own capstone projects and

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uh uh so we're we're learning a lot,
working together. Um but it it is an

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intense program to say the least. Also
on the uh so it's good. Um this weekend

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one of our crews did a CPR AED uh
training presentation with Hope

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Ministries.
>> Um so that was well attended. Um so I

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appreciate our staff doing that. I think
that was done on Saturday

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and I met to grab the Battle of Badges
trophy as uh the smallest department we

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

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departments, but uh a shout out to our
staff who really took a lot of pride in

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

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of good banter as you could imagine
between the three agencies. So, um but

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uh it was it was good. I was happy for
him. Uh continue to work with EM and

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fire staff on transition of operations.
Uh try to get over there a couple times

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a week, just check in with Lori and Doug
and Jake and and kind of what's going on

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and had a meeting last week with Lori
and Robert uh the planner Robert Cox to

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just talk about some operational things
so I can have a better understanding of

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what they do and they understand my my
perspective. So good positive meeting.

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Um, but uh I touch base or Doug touches
base with me several times a week. Lets

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me know kind of what they're doing,
what's going on. I'll be over there

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today. I need to have him sign some
paperwork and and uh we'll touch base

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again.
Uh working on the training officer job

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description for our two departments. I
think it's pretty close to done.

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Elizabeth put it together, sent it out
to us. Uh fire and EM EMS staff signed

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off on it. So, I think just maybe a
little bit of verbiage cleanup. I don't

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I don't know. But uh I think we're
pretty well done with that. So

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Oh, okay. Well, so yeah, currently
there's one more one more piece to sign

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off on it and I'll get that done this
week.

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So EMS is preparing for radio
reprogramming as part of the contract.

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We have one left. We are waiting until
everything got settled and our radio

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systems, our our overhead systems were
up and operational. So I anticipate

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that's coming fairly quickly.
Um, I've talked a little bit about the

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

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that has contracted to come in with all
the school districts to have maps of

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their buildings with entrances um and
door numbers on them for for responders,

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EMS, fire, uh, RCPD all have access to
them. We've got them uploaded as they

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get them done into our our system for
our staff so they can see them. It's

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it's fantastic. And uh one of these days
I'll remember to bring that in to you to

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show it to you. But it's really really
neat and and and long overdue. So kudos

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to all the school districts in Riley
County for embracing this.

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Continue to work with the as the interim
health department director. Um, so we're

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working now, uh, Elizabeth is the point
person for, uh, working with the

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supervisors and the programs in the
health department to,

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

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health department staff into the into
the health department administration

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

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so I think we have another meeting again
today with with some of the leaders, but

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u, they've embraced it. They've brought
back some ideas. They sent us I know

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myself emails over the weekend. I think
Elizabeth was tagged into it as well

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with some of their ideas. We're going to
have to bring John in as the engineer to

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see what we can do, what we can't do. So
that is today, correct? Yep.

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» Our captains are finishing up the highly
effective managers program. Um, one of

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our captains is has lots of ideas.
So, um, she'll have the opportunity, I

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think, with with Josh to kind of go
through some of those, but but, uh,

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they're they're getting a lot out of it.
And I think as a county, we do a really

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good job of of identifying the right
programs for the right people. And, uh,

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this one was was certainly right right
in line with what our our our captains

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do.
We continue with the work groups as we

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can. Um, they're preparing for a
September 2026 airport drill. Uh this is

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00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:43,599
more of a Josh and Alex uh and then
emergency management and county fire. Um

422
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:50,160
so they're they're meeting regularly on
it and are preparing for it. So we had

423
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:54,599
no event standbys. So but uh that'll be
the last time I say that for about eight

424
00:53:51,599 --> 00:53:54,599
months.

