[3:25] Yeah,
[3:28] like to call the meeting to order
and
[3:36] have a flight
[3:41] to the flag of the United States of
America
[3:47] stands one nation.
God indivisible.
[3:59] » Okay.
>> Reminders before we get going, please
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>> You guys want to come on up?
[4:28] » Sure. Sure.
[4:38] » I've just got here just basically what
we're going to talk about. Just a
[4:41] something for you to keep as well.
[4:49] Thank you.
>> Thank you for your time. Thank you for
[4:53] having us today. We appreciate it.
Appreciate you. We'll be brief but to
[4:57] the point. Uh we want to tell you a
little bit about pooling. I'm Colin Holt
[5:00] House. Uh I'm the COO and staff council
at Kwork. Our offices are out at Topeka.
[5:06] » And I'm I'm Monty Parish. Uh I am a
safety consultant for Kwork.
[5:11] And if we reference some of the page
numbers are in the upper right so it
[5:15] makes it easy to follow along but um
just a little bit about Kwork. What is
[5:19] Kwork? Um we're a pool an insurance
self-funded pool. Uh we all KW work does
[5:26] is work comp. We're only on the work
comp side. um established in the early
[5:31] 90s uh under the Kansas Municipal Group
Funded Pool Act and there's a number for
[5:36] the statute there. Um dedicated to
exclusively Kansas counties. So our
[5:42] membership consists of 88 Kansas
counties. Um we we threw in our picture
[5:48] there. That's us with KAC and KAMP at
our annual picnic. First annual picnic.
[5:54] And uh of course KA camp is is a sister
pool that does property and casualty and
[5:59] then KAC is a Kansas association of
counties that have the conference in
[6:03] December every year. Uh phase three um
KWorks county owned uh owned and
[6:09] directed by the members through an
elected board of trustees. So you can't
[6:14] you can't really get more local than it
being the counties themselves. Um, it's
[6:19] administrated uh by administered by my
boss, Jim Parish. And then that's me
[6:24] under there, Colin. And uh Nicole uh
Jarbo Paxton, she does all of our
[6:30] underwriting back at the office. And
Brandon Man is our environmental safe
[6:36] safety and health VP that uh supervises
our board safety consulting.
[6:42] Page four, we've got a nice little map
here. The way the the membership runs
[6:47] with the board of trustees for Kamp is
uh you could think of it the state
[6:52] busted up into a quadrant uh and there's
there's four from each region and then
[6:57] there's three trustees that are elected
at large. So that we try to get, you
[7:02] know, good membership or uh
representation across the whole state.
[7:07] Uh and here on page five, if you want to
flip over to the next one, you'll see
[7:10] the the pink counties and the and the
little bit darker almost like a red
[7:14] counties. the the uh those are the
counties that are under KWwork. The
[7:19] darker red is where uh our trustees are
currently located. Um a lot of the ones
[7:25] that you'll even see there in white are
mostly uh for the most part a lot of the
[7:29] bigger counties that self-insure and and
don't need a service uh or or couldn't
[7:34] use a service like Kwork um because uh
they do self-insure which is good for
[7:38] them. It's wonderful. Um the uh as you
see most of the state is with us and
[7:46] then and uh you got a lot of people
around you that are your neighbors. If
[7:49] you wanted to talk to somebody sort of
about what it's like to be with Kwork
[7:53] and you didn't have to hear it from a
person who works for Kwork, you could
[7:56] talk to some of your neighbors if you'd
like and and uh see what it's like with
[7:59] us. Uh on the next page is just
[8:10] » Oh, I mean on the next page
>> on page five
[8:13] » that
>> in the yellow line.
[8:15] » Yeah, that's a typo on the top part of
that yellow over McFersonen. It should
[8:20] Thank you for pointing that out. We'll
get it fixed. It it should go over and
[8:24] up.
>> Oh yeah. Sorry. My my fault. I see what
[8:28] you're asking about now.
