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We're a business. If you're curious about any of the supporting documents that we have access to as we're going through the agenda, you can also find those online as with county.org. We encourage you to look through those same information that we have as we make the decisions on all the items we're reviewing today. We've got a good meeting, a lot of good things planned. So I will officially call the meeting to order for July 17, 2024. Madam Clerk, first item, please. In vocation to be led by Reverend J. Merrill Cornwell, First Pentecostal Church, please remain standing for the flag salute.

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with alpha prayer. Father, we come into this meeting today to realize that

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decisions will be made in people and their lives. I pray for each one of our

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county commissioners and their families that the blessings of Almighty God would

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be upon them. I pray for those that they're responsible for, for those that

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Labor with them. I pray especially today for our State of County Sheriff's Office and

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their deputies and families, for our firefighters and their families, for our emergency personnel

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and the EMS and those that serve us.

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Father, we thank You for honorable men that can govern us with fairness and equity.

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I pray, Lord, that You would be with them, and I pray especially the blessings of God

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upon this county, for we do know that Sedgwick County is a great county and a great place to

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raise our families.

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I pray for each one that labor in this county, I'm asking you, Lord, to let your blessings and

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let your presence be with each of them. Now county

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commissions start their daily business.

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I pray that you should be with them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation and a god in the individual with liberty and justice for all.

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Reverend, thank you, sir, for joining us this morning and for your prayer, I very much appreciate you.

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Madam Clerk,

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next item, please.

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Yes.

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Roll call.

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Commissioner Meitzner.

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President.

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Commissioner Dena.

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President.

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Commissioner Haal.

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President.

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Commissioner Lutze.

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Chairman Beatty.

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President.

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Next item.

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County announcements.

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Well, good morning, Stephanie.

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Hello, everyone.

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Chairman, commissioners.

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I am here instead of Nicole Gibbs today because she finally had her baby.

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Yes.

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I know.

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Isn't he a sweetheart?

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This is Connor.

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William Gibbs.

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he arrives Sunday morning and is just one ounce shy of nine pounds.

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He's also 20 and a quarter inches long, so good size.

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Nicole and Connor are both healthy doing well.

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They are home from the hospital.

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Oh, and dad Jeremy also recovering nicely.

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Yeah, of course.

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As for big sister Morgan, there you see it.

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Nicole says she is over the moon happy and we are too.

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So congratulations to the whole family.

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Thank you, Wendy. Yeah, I know.

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Congratulations also go out to 10 new sheriff's deputies who graduated last week.

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After 25, I'm sure long weeks of training for the deputies are women,

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one of whom are in the highest GPA in the class.

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That graduate Mary Van Atter had actually started the training last year,

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but she injured her wrist and had to start the entire course over with this class.

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So we're certainly glad she stuck with it.

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We put together a short video today to celebrate all of the graduates and to show you some of the training they went through.

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these new deputies on board the Sheriff's Office now has just 37 open positions as compared to 133 in late 2022, so staffing levels have really improved.

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To tell you more about all of this, please welcome Colonel Keith Allen and Sergeant Aaron Wano.

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Hello.

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Colonel Sergeant, welcome.

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Sorry, Colonel, keep down.

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First I want to thank communications

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and Robin back there, she did a phenomenal job

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in that video, so it really highlights our troops

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and all the work they put into that 25-week academy.

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You know, back in 2022 post-COVID,

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we really were facing some critical staffing shortages

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at the sheriff's office.

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We had an employee leaving and going

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to other fellow law enforcement agencies

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in the area because of some compensation and because of the mandatory overtime we were having to do at that time due to short staffing.

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Since that point we have really turned it around and have added about 100 positions in the last 18 months.

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I think a lot of that is due to the compensation of pay packages this commission has given to us and we can't thank you guys enough as it has been tremendously helpful.

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our staffing is in a great situation compared to where it was.

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Our morale is way up, employee satisfaction is way up.

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I feel like we've really kind of turned this thing around and

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it went from a point where we were really kind of struggling

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to a point where we're really feeling very strong and confident.

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We have great recruits coming in.

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It's been really nice to see.

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Also, you know, I think that part of the reason

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that we've seen this turn around our recruitment as the efforts we've put into our recruiting

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and retention efforts. We have a peer support team and a mentorship team that we've put

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in place since this, since 22 and it has just really helped a lot with keeping the quality

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employees that we have here. And it's talked a little bit more. Sergeant Aaron Wano has played

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a tremendous role in our agency in recruiting and she was in that video if you didn't notice

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So, sorry to make you.

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Good morning, Commissioner.

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Thank you guys.