425
00:53:55,040 --> 00:54:03,040
» Education. Uh last month Alex put on a
uh emergency or emergency pediatric care

426
00:54:01,359 --> 00:54:06,880
course. this month. Uh, tomorrow is
actually advanced medical life support

427
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:13,200
class. I'm going to do my best to attend
it. U so I cleared my calendar as best

428
00:54:10,240 --> 00:54:18,480
as I can. This last weekend, Alex was a
presenter at the Kansas EMS Association

429
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:23,920
conference here in town. Uh, and then uh
next month he is uh representing us at a

430
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:30,400
national conference, EMS World Expo uh
on he's going as one of their

431
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:36,240
instructors. So, but uh um they pay they
cover all costs and and such. So, but uh

432
00:54:33,839 --> 00:54:41,119
so he's I mean he's known nationally.
He's in national publications as one of

433
00:54:38,319 --> 00:54:46,559
the authors and and uh he brings back a
lot of quality information for us.

434
00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:52,079
Everything else is we just is just
continuing the data uh protocol book

435
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:55,599
things such as that. Um, and then the
only community outreach last month was

436
00:54:53,680 --> 00:55:03,079
the uh car seat check lanes, which we
continue to do once a month.

437
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:03,079
Any questions about that? Commissioners,

438
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:11,599
July stats broken down as you can see
there. Um, you know, I was Monday was

439
00:55:10,079 --> 00:55:16,079
busy, Tuesdays kind of dropped off,
which is kind of a surprise. Uh usually

440
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:20,480
Mondays and Tuesdays are pretty busy,
but uh uh pretty consistent across the

441
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:24,800
board with with the except exception of
Tuesday.

442
00:55:22,720 --> 00:55:28,640
And then as you can see, but with
students gone, you know, call volume

443
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:34,319
dropped off a little bit from 10 p.m.
through the rest of the night. So, um I

444
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:37,839
told them uh I joke with them that, you
know, enjoy that because that's about to

445
00:55:36,319 --> 00:55:41,440
end. And I think it
>> I think it already has ended. Um yeah,

446
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:44,960
from the looks of some of the staff this
morning, I think uh and looking at my

447
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:48,720
phone when I see it in the morning to
see kind of what because I get think

448
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:54,599
about every call that comes in going,
"Okay, yeah, they're they're back to

449
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:54,599
business." So,

450
00:55:55,119 --> 00:56:00,400
what I did here,
>> I think the fraternities and sororities

451
00:55:59,359 --> 00:56:02,319
were
>> Yeah. Last week was rush.

452
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:07,280
» Yeah.
>> Yep. Was rush. I saw a lot of uh dressed

453
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:10,480
up young college people parading around
and such. So, um

454
00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:12,720
» I think that's probably where you're up
to

455
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:17,040
» where where where there's rush, there's
parties.

456
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:24,640
» So, um but uh believe it or not, those
go hand in hand. So, but uh uh the top

457
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:29,839
five complaints, sick person, uh falls,
traffic incidents, breathing, and then

458
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:33,760
out of town transfers. So, but nothing
nothing surprising there. One thing you

459
00:56:31,520 --> 00:56:39,119
do notice is there's one there a lot of
times it says that the non-applicable

460
00:56:35,599 --> 00:56:43,760
and those are our our lift assists uh
you know where we go to somebody's house

461
00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:48,240
and help them house and help them. Uh
that's not on there this month. So I'm

462
00:56:46,319 --> 00:56:53,520
not quite sure what's happened there but
uh I'm I'm sure they're happy. So

463
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:56,520
» do you have any questions for me
commissioners?

464
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:04,680
All right. Thank you.

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00:57:25,359 --> 00:57:28,839
Clear the room.

466
01:00:58,160 --> 01:01:01,799
Oh, 9:30.

467
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:42,720
Okay.
>> Okay. Good morning again. John Alerman

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01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:51,040
public works and this morning I have two
notes public notices to announce this.

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01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:58,000
Um first one is the annual chip seal
projects will begin Tuesday August 25th

470
01:01:54,960 --> 01:02:06,240
and should be completed by Friday August
28th. We will be chip sealing the Welsh

471
01:02:01,599 --> 01:02:10,480
Road McDall Creek Road West 32nd Avenue.
Traffic will be allowed through these

472
01:02:08,079 --> 01:02:15,920
projects but drivers should be expect
delays up to 15 minutes. Take

473
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:20,640
alternative routes when possible and
We schedule any change due to weather

474
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:24,079
and scheduling delays. So we may
depending on weather, we may get it done

475
01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:30,559
on time or not.
>> Usually if it stays pretty warm, pretty

476
01:02:27,119 --> 01:02:35,599
simple process, especially those that do
it, guys that do it every day. Um

477
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:41,799
shouldn't take too long. So
>> you said next week, right?