>> You're like, why did they get circled
[8:34] in?
>> Sound like a gold star.
[8:36] » What do we have to do to get
>> Yeah. Uh on page six, all that is is it
[8:41] just an easier alphabetical way for you
to look at everybody who's under us.
[8:45] There's also a few other um we have
like, you know, an airport authority and
[8:49] a few other things other than some
counties um that we also cut.
[8:54] » All right. over on page seven.
>> Um, Kwork by the members being the pool
[9:00] themselves, uh, it's it's as local as
you could keep u the the, uh, workers
[9:06] comp insurance. So, like a traditional
market insurance company pays a an agent
[9:11] a commission. We have salaries, of
course, but we don't pay commissions.
[9:15] the the funds and the profits and the
revenue stays in the pool and those
[9:19] trustees decide, you know, how and where
it's it's going to be spent for the most
[9:24] part. But a lot of times what'll happen
is if you're trying to keep the business
[9:28] local or a county says they want to keep
business local, they might keep a
[9:32] certain slice of the pie, like a small
10% or so. That that is the the
[9:38] insurance uh agents commission, but a
good 90% of the profits and revenues
[9:43] will likely go to some large uh
insurance company out of state often.
[9:47] And the pool, we love to keep the money
in Kansas working for Kansas counties.
[9:55] And there's our trustees. Just in case
you see any familiar faces or um any
[10:00] neighbors, we got S on the top left
Sandy Barton, Stanton County Clerk. Then
[10:06] Wayne Wilk is our president. Tally
County Commissioner and Julie Dunl is
[10:12] from Jefferson County. She's our uh VP.
And then there's Chelsea Schmidt from
[10:18] Morris County. She's a clerk and then
she serves as KWworks controller.
[10:23] Mike Cleveland's a commissioner from
Cloud County, serves as the secretary.
[10:28] George Pretz is uh from Miami County and
Stan Makavoys from Decar County. He's a
[10:34] commissioner as well.
Those uh com commissioners compose four
[10:41] different uh committees and they meet
quarterly. The uh the trustees meet once
[10:47] a month, but the committees will meet
quarterly. And personnel committee goes
[10:52] over and reviews staff personnel issues
or things related to staff personnel.
[10:57] The investment committee what it sounds
like it it manages the finances of the
[11:02] pool and makes recommendations for the
rest of the trustees to vote on
[11:06] regarding the the dollar signs part of
it. Uh the audit committee oversees the
[11:11] the annual audit that a third party
conducts for us just to make sure all
[11:15] the paperwork and financial documents
and everything are are squared away. And
[11:20] then we have a nominating committee as
well. Um, just so there is a a method
[11:26] and a forum for nominating new trustee
members because just like anything it
[11:32] churns and revolves every so often and
you always want to have good people that
[11:36] are interested in possibly serving
someday and know who those know who
[11:40] those folks are. Um, on page 10 we've
got that's the whole Kwork team, the
[11:46] staff. Jim up there on the top left,
that's me of course. Uh that's Brandon
[11:51] Man um our senior VP for environmental
health and safety. That's Nicole um our
[11:57] VP for underwriting. Then on the bottom
you have four gentlemen
[12:03] uh that all report to Brandon. You've
got Monty, Andy Brooks, uh Sean Harold,
[12:09] and Ben Wner. They're all environmental
uh safety and health uh consultants, and
[12:15] they travel they travel the state all
all the time, week in and week out. uh
[12:20] putting on some trainings and different
things that Monty will tell you about
[12:22] here shortly. Um but it's Kwork is a
partnership and we're there to provide
[12:28] services for the counties um for free
with their membership policy and um
[12:36] they're all aimed at keeping workers
safe and helping reduce claims severity
[12:40] and frequency um which nobody wants to
see anybody get hurt. So, but we have a
[12:45] lot of programs that help assist with
that.
