[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