478
01:02:36,960 --> 01:02:41,799
» Next 25th. Yes.

479
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:52,799
Um the second project is a covert
replacement project on West 672nd

480
01:02:48,799 --> 01:02:59,920
Avenue. Um scheduled to begin this 24th,
Monday. Um project is located about 4/10

481
01:02:56,160 --> 01:03:07,119
of a mile south of Anderson Avenue, west
62nd Avenue will be closed to traffic at

482
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:10,119
the intersection of Anderson and Wildcat
Park.

483
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:18,640
Wildcat Park Road is Wildcat Park will
be closed at the with this project. I'm

484
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:23,599
sorry, I can't read right
um closed at Anderson. Um the park will

485
01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:28,000
be closed through traffic. The homes can
get in there, but past the bridge

486
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:33,200
there's no home. So, um low water
crossing. Um project expected to be

487
01:03:31,119 --> 01:03:37,200
completed Wednesday, September 16th,
weather permitting. So, what I have

488
01:03:36,640 --> 01:03:40,440
Okay.
>> Thank you.

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01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:09,359
You can go ahead.
>> Good morning, commissioners. Katherine

490
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:14,000
Hutzler, director of Garly County
Historical Museum. Just coming to you

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01:05:11,680 --> 01:05:18,400
this morning with our staff update, and
this includes uh the most recent numbers

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01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:23,200
from July 2026.
So, uh looking at visitation and tours,

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01:05:20,799 --> 01:05:27,920
you can see we had a great month in
July. Okay. Um we had a number of events

494
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:33,119
and programs and outreach that we did.
Um so our total uh attendance numbers uh

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01:05:31,599 --> 01:05:38,559
between the museum, the Goodno House,
the Wolf House, Pioneer Law Cabin and

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01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:45,520
Programs and Outreach total 1,375
unique visitors. So um great numbers um

497
01:05:42,799 --> 01:05:50,880
one well I would say two of the things
um one is that we had our living history

498
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:55,839
days in July and we had a great
attendance with that. Um and then also

499
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:59,680
we had sunflower summer going on and we
attended the county fair. So amongst

500
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:03,680
those things that really brought our
numbers up. Um as far as volunteer

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01:06:01,839 --> 01:06:09,680
hours, we also had a great month for
volunteer service and contributions um

502
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:15,119
time. So general and interns almost 200
hours volunteer service. our historical

503
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:19,200
society's board of directors were just a
little bit of well 52 and a half hours

504
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:25,599
and then community service workers
contributed 14 hours of of uh volunteer

505
01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:30,480
service. So um again great month uh for
those numbers as well. Education and

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01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:36,240
outreach uh we did open a new temporary
exhibit on July 1st. It is called 250

507
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:43,280
years United in service.
um about um

508
01:06:40,559 --> 01:06:49,599
it's tricky because we're Kansas and
we're trying to celebrate America 250.

509
01:06:45,599 --> 01:06:54,480
Um what we decided to do is um we we've
of course connected to that early

510
01:06:52,640 --> 01:06:59,440
American history, but we wanted to tell
the story of what has been going on in

511
01:06:56,559 --> 01:07:03,920
Riley County. And we decided um really
what was important to us and and what

512
01:07:02,319 --> 01:07:08,480
we've also heard from our community is
telling stories of first responders. And

513
01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:13,440
so um what that exhibit talks about is
how Riley countians have responded in

514
01:07:11,039 --> 01:07:19,680
times of trials and tribulations whether
it's military service or if it's um

515
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:26,319
police service or um fire department,
EMS, EMTs, etc. So we um not just told

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01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:30,079
the story of the different departments
and their contributions through the

517
01:07:28,319 --> 01:07:34,559
years, but also we were able to pull out
individual stories. So if you have a

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01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:40,319
chance to come and see this exhibit, uh
it won't be up till January 3rd of 2027.

519
01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:45,039
Um
we're pretty proud of it. It looks

520
01:07:42,079 --> 01:07:49,119
great. Um we've also installed uh two
satellite exhibits. One is in the county

521
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:53,839
office building lobby and then the other
is in the courthouse.