[12:47] » We do. We do. Um, on the next page, this
is just the guys again, but we like to
[12:51] put the health and safety team sort of
by themselves so you get an idea of
[12:55] especially the guy up top there,
Brandon. Um, you know, if you were to be
[12:58] a part of Kwork, he's our boss and he's
always out following around what we're
[13:02] doing checking in on counties. So, it's
not just us. Um, but the other guys, uh,
[13:07] we we have the whole state split. So,
each of us have around 22 counties, uh,
[13:11] 21 22 counties. And, um, I am the
gentleman in your area. Um, so if you
[13:17] got to got with KWork, you would be
hanging out with me. Um, over on the
[13:21] next page, I really was where I'll talk
to you a little bit about what why you
[13:24] get uh services from KW, what what
environmental health and safety as it
[13:29] pertains to Kwork does for you as a
service. So these safety trainings um
[13:34] that are down here on this page. So our
defensive driving course uh the forklift
[13:39] uh safety and the road and bridge uh
safety uh those are some certification
[13:43] classes. So, like the defensive driving,
we can come out and we teach that to
[13:47] anybody in the county that wants to. Um,
the forklift safety horse is a good one
[13:52] because the Kansas Department of Labor
likes to see forklift certifications. If
[13:57] they come walking into one of your
buildings, they want to see those cards.
[14:00] Well, the what you get from Kwork uh
supply, you know, uh uh
[14:06] is is enough is what will pass. And then
we have uh the road and bridge safety.
[14:11] we can really tailor safety
presentations to issues in your county.
[14:15] Um, so we have the general ones that we
do, but if you were to call me and tell
[14:19] me that you're having issues with
certain things, can you please come out
[14:22] and talk about this? Or we want to
really talk about workplace safety and
[14:26] so we'll do work ergonomics and all
those things for like an office
[14:30] building. We can do all that stuff too.
So we have our base of what we teach,
[14:34] which is those three courses and then
lots of other uh things that are
[14:37] available to you. Um I we have written
there that KDOL compliance that's that's
[14:42] why that's there for the forklift
certification. Um if you've got the
[14:47] Department of Labor getting ready to
come out uh and they give you a call you
[14:51] can call me and I'll come out and I'll
do a walk through before the Kansas
[14:55] Department of Labor comes through. And
so hopefully we catch a few things
[14:59] before they do before they come tack you
over the head. Right? So, think of if
[15:04] you were to come with Kwork, think of
the environmental health and safety team
[15:06] and somebody like me as a service for
you. Okay? I'm not going to be trying to
[15:10] give you work. I'm going to come try to,
you know, give you a give you a hand. On
[15:14] the next page here, u it kind of just
gives a little uh a few more
[15:19] descriptions of the other things we do.
So, our our services that we
[15:22] specifically do is I'm going to be in
your county or whoever you were to have
[15:26] would be in your county at a minimum
three times a year to come through and
[15:29] do building inspections for you. Um, we
also will do any of that safety
[15:34] training. Uh, all of the visits, all the
safety training are all at no extra
[15:39] cost. These are all services that are
just part of your membership with K. Um,
[15:43] at the bottom there, these are other
things that we do to try to really
[15:47] actually bring down injuries and try to
bring down costs for your county. So,
[15:53] helping you organize whether you have
the um staff to have a designated safety
[15:58] coordinator. Not everybody does, but
what most counties do have the ability
[16:02] to do is at least get a safety committee
together. And what a safety committee
[16:06] can do is do two things. We can be
unfortunately we're going to have to
[16:11] react to some things, but we can also be
proactive to things that are happening.
[16:14] So they meet monthly, discuss injuries,
maybe we look at what's been going on.