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So, our recruiting efforts, really my philosophy is it's a

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collaborative effort.

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It's not just me.

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We are seeing numbers that I didn't think that we would get

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this quickly.

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And it really boils down to when you have happy folks that are

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you're retaining, you're going to recruit more people.

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They're going to promote the organization.

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And so, we're seeing that in our classes.

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I ask every single class, you know, what got you here?

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Why are you in the seat?

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And a lot of it is.

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I either know somebody, I knew somebody or I met them just out in the public, so it's

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huge for us. Also the collaboration with HR, County HR has been instrumental in a lot

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of our work, county communications and the work that they've done, I think we talk almost

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weekly now, so it's been great to actually collaborate with the entire county organizations

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to make it happen, so I thank you guys, and one of the things that Colonel Allen mentioned

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was our wellness unit. Actually I think you said peer support, but it's fine. So we, the county saw an

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issue with obviously taking care of our mental health for law enforcement officers. And it's really

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effective leadership that makes the decision that we now have to take care of our people.

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And so our wellness unit is a holistic wellness unit. We focus on mental health, physical health,

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nutrition, family health, financial health, and we're building that out slowly. We're about five

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years in and we're getting to a point now where it's actually making a difference and the recruits

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get it from day one so we see them through and we're seeing the retention from that so it's

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been hugely instrumental along with the pay and everything we've been able to offer for benefits

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and stuff like that so it's been a great ride it's fun to see the video of it's kind of like

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prod moment not from my picture I'm sorry but and I talk to you guys a lot events and stuff like that

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so I just wanted to thank you for your support. Wonderful thank you. Thank you. Sorry Jen I

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wanted some questions and comments any commissioners any thoughts so what we just saw commercial

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I have a couple of things.

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First, I want to say congratulations on an award that you just won.

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What an honor.

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And I just appreciate the work you do.

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I feel like I see you everywhere, whether it's law camp or anything,

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that there's interaction with the community.

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And I think that's so incredibly important.

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So thank you for everything that you do beyond this,

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but just in your personal life as well.

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And then Colonel, I also wanted to mention to you,

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when we first met, we were at the Advanced Kansas Class.

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We did that course together.

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and one of the things we talked about during that time,

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how important it is to change the culture

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and to see more women engage in this.

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And so to see four women there, it's really exciting.

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So I know that that's been really intentional work

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to diversify your workforce.

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And so I appreciate everything that both of you are doing

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and just thank you for all of us.

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Commissioner Dennis.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate it.

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First of all, thank you for inviting us to events

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like the graduation ceremony.

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It's great to see that the

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things that we do appear are impacting our staff and making a difference in what you all do.

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So I sincerely appreciate allowing us to come and join in the celebrations that you all have.

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We're pushing all

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out. We're pushing all out. We're pushing and

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joining the celebrations that you all have. We're pushing all out. We're pushing all out. We're pushing all

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out. We're pushing all

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out. We're pushing all out. And they're upping their pay. So that was one of the things that came up. So it's that's kind of the basis where we're at right now. And we pay them while we train them. Right. Yes. And it requires a high school diploma.

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No, there's not any college, but it is required.

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Deploma or equivalent, so a GED or something to that equivalent, correct?

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And if we like physically fit and that type of thing, otherwise it won't make it through the class, I'm sure, but.

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There's a fitness agility test that we do with them just to make sure that they are agile.

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They can walk, they can run, they can do those things.

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It's very tailored down, and so we give them physical fitness to do within the academy, whether they choose to do that or not.

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That's completely on them, but they're required to, while they're in the academy.

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We actually have one of our captains, Mark Pierce, he will get with applicants if they're not quite to that point where they could physically pass the test.

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He volunteers this time and goes out and actually trains with them a couple nights a week to get them ready for that.

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So we're starting even before the academy trying to get applicants ready to pass all the tests.

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I guess just to find the comments, I'd like to see the law enforcement training center where we created half that facility with Wichita being utilized this well.

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And I think that's a great asset for this community.

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If you know what we have before that, it was embarrassing.

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This is a really wonderful facility at which does the university's innovation campus.

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And then second of all, these programs, this mentor program, and this peer support, or

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wellness program, I think that's awesome.

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Good job on whoever created those ideas.

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I think it's very well needed.

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So I appreciate all you do.

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So I want to say thank you to the Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Easter as well.

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Thank you.

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I appreciate the opportunity that you're here to talk not only about the training class, but it gives us an opportunity not just to

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demonstrate our gratitude to you individually and collectively at the Sheriff's Department, but also highlights and things that are going on throughout the entire organization.