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01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:59,280
Um, [clears throat] like I mentioned, we
hosted our living history days. That was

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01:07:55,760 --> 01:08:04,240
July 10th and 11th. We had um 204
attendees and those did include

524
01:08:01,039 --> 01:08:10,160
participants as far as um the vendors
who provided activities and hands-on

525
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:15,680
programs for the guests and of course
the public. Um, we decided initially

526
01:08:14,319 --> 01:08:22,719
when we planned it was going to be
outdoors with tents and booths. and

527
01:08:20,719 --> 01:08:27,679
you've been here for this summer. It has
been incredibly hot. So, we um we

528
01:08:25,759 --> 01:08:33,600
normally don't bring programs like this
inside. Um and you also know our space

529
01:08:31,359 --> 01:08:37,359
issues at the museum. So, we just we
kind of toyed around with the idea we

530
01:08:35,679 --> 01:08:40,719
can't leave our vendors outside. I
personally didn't want to work outside.

531
01:08:38,799 --> 01:08:44,080
Neither did my staff all weekend. And
so, we figured we're going to make it

532
01:08:42,400 --> 01:08:48,000
work. We were able to bring all of the
vendors indoors and set up booths

533
01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:52,719
throughout the exhibits. and it worked
really well. So, um I think what this

534
01:08:50,239 --> 01:08:56,719
exhibit did was not only or excuse me,
not exhibit, but the event um we were

535
01:08:55,120 --> 01:09:00,880
able to offer a new event that we had
never offered before, but we utilized

536
01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:05,359
our space in a in a manner that we have
kind of always set up as a challenge. Um

537
01:09:03,359 --> 01:09:10,080
and it worked out very very well. So,
what we are going to do, we're really

538
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:13,279
the turnout. Um we do plan on making
this an annual event, but we're going to

539
01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:17,920
shift it to the fall to where it's more
of a harvest festival. And so, uh, we

540
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:22,319
will not be doing it this fall, but
we'll be doing it in the fall of 2027.

541
01:09:20,319 --> 01:09:26,159
So, keep keep an eye on that. We'll make
announcements probably early in 2027

542
01:09:24,640 --> 01:09:30,400
about it. But we're incredibly happy
with the turnout. We had wonderful

543
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:34,159
vendors um who came out and provided
programming and did that all at no cost.

544
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:38,480
So, it was a really great way to connect
with their community as well. Um, we've

545
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:42,960
also had a couple programs throughout
the month. Um, in on July 14th, we did a

546
01:09:41,279 --> 01:09:47,679
drinks and thanks with Arrow Cocktail
Lounge. Again, this one was titled A

547
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:53,359
toast to Harry Wear where um these are
have become um very popular. 80 people

548
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:57,679
attended this and um Melanie is great.
She packs the house. So, there will be

549
01:09:56,159 --> 01:10:01,600
another one that we've planned with them
in the fall. Um we're doing this now

550
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,480
about two to three times a year with
with Arrow Cocktail Lounge. Um we also

551
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:12,480
attended, like I mentioned, the county
fair. Uh I don't have the exact numbers

552
01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:16,719
for the full fair attendance. Um but at
our booth we counted 126 people that

553
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:21,280
popped in. So that is a good number for
us. Uh we also hosted another history on

554
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:26,800
the road. This one was in Ogden and it
was uh presented by Pat Collins. We had

555
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:31,040
31 attendees. Um really great evening
just of information sharing but also

556
01:10:29,199 --> 01:10:35,360
memory sharing and a lot of conversation
just about the history of Ogden. Um

557
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:39,199
we've been really proud and pleased with
the turnout for these history on the

558
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:43,360
road programs. We do still feel that
there's what we we can't just do history

559
01:10:41,760 --> 01:10:47,840
on the road and go out of town and we
can't just do only in Manhattan. We've

560
01:10:45,280 --> 01:10:52,159
we've got to find a nice balance of um
getting to all of the communities. But

561
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:57,760
uh this was uh a new program that we
introduced for America 250 and so far