[16:20] What do we need to focus on? You know,
maybe it's seat belts. Maybe it's we're
[16:24] jumping out of the backs of beds of
trucks and turning knees. let's let's
[16:27] stop doing that. Just different stuff
like that. Um and then at the bottom, uh
[16:33] we we'll come out and do safety meetings
with your folks too, you know, as
[16:37] getting something like that started
takes time. Um and a lot of times they
[16:41] already have a lot to do and so they're
like, "You're
[16:45] just giving me more work and I already
am under it." Well, I'll come out and
[16:50] help you get it started and get it going
because the idea is something like the
[16:53] safety committee when it runs. I don't
need your department heads to be in
[16:57] charge of that. They're already in
charge of too much. But somebody that
[16:59] they trust right under him, whether it's
the health department or the road
[17:03] bridge, that's the person that we're
looking for. Somebody that you trust,
[17:07] somebody that you like that that has the
best intentions uh of your county
[17:10] department. So, that's a good little
overview on what the environmental
[17:13] health and safety team does.
>> Okay. Just a few more things here we'd
[17:17] like to tell you about. There are some
sidebar uh benefits on page 14. We've
[17:22] Kwork has some scholarships. So one is
called poet post offer employment
[17:27] testing where K work pays up to $75 or
half the cost of depending depending on
[17:34] the overall cost of the testing uh of
the POE testing. So um post offer
[17:40] employment testing, it's good to know
and get an assessment. uh Kansas Jail
[17:44] Training. We provide $250 each for up to
three employees per member county to
[17:50] attend the Kansas Jail Training Academy
and the Kansas Jail Association
[17:55] Supervisory Training. Uh that's per
county per year. And then another one is
[17:59] the Kansas Sheriff's Association jail
training scholarship um which covers
[18:05] it's an affiliated training support
specifically targeted at environmental
[18:09] health and safety and operational risk
as they relate to a sheriff's
[18:13] department. Now on the 15th slide here I
mentioned uh the trustees have monthly
[18:20] meetings. Um it's all about
accountability um and integrity.
[18:26] Uh all financial transactions are
reported and the the board reviews the
[18:30] financials much like many not forprofit
that you see that runs um with a board.
[18:36] Checks over $10,000 must be co-signed by
a trustee and the executive director.
[18:41] So, anytime a lot of money is being
spent, it's definitely being looked
[18:44] over.
>> Uh, we have a thirdparty claims review
[18:47] company I'll I'll tell you a little bit
about in a minute. They're called
[18:50] Mariner. Um, loss prevention review. Um,
Kwork staff does that as well as as
[18:57] Mariner. And then the quarterly
financials and a claims report uh are
[19:02] always made available to members, but uh
members will find those claims reports
[19:07] helpful a lot of times because you tend
to see trends in certain areas. And just
[19:11] like Bonnie said, if everybody's getting
hurt doing something similar, it' be a
[19:14] good thing to probably train on that.
And then uh he mentioned the three times
[19:19] a year regular meetings and inspections.
Um but they'll also come out anytime
[19:24] anytime you have something where you
need a custom tailor. they just need a
[19:27] little bit of a heads up
>> and really and truly that is exactly how
[19:30] we work. Come out anytime.
>> Uh slide 16 a little bit more on on
[19:35] Kwork. Um we carry a a specific excess
and aggregate insurance. So it's called
[19:41] Safety National is the company we get
that through and any claims that go over
[19:46] 850,000
the [snorts] secondary insurance through
[19:49] Safety National kicks in and and starts
paying for it. Um that's that's just
[19:53] another way of protecting member
counties from catastrophic claims that
[19:57] are very high like that. Uh and then on
the bottom that last bullet is just
[20:02] something important to note. Um Kworks
never had an assessment on the pool
[20:07] since its inception in the early 90s. So
um an assessment would be like an extra
[20:13] fee charge levied on members um to cover
some type of funding shortfalls. We
[20:19] we've never had to do it and uh the
financials are strong so hopefully we
[20:24] never will even have to consider it. Um
17th slide, Mariner. Mariner is our
[20:29] third party administrator that uh Amanda
Chamberlain is their person who does
[20:35] lost time injuries and Jenny Mitchell um
covers medicalonly injuries and what
[20:40] they do is manage those cases. They work
closely with uh uh with the pool's uh
[20:46] attorney and uh she they provide
excellent c customer service. The whole
[20:50] thing is taking care of the employee but
also getting them to heal as quickly as
[20:55] possible and then hopefully getting them
to work as back as possible. The
[21:00] statistics, the longer you stay out of
work after you get hurt, the statistics
[21:04] are usually not that good for a quick
recovery after that. Um which makes
[21:08] perfect sense. I mean, the more serious
it is, the longer it takes, but they uh
[21:14] they handle disposition of claims on a
full and final basis. So, this is what
[21:19] they're going for. So, they're
constantly reviewing the boards,
[21:23] reviewing our cases with them, and uh
making action plans that go from there.