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As you mentioned,

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where the staffing situation was and where it is today, it's important the public realizes that since 2021

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We've had over $60 million of incremental compensation put into the 46 departments of

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the statute of county government, Sheriff's Office being one of them.

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There's qualitative effect of that, and you've mentioned it.

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There's better retainment.

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We have healthier staff, there's better job satisfaction.

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You don't have the mandatory overtime, all of those things, so people have better quality

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of life.

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But this is what's so important when you find the balance between the investment and the

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output economically.

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These are opportunity costs that we're saving.

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There's a qualitative economic savings to this, not only to your overtime, and that's

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a big number for the Sheriff's Office, and I've seen some recent reports that that

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number is significantly improved because of staffing.

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Not only that, but you're also looking at things like your jail population going down.

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And some of the things creatively that were working.

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There was an article that came out less than a month ago that we had a historic, or I'm

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sorry, within the last 25 years I believe it was, a historic load jail population, which

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to the tune of $75 a day that adds up for the taxpayers in this community.

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So, the investment in compensation, the investment into wellness, the investment into our staff has significant economic benefit to this community.

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We see that in a sheriff's office and we're hoping to see the same results and all the other 45 departments throughout said you kind of government.

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But this is a highlight of what's happening in your department and throughout said you kind of government that I think we need to tell that story as often and as frequently as we can.

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So thank you so much for what you're doing.

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and it's very impressive, and congratulations to the success.

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Thank you, sir.

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Thank you.

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Okay, a couple of reminders about the primary election coming up on August 6.

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Early voting has begun with advanced mail ballots going out today.

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Voters do have until July 30th to still request one.

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If you prefer to vote in person, you can do that starting Monday, July 22nd,

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at the election office, and then satellite locations will open July 30th.

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You can find details on all of this on the Election Office webpage at seduacounty.org.

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And mark your calendars now for the Town Hall meeting.

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There we go, hosted by Seduac County and the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability

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Services, K-Dads, as we know it, to discuss the new State Mental Health Hospital being

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built at MacArthur and Meridian.

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The Town Hall will take

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place Thursday, August 1st in the Campus High School Auditorium

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from 6 to 8 p.m.

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And finally, in more county good news, Jennifer Wilson and her team are here

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from ComCare Community Crisis Center to share a recent success story, Jennifer.

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Yes, welcome to the team. Jennifer, welcome.

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Good morning. So the community crisis center has been working to expand

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crisis response in Sedgwick County and with combined efforts to Sedgwick County,

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the city of Wichita and the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services,

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we have been able to expand our mobile crisis efforts and 988 suicide and

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crisis lifeline services over the last couple of years. Regina Stout and Lindsay

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Celciari here today to introduce some of our efforts at the Community Crisis

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Center and an exceptionally great job that our our story that our team recently

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was able to intervene and save a life. So I'm going to introduce Lindsay and Regina

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I love them. Take it away. Okay. Wonderful.

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Gina Lindsay. Welcome. Good morning. Good morning. My name is Regina.

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And I'm Lindsay.

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So a couple of weeks ago, we had a mobile crisis request. And at that time, Caitlin Powers

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and Zach Kelly were able to identify the response as a high risk situation. So they went above and

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beyond to make contact with the individual, including responding to multiple locations

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and coordinating with family members.

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From our 988 suicide and crisis lifeline, we have an integrated care specialist here

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at Katie Maybury.

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She made numerous calls to share information between the patient's family and their patient's

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wife, and then our mobile crisis team in the field.

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Not here today is Michelle Miller, who also helped with 98 tasks.

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And we have Matt Rep, who helped from the mobile crisis team with a lot of auxiliary tasks

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again to make sure everyone had the most current information.

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And with all of them working together, the team was able to successfully locate the

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patient and quickly connect them to medical care.

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This story illustrates the great work of Comhairs Community Crisis Center across different

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programs within the Community Crisis Center, and demonstrates the extraordinary team

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work it takes to provide such life-saving care. Thank you.

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So good. Hang tight, if you don't mind. I'd love to have Jennifer or anyone of the team.

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We took a briefing yesterday from the ComCare Director, Joan Tamini, about mobile

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mental health and mobile crisis response, ICT-1 through 5, and we really wanted an

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not date on kind of the data and the numbers and all the capacity.

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I'll tell you I was blown away about the numbers that are coming through the system right

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now.

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Can you add a little bit of your perspective on the importance of mobile mental health

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and the crisis response and where do you think this is going in the community?