562
01:10:54,640 --> 01:11:01,760
we've been very pleased with it. Um we
also hosted a number of special group

563
01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:06,320
tours throughout the month of July uh at
the museum and the Goodno House. Uh and

564
01:11:04,239 --> 01:11:11,280
then like I mentioned, Sunflower Summer
has taken place. It ran from July 7th

565
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:14,960
through August 8th. We counted 66
attendees. However, because it is

566
01:11:12,880 --> 01:11:20,320
tracked by an app, the state will be
getting us uh final numbers. So, we

567
01:11:17,679 --> 01:11:24,800
don't have a really um technological
system for tracking guests. We just have

568
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:28,800
a tally system as people come in. And
so, um we are looking forward to that

569
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:33,600
digital tracking um through the app
that'll be provided to us. As far as

570
01:11:31,679 --> 01:11:37,920
collections, um we have been working
really hard this summer to clean out

571
01:11:35,679 --> 01:11:42,640
storage spaces and those are the storage
spaces at the museum as well as off-site

572
01:11:40,239 --> 01:11:47,040
storage. Um while it might not seem like
a lot, we have been able to clean up

573
01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:51,440
approximately 850 square feet in the
museum. But when you think about it,

574
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:55,840
that 850 square feet has a bunch of
shelves and on those shelves could be

575
01:11:53,120 --> 01:12:00,400
hundreds to thousands of artifacts. So,
um, to be able to clear up that much

576
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:04,239
space, uh, is a good step in the right
direction for us. And you'll see with

577
01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:08,080
our numbers, um, you know, not
necessarily with the incoming donations

578
01:12:05,920 --> 01:12:12,080
and the individual objects donated.
Those are kind of standard for us, but

579
01:12:09,760 --> 01:12:18,320
the backlog is really starting to pick
up. So, uh, in the month of July this

580
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:23,040
year, uh, we were able to go through 143
um,

581
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:27,199
actual objects processed um, from
backlog. And then, [clears throat]

582
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:31,199
excuse me, archives and library. Our
summer intern has been working

583
01:12:28,719 --> 01:12:37,920
diligently with the phone directories
and yearbooks. And um so as he was going

584
01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:42,239
through them, we found that over 200 of
that 200 objects in that collection u

585
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:47,280
they're in our collection, but they have
never been accessioned. So he was able

586
01:12:44,159 --> 01:12:53,760
to facilitate um the update and upgrade
with our records uh with the assistance

587
01:12:49,440 --> 01:12:59,440
of the curators and um to date from the
time I sent this report in uh he's

588
01:12:56,239 --> 01:13:04,159
processed 250 directories and 159
yearbooks and so he's been doing a great

589
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:10,400
job. His internship will however come to
a conclusion um this week. August 22nd

590
01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:13,679
is his last day with us.
You [clears throat] can see the the

591
01:13:11,679 --> 01:13:17,920
numbers as far as uh what kind of
research requests and appointments and

592
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:23,520
photo permission requests took place
during July 2026. It's a very standard

593
01:13:20,719 --> 01:13:28,159
month. There's nothing exceptional um to
note there.

594
01:13:25,679 --> 01:13:32,880
Uh building and grounds. Now, this is a
a great announcement. We finally are

595
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:37,120
moving forward with the window and door
restoration project with the Goodnill

596
01:13:34,719 --> 01:13:42,640
House. And so, this is a state property.
However, um that 1996ou

597
01:13:40,400 --> 01:13:47,120
put all of us in the mix as far as how
we manage and monitor this site. So, um

598
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:51,440
Kansas Historical Society owns the
property. They take care of any of the

599
01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:56,000
capital needs. And so, windows and doors
are a capital need. Um they are funding

600
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:59,641
this entirely. And so, there's um no
cost that's going to be subjected to the

601
01:13:57,840 --> 01:14:03,199
county or the or our Riley
[clears throat] County Historical

602
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:06,880
Society. Uh but this is great news. It
has been something we've been working on

603
01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:11,040
at least for three years. funding
finally came through. The contractor has

604
01:14:08,719 --> 01:14:16,159
been lined up. Uh John Wood of Woodworks
Restoration who has done a lot of work