[21:29] » Yeah, Amanda and Jenny are extremely
popular um with our whoever it might be
[21:33] in whatever county. It's not always the
clerk's responsibility. um you know
[21:37] maybe HR but they are extremely popular
with our with our member counties. Um so
[21:42] on the next page, page 18 here um this
is a really great view of how long
[21:48] people have been with Kwork. Kind of
gives you an idea of people coming and
[21:52] going. [clears throat] Do people really
trust you? Are you Well, if you take a
[21:56] look here, most of the members we have
have been with us over 20 years. Um, and
[22:00] so many that that come really leave
because the services that you get along
[22:05] with the the rates that you get is
really going to be hard to find once you
[22:09] get used to what Kwork does. No one else
will provide that kind of stuff for you.
[22:14] Um, and so, uh, we we like to give you
this visual of those who have been with
[22:19] us for a long time because, uh, if you
want
[22:23] an accounting for Kwork's record, I
think it speaks for itself in a way when
[22:27] you look at how how long some of those
people have been there. And then you
[22:30] even have look at all the charter
members that have been there since the
[22:33] day that Kwork, you know, came into uh,
came into existence. So, uh, Kwork has
[22:39] retained people because because it does
what it says it will do. Okay? And
[22:43] that's that's one of the main reasons
why it retains so many members. This
[22:47] page um I we like to leave this here
because I like to remind you that Kwork
[22:51] truly only exists because of its
members. Um really and point it back
[22:56] because if bull didn't exist, there'd be
no comp no paid work. So
[23:00] when Kwork is your workers comp company,
you not only get a workers's
[23:04] compensation company, but you also get a
service. You also get somebody who's
[23:08] going to come to your county, who's
going to care about your county. My pops
[23:12] went to community college here before he
went to K State. So I mean I've got my
[23:15] mom's from Cedar Veil and my dad's from
Great Bend. So from out in this
[23:19] direction. Um and we love Kansas. We
love all the counties in Kansas. And
[23:23] that's one of the main reasons why we
put this page here is because we want to
[23:27] remind everybody that the only reason
that we're here is because of our
[23:30] members. So u with that do we do we have
questions so far? Uh and the test will
[23:36] be in just a few moments.
It's multiple choice.
[23:41] » Thank you.
>> Yeah. Select the best.
[23:44] » Multiple answers may be correct.
>> Yeah. I I know that's a ton of
[23:49] information and we don't expect you
necessarily to remember all of that
[23:52] right off the top, but what we want to
do is we want to get in your mind and we
[23:55] want you to think about us when you're
getting ready to go shopping, okay?
[23:59] About somebody who will come out and
take good care of you.
[24:01] » Um I did have a question. So, um if
there is a claim, how does that
[24:06] » how does it work?
>> Yeah, like a quick summary. you don't
[24:08] have to take me through each step, but
how does that flow?
[24:11] » So, that's the best part about like
Amanda and Jenny. Yeah.
[24:13] » What we do once you come on with Kwork
is they'll establish that relationship
[24:17] with you in your county.