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So if you look at the time you guys saw the timeline and how we've increased our mobile

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crisis response over the years between 2022 and 2023 I believe it jumped from 500 and some

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responses to over 800 responses so I feel as we continue to expand our services and promote

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mobile crisis response people ask for the service and really seek our services so I feel like as

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we continue to build on the program will continue to outreach the community and be able to expand

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the efforts because mobile crisis response is really meeting people where they're at. At the time of

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of crisis quickly, efficiently and hopefully helping them stay safe in the least restrictive

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way, which is at their homes or wherever they're at at time of crisis.

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You have a text platform that will be coming that isn't available now that you anticipate

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that that's going to increase the inputs into this system.

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Absolutely.

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And there's two things with 98 that's coming, so we expect you a routing which will connect

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people who are local with our 988 center despite the area code that they're calling from.

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Right now, it's just area code 316.

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So if they're calling from area code 316, they'll get connected to us.

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However, if they're in Sedgillet County and connecting from a phone ever like Regina,

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she has a different state.

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She'll get connected from the state that her phone is from.

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So considering we have three universities here with people from various states living here,

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I expect them to hopefully be able, if they have mental health-related distress,

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us call 988 and be able to connect to somebody locally to connect them to services that are local.

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Chat and text, I hope, to have going by the end of this year and we have four positions with them, some improvement grant funds from the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services.

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So we expect to have more positions be able to answer text because right now it's just the suicide prevention headquarters of Lawrence that are taking chat and text for Kansas.

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Okay. Well, you know, there's a big investment coming with a new com, com care crisis, building

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and center and services. We're really excited about. There are a few departments, I think,

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in local government that has to pivot as quickly as com care has to pivot many times, just

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because the situation with behavioral health in our community is changing rapidly. So, just

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once you did know, on behalf of the commission, how much we appreciate all the work you guys

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do, the important work that you guys do for this community, and you really do save lives.

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And we enjoy telling your story, we want to tell your story a lot more because I think the community needs to know all that ComCo does, particularly in the crisis response, and we're excited about the things that are coming, excited to support the efforts and excited about what you do for this community.

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So thank you so much.

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We appreciate you.

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We appreciate the support of all of you from all of you too.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Let's appreciate you.

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All

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right, thanks again for coming and that's it for county announcements.

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If you have any questions.

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We got babies, sheriffs, ComCo.

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We covered it all.

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I'm going out to Sejwick County, isn't there?

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Any questions or comments for Stephanie?

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Thank you very much.

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You're welcome.

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Appreciate it.

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Madam Clerk, next item.

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Public agenda.

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Looks like no one signed up for public agenda.

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Next item, please.

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Proclamation's item A, Proclamation declaring Americans

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with Disabilities Act A.

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Okay, wonderful.

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I'd like to read a Proclamation of Sejwick County, Kansas.

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Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law

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on July 26, 1990 by President George H. W. Bush in this year marks the 34th anniversary of this landmark legislation.

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And whereas the American With Disabilities Act has improved the lives of people with disabilities,

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ensuring equal opportunities, access to county facilities, programs and services,

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and inclusion for all citizens regardless of disability.

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And whereas, Sedgwick County, Kansas's most populous county has incorporated this law into the fabric of the community.

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ensuring access to services, programs, activities, and facilities.

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And whereas, local government entities have proactively collaborated at comply with the ADA,

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as evidenced by the creation and support of the Witchtall Sedgwick County Access Advisory Board,

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as well as maintaining an ADA coordinator's office within the county government structure.

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Now, therefore it be resolved that I, Chairman Ryan Kay Bady in the Board of Sedgwick County Commissioners,

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Do hereby proclaim July 26th, 2024, as Americans with Disabilities Act Day.

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Here in Cedric County, and we call on all residents to support inclusivity for

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persons with disabilities in this community and to continue efforts to advise our

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county leadership on areas of improvement.

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Commissioners, you've heard the proclamation.

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I move to adopt it as right, motion in a second.

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I'm quick, please call the rule.

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Commissioner Maithner, commissioner Dennis.

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Hi, Mr. Lopez, Chairman Beatty.

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Hi, and here to accept this proclamation is Brian Powers.

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Brian is the chairman of our Wichita Statue of County Access Advisory Board.

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Brian, thanks for the work you do.

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Welcome this morning.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman and commissioners.

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It's a pleasure to be here today.

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I normally don't hug people in their aisles on the way out, but that was my daughter.

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She works for calm care.

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Oh, wonderful.

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So, I'm glad you recognize them.

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Yeah.

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We believe in service in our family, and he's carrying on that tradition.

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This is an important day for residents of Saju County and the State of Kansas to recognize

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the signing of the Americans with Disability Act, it's been 34 years.

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Some of us might be old enough to remember the Civil Rights Act of 1964, I do have barely.