605
01:14:12,960 --> 01:14:22,159
for us in the past. Um with our historic
properties, um an excellent contractor

606
01:14:18,480 --> 01:14:26,080
who we trust. Um hopefully if all goes
as planned, um this work will start

607
01:14:24,320 --> 01:14:30,640
within the next two weeks and will be
concluded by the end of October. So, uh,

608
01:14:28,719 --> 01:14:34,880
what John is intending to do is he's
only going to do about two rooms at a

609
01:14:32,560 --> 01:14:40,880
time so we do not have to close the the
Goodno house for tours. So, um, we will

610
01:14:37,920 --> 01:14:45,440
be securing just those two rooms being
worked on and we can continue safely

611
01:14:42,719 --> 01:14:50,400
with visitation. Uh, if anything should
change, um, I will be in charge of, uh,

612
01:14:48,159 --> 01:14:53,600
getting the word out and marketing. Um,
and so if we do have to close, we will

613
01:14:52,159 --> 01:14:58,880
make sure the community knows about
that. I will just keep you posted on the

614
01:14:56,080 --> 01:15:02,159
progress there. But um that is a a great
need. I don't know uh when the last time

615
01:15:00,880 --> 01:15:06,880
was that you were there, but you've
probably noticed our windows and doors

616
01:15:04,080 --> 01:15:12,719
on that building are just deteriorating
and really need some attention.

617
01:15:10,480 --> 01:15:18,320
Staffing. Um in the [clears throat] last
month, we were able to fill uh the as

618
01:15:16,000 --> 01:15:23,280
needed museum positions and we hired two
individuals to fill those hours, Robin

619
01:15:20,880 --> 01:15:29,040
Imbo and Sydney Bray Fogle. They are
both interns that we've had at the

620
01:15:24,960 --> 01:15:33,120
museum. Um, and so we are, um, just
incredibly pleased to offer them

621
01:15:30,719 --> 01:15:37,840
employment. Uh, it's also helped out
greatly because they already come

622
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pre-trained, so they've just jumped
right in and and started working hours.

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Um, so we welcome them both. And then we
have selected a candidate for a fall

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2026 internship. Um, we've provided this
person with a conditional offer. They're

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01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:57,360
in the the midst of a background check.
And so um assuming everything comes

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01:15:53,600 --> 01:16:03,600
through we'll be able to offer um the
firm position. Um we do have we are

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01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:10,480
currently apply accepting applications
for uh internships of spring 2027 and uh

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01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:14,560
we usually offer two of those. So if you
know any students that are interested in

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01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:19,199
museum public history, historic
preservation, uh etc. please have them

630
01:16:17,679 --> 01:16:24,800
reach out to me. I'd be happy to talk
with them. Our historical society uh is

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on recess and they will be on recess
until September the 9th. However, their

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01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:32,640
committees continue to meet over the
summer. So, they are still getting work

633
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:39,120
done. Uh mainly preservation projects
over at the Wolf House Museum. Um

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01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:44,640
myself and the society administrator
Jennifer Pley are currently working on

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01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:48,880
the society's 2027 operating budget. Um
that goes into effect on January 1st.

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So, if all goes well, uh it'll be
presented to the board at their

637
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:55,840
September board meeting. If they have
any alterations or changes or

638
01:16:53,679 --> 01:17:00,320
suggestions, they've got a couple months
uh to get those in to us and then uh by

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01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:04,719
the time the society holds their annual
meeting in November, uh they'll be able

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01:17:02,159 --> 01:17:09,600
to vote on that and uh it'll kick into
action on January 1. The society's

641
01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:13,760
nominating committee has also been
meeting. Um there are a couple open

642
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:16,800
positions on the board this year. So
they will also have those

643
01:17:15,120 --> 01:17:20,960
recommendations hopefully by the
September meeting, vote on them. Um have

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01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:24,320
everything approved by the October
meeting and then it'll be presented for

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a vote at the annual meeting in
November. And then just uh as far as

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01:17:26,719 --> 01:17:33,173
some upcoming events, I won't go through
all of these um but some of the really

647
01:17:30,719 --> 01:17:37,360
important ones are weird,
[clears throat] excuse me,

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we are still working on the America 250
time capsule. You'll notice that we've