>> You pick up the phone and call.
[24:20] » Okay.
>> Um that's the other great thing about
[24:23] Kwork is like if you call our office,
it's not an automated message for one,
[24:28] for two. You're only looking for like
nine people, you know? It's not like
[24:32] there's some gigantic corporate office
somewhere where there's a bunch of
[24:34] people who you don't know that are
running numbers and it's just a it's a
[24:38] company that if you need Nicole, you can
call Nicole and she'll answer the phone.
[24:42] You have really good access to the
underwriter, to the claims adjusters. Um
[24:46] like I said, Amanda and Jenny, I mean,
maybe some of the best at what they do
[24:51] um that I've ever known.
>> We get compliments all the time on their
[24:54] communication, their promptness, getting
back with people. And we've had some
[24:58] members that, you know, have gone with
private insurance and and struggled with
[25:02] that. It was a different person every
time they called or the left hand didn't
[25:06] know what the right was doing. You know,
it's Amanda and Jenny with us and that's
[25:10] who you get and they're good.
>> And what they'll do with you if you'd
[25:13] like is set up a a provider. So, we have
a system. So, when somebody gets
[25:17] injured, we know exactly what happens.
We know where they go. She knows where
[25:21] they go. She has an Amanda. And so you
really, she might already even know
[25:25] about it if they've already been to the
hospital before the stuff has even come
[25:29] in. So that's the great part about it is
is you're only dealing with so few
[25:32] people. There's not a lot of webs going
every like so claims
[25:36] » just getting them like
>> claims are super direct.
[25:39] » Super direct. Yeah.
>> And if you think of any questions as you
[25:43] look stuff over, our contact information
is on the cover and then the last page
[25:47] in there. Um, so please feel free to
reach out. And again, we thank you for
[25:52] your time. Thank you for having us and
letting us tell you a little bit about
[25:55] pooling and Kwork.
>> You guys get a percentage or a flat
[25:59] rate?
>> We're just We don't uh like commission
[26:02] wise, we don't
>> Well, I mean, what's constant?
[26:06] » Oh, it's it's just a flat rate. Your
your build um in December for the next
[26:12] year. Gotcha.
>> A premium invoice um based, you know,
[26:16] largely on the county size or overall
payroll and then something called your
[26:22] experience mod which comes from this
third party.
[26:25] » Understand?
>> Yeah. Yeah. And the two kind of join
[26:28] together and then you get your your
typical invoice in December.
[26:31] » Gotcha. Yeah.
>> Do you know how many counties
[26:34] uh that you guys have? So we were
previously with KAM and I think work
[26:42] uh shortly after I think I came on went
back into the market. Are most your
[26:48] counties Kamk work or do you have is it
not uncommon for there just to be a
[26:53] Kwork and then private on the
>> most of them um go with both pools. Um
[26:58] they have 80 some we have 88 I want to
say there
[27:02] » 82 85 something right in there. um just
because the same reasons um the most
[27:07] competitive pricing you're going to get
and great services that that uh other
[27:12] insurance companies just don't provide.
But they when they when we do it
[27:16] together as both pools, counties often
see tens of thousands or hundreds of
[27:21] thousands of dollars in savings
depending on the the size of the county,
[27:25] » especially with the
>> that's why both of them will stick
[27:27] together a lot of times.
>> Are they coming in? Um,
[27:32] » I haven't been contacted yet, but I
think he just happened to be in the area
[27:36] and stopped by.
>> He wanted to be in here.
[27:40] » It was a paperwork nightmare for our
employee. So, that's the main reason we
[27:45] got rid of
>> because the clerk was doing all the
[27:48] paperwork
and sending it to them. It It just
[27:53] wasn't worth it.
>> I got you. I I will say this, the the
[27:56] page is turned over there. They have a
new executive director, CEO as of about
[28:01] eight months ago, some new team members,
things.
[28:05] » His name's Ken Canning, and I can put
you in contact with him if you'd like.
[28:08] He can call you later today if you'd
like, but uh he's great. He's easy to
[28:12] deal with. Uh makes himself very
available. And uh so I just don't want
[28:17] you to have the impression that it's the
same as it was five, eight years ago.
[28:21] It's not. Things have changed there,
too. So, some of those are reasons why
[28:24] somebody like Ken Canning is now to
>> it was a it was quite the hassle.
[28:32] » What's been great about the recent
partnership uh with with K the working
[28:36] relationship I should say is much more
proper way to say it. The working
[28:39] relationship with them is just wonderful
with Ken. He's very involved and also
[28:43] very open to us calling and saying,
"Hey, we don't like this kind of thing
[28:49] going on with K camp and you can call us
and tell us the same thing." and he's
[28:52] open to having a conversation and
talking with you. It's very very nice.
[28:59] » Well, thank you again. Stay
>> very much for your time.
[29:03] » Okay. Thank you.
>> I'll send that test in uh in a few
[29:07] minutes. Okay.
>> Appreciate that. Thank you.
[29:16] » Am I sneaking in?
>> Yep.
[29:18] » Okay.
Well, gentlemen, I just got
[29:22] uh six month
about six month uh raises basically
[29:28] there's six here uh yes
uh a few of them are or I'm behind on a
[29:35] couple of them that's why they're
grouped together but
[29:38] » the ruler of hand
>> I I did I I missed some so um get them
[29:45] caught up and then obviously the others
are on time
[29:51] So I'll make a motion to give Timothy
Thompson his six-month raise from 17 to
[29:59] 18.
Joshua Small from 17 to 18.
[30:07] David Sharp from 17 to 18.
Brett Smith 17 to 18.
[30:16] Do you get this many employees?
[laughter]
[30:22] [clears throat]
>> Ryan Russell 1751 to 1851
[30:28] and Lucas Baldwin from 1751 to 1851.
>> I'll second the motion.
[30:34] » Been moved and seconded and we give the
road department employees that Rick led
[30:40] read off the rate that they were due for
six months. All in favor say I.
[30:47] » I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.
[31:00] » Stuck here for the next 10 years.
>> Sure. Sure.
[31:06] right there.
[31:10] » While you're doing that, I just inform
you that we got uh two lawn tractors
[31:15] down.
>> Oh, yeah. Waiting on parts.
[31:21] » No
spilled
[31:26] or anything on the new one yet?
>> Nope.
[31:44] heard anything on the new MS?
>> Nope.
[31:50] » Both are saying October.
[31:59] » You're coming.
Uh hopefully before the end of the year.
[32:04] They take a little longer. Well,
[32:09] that's
>> that depends. I guess
[32:14] one time I had one very quickly.
[32:19] » You want laser g?
>> You make a cup.
[32:22] » I'll make real quick.
>> She can have them all and I'll collect
[32:24] from her.
[32:29] So, we'll get uh mowing and we'll get to
uh ceiling. We are wrapping up. So, if I
[32:37] think we'll make it off the roads before
the heavy
[32:42] » corn harvest hits. In fact, I suppose
here in the next day or two, we'll be
[32:46] just wrapping it up. So,
>> sounds good.
[32:49] » We did uh Oh, you already made I
can tell you
[32:56] Saturday morning
[32:59] for all the bikers to come down the
busters.
[33:04] They were not going very fast with all
the sand on
[33:09] the middle of the road. I just pull
over. [laughter]
[33:13] Yes, we're not very wellliked uh during
this time of year, but
[33:18] » no, I imagine that was a little slick,
but
[33:21] » yeah,
>> we were all taking it slow. Nobody was
[33:24] doing this.
>> We will get it uh broomed off here. We
[33:28] don't like to take it off too quick,
especially with these 100 degree days.
[33:32] » It'll uh bleed and so we'd like some
remnants there to to catch that.