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01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:45,920
extended the deadline. We haven't had
quite as much of a response as we had

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01:17:43,520 --> 01:17:49,679
hoped to. So, we've extended it for a
month. Um, so if you have anything that

651
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:54,880
you'd like to contribute to this time
capsule, please let me know. Um, or

652
01:17:52,719 --> 01:18:00,880
follow this link. It's just an online
form at this point. Uh, we will continue

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01:17:58,159 --> 01:18:07,280
um accepting items
until August 30th. Uh, and then also we

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01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:11,120
have a Victorian art workshop and that
is um by artist Courtney Lane out of

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01:18:09,679 --> 01:18:16,000
Kansas City. That's going to be on
September the 12th. Registration is

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01:18:13,520 --> 01:18:21,199
currently open. Um, it is done online or
in person. Uh, we only are offering 25

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01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:25,040
spots, so it is filling up quickly. If
you know anyone that wishes to attend,

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01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:29,520
please uh encourage them to sign up
sooner rather than later. There will be

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01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:33,840
an athome Shiitakwa event at Manhattan
City Park. That's September 19th through

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01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:38,560
the 20th. Well, we are not a lead on
this. We are a participant. We're on the

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01:18:35,679 --> 01:18:42,320
American 250 uh committee that is
hosting this. So, I encourage you to

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01:18:40,159 --> 01:18:46,800
come on down to City Park that weekend.
It'll be from 1 until 5:00. It is free

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01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:52,000
and open to the public and um where it
is going to be located. Uh it's right

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01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:56,800
next to the Pioneer Law Cabin and so we
will have a presence there as well. Uh

665
01:18:54,640 --> 01:19:02,159
we have a lot of fall programs. I won't
go through all of them. Um, but what

666
01:19:00,159 --> 01:19:06,159
probably what we get most questions
about um this time of the year are our

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01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:10,159
walking tours of Historic Sunset
Cemetery. Uh, and it just so happens

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01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:14,400
that uh we'll be doing it on October
31st this year. We are waiting on the

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01:19:12,239 --> 01:19:17,840
case schedule. Uh, we won't plan
anything until we know when that game

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01:19:15,840 --> 01:19:22,760
is. Uh, but we will be hosting it that
date. So, does anyone have any

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01:19:19,760 --> 01:19:22,760
questions?

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01:19:22,880 --> 01:19:29,080
» Okay. Thank you so much. Have a great
day.

673
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:08,320
Good morning, commissioners. Jacob Anson
Riley, county council here for

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01:20:05,360 --> 01:20:11,840
administrative session. Um, thankfully
uh it's pretty much business as usual. I

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01:20:10,239 --> 01:20:17,760
don't necessarily have any more updates
than uh as I presented last week. Uh the

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01:20:15,440 --> 01:20:22,880
only uh thing that I may ask is that I
went ahead and submitted an email and a

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01:20:20,239 --> 01:20:26,400
survey to our legislative delegates uh
and candidates and I've really only

678
01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:29,840
received one response so far. It's only
been a couple days, so that's not

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01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:34,800
necessarily unheard of, but if you
happen to know any u of the legislators

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01:20:32,640 --> 01:20:38,560
individually, I would encourage you guys
to maybe ask them to check their email

681
01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:42,719
and respond. Uh so that way we get some
good turnout. And I'll send reminders.

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01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:47,520
I'll I'll keep at them, but if I'm sure
if you guys know them individually, it

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01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:50,400
might also help them to get to respond.
So

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01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:55,520
» um other than that, I'm happy to answer
any questions or uh concerns that you

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01:20:52,480 --> 01:21:01,159
guys have at this time.
Okay.

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01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:01,159
» Thank you, Commissioners.

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01:21:04,239 --> 01:21:07,960
» We have anything else?

688
01:21:09,280 --> 01:21:12,280
Anything?

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01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:23,760
» Yes, we can.
>> Okay. I guess I'll make a motion then to

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01:21:21,440 --> 01:21:27,760
adjourn the August 17th meeting of the
Raleigh County Commission.

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01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:32,640
» Second. It's mo been moved and seconded
to adjourn the August 17th meeting of

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the Raleigh