[33:37] » Put enough tracks in there now that they
can
[33:40] » follow.
>> Yeah, with Saturday. Yeah, I'd slow down
[33:44] and they'd stick both feet down.
[laughter]
[33:48] » Well,
>> yeah, I even have it.
[33:51] » Yeah. Yeah. So,
>> well, that's mild on their faces, so
[33:56] » Well, they were on their way there.
>> Yeah.
[34:00] » Anyhow, um, anything else for me?
>> I don't think so.
[34:06] About the rain.
>> Yeah,
[34:08] » I can't do anything about the rain.
[34:12] Thank you. Thanks. Thanks.
[34:18] We'll
>> make a motion we approve the minutes
[34:20] from August 24th, 2026.
>> Second move and second we approve the
[34:26] minutes from August 24th.
All in favor say I. I. Post. Same sign.
[34:32] Motion carried.
[34:41] Have we done anything before with this
that you could find sessions?
[34:45] » I don't think
[34:50] » I am request here since we didn't get
the records.
[34:54] » Okay.
>> We haven't done anything.
[35:02] Since
[35:06] the record
[35:10] executive session for attorney privilege
to discuss KAP K work that motion
[35:17] I'll second been moved and second and we
go to executive session for 10 minutes
[35:21] to discuss
Kwork and K camp. All in favor say I. I
[35:27] oppose same signs. Motion carried.
[44:16] Make a motion we come out of executive
session. No action taken. I'll second
[44:19] it. Been moved and second. We come out
of executive session. No action taken.
[44:23] All in favor say I. I. Oppos. Same sign.
We're back in open session.
[44:32] » I'll make a motion we pay the vouchers.
>> Second.
[44:35] » Been moved and second we pay the
vouchers. All in favor say I. Oppose.
[44:40] Same sign. Motion carried.
[44:50] » Is it hot in here this morning when you
came in?
[44:53] » It was muggy. [laughter]
>> Didn't start screaming.
[45:00] » Yeah, they were. They were.
>> Was pretty.
[45:05] » You get 100 people up there, it get
steaming pretty quick. for that.
[45:11] » Well, this building is just like a a hot
>> like leaving an infant child in a car
[45:21] unattended.
>> It's probably hard telling when it went
[45:25] off over the weekend, too.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[45:34] I remember last
early spring, late winter, they said the
[45:38] chillers were in good shape.
[45:42] » Yeah. And
>> they are. This is the outside unit that
[45:45] we're having issues with.
>> Oh, okay.
[45:47] » Yeah. And I don't even know. I think
some of it's computer. I think some of
[45:50] it's
I don't know. I
[45:53] » think some of it's just been running 247
for the last two months straight. Like
[45:57] my air conditioner.
>> Yep.
[46:02] I know what that sounds like.
[46:06] » Shows up on my electric bill, too.
>> Yep.
[46:11] » It certainly did on mine.
[46:17] » Actually, mine was not as high as I
thought it was going to be.
[46:23] Still
pretty high.
[46:43] had that style come up. We just had Mark
sleep on the weekend.
[46:50] » Certainly wasn't outside doing anything.
[laughter]
[46:54] » His office stays at a steady 34 degrees.
>> 34. [laughter]
[48:12] Yeah. Don't you
[48:22] Not too many.
>> There's some
[49:18] of I saw that upper ceiling $160,3
[49:25] I saw that
I can't even wait to see my fuel.
[49:33] It's coming.
[49:47] Heard this morning the gas was down 2
cents, but he feeding oil was up 15.
[49:53] So you mean that was decent?
>> Yeah, they sent me a contract for
[49:57] propane like a dollar 67. Yeah,
said it doesn't change
[50:05] and that's
[50:23] » Well, we got anything else? No, I'll
make a motion to adjourn to get Sasha
[50:27] out of here.
I'll second it.
[50:29] » Been moved and second and we adjourn.