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It's important to understand that disability rights are civil rights.

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And we have a board that addresses these issues daily and advises you on our suggestions to improve the lives of persons with disabilities in this community. Our work's not done. It's never done.

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I think our challenge going forward is the disability services waiting list in the state of Kansas. Some might argue this is a state issue.

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All state issues are local issues, and this is, as you said, Mr. Chairman, the most

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fabulous county in the state.

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So I think it impacts us greatly.

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I do appreciate your response to our recommendations to address this at the state level on your legislative

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agenda.

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We have a powerful voice, cheer voice, and our legislature in this state, your voice is heard.

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The people who depend on you need to get off that waiting list.

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A waiting list of 10 years is inconceivable.

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It's cruel, although the state has taken measures to reduce the waiting list by 10%.

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That means we have a nine year waiting list.

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That does not solve the problem.

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Our role in this board is to recommend solutions.

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My role in business was to recommend solutions.

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I spent 20 years in healthcare and as you can see it's that services carrying forward.

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So we do appreciate your support for all persons with disabilities in this community.

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We mentioned inclusivity in the proclamation and it truly is an inclusive element of our

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society of our community.

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We do have two members.

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I'd like to thank the members of our board who volunteer their time and expertise.

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to discuss these items and these issues, and I'd like to let them speak for a moment with your permission for a moment to that effect.

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Sir.

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Hold on.

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He needs no introduction, but this is an inquiry.

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No introduction.

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Thank you, Bady.

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I just wanted to say, you know, with the issue that the state's having with the big

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long list, we do need services here in Wichita and in Senator County to help out the

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the point and disabled community here, Betty, I'm ready to step up to the plate and go with you to Peaca and talk to our state legislators.

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So we can eliminate the list and get services that the disabled community needs in this great state.

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So, I hope you're ready to work with me, I'm ready to work with all you guys on getting this list eliminated.

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Very good.

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Thank you.

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Chairman Vady and county commissioners, I'm Kylie Fleming.

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I am the county representative at ADA coordinator, but I am the FMLA and ADA specialist with the division of human resources.

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as we have nearly 2,800 employees, many of those who seek accommodations.

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My hope is that as you all are working towards finding new locations for

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several of our employees to work at, that we continue to put the accessibility

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areas at the forefront of those decisions to make sure that they are accessible to all individuals.

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definitely thank you for everything that you've done and continue to appreciate your support as we look towards

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expanding our services. Obviously, ComCare and the mental health issues that our community faces are part of the

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disabilities that are community faces. So there are a lot of things that really affect us on a day-to-day basis.

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everything's interconnected is so good to be able to be a part of this county and the support that we give to the county and all of the areas related to the Americans with disabilities act.

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So I appreciate your support. Thank you for everything that you do and I wish you Godspeed as you continue to make decisions affecting this community.

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Thank you.

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Appreciate you.

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Hold tight.

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We've got some questions and comments.

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Commissioner Jenes.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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I appreciate it.

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And thanks for being here today and bringing up this important issue.

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We've included the reduction of the list and adding additional funding every year that I've been

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on this board to try and get some additional funding out of the state of Texas to help eliminate

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this list.

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Last year, they did, I think, $5 million to help, but then they put a cap on the people

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that can be on the list so there are people that are disabled that can't even get on the list as a result of the action that the legislature took last year, which is definitely a significant problem.

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So, we'll continue to fight this. I'm certain that it's going to go on our legislative agenda this coming year.

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I have great sympathy for everyone that is disabled. You look at me and you don't think I'm disabled. I can't hear.

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I wear two hearing aids, and I still can't hear, that's a disability.

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So it's not a severe as most people have, but it affects my daily life.

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And as a result, I can understand people that have even more severe disabilities than

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I have, what they go through each and every day.

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So thank you very much for what you do for the population.

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We'll continue to do what we can do to help reduce this list and get additional funding.

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I appreciate you very much.

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Thank you, Commissioner Dennis.

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Appreciate your comments.

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Brian, I appreciate the work you do on the Access Advisory Board.

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Very, very important work and we want to engage you on a whole new level as we work through this legislative agenda to try to make sure that we're advocating for the things that you're advising us on.

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And I appreciate the work coming with all the HR department and what you do and

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and advocating for how we can ensure that we are being inclusive to those that need our help

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and the access to facilities. We're contending for them. Last but not least, Mr. Crane,

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sir, we got your bag. We appreciate your champion for these causes. You advocate loudly for these

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call. You're a friend to many people in this room, and we code deeply about making sure your voice is heard.

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So we thank you for your leadership in this community on these issues, my brother.

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And you can ride up with me to pick any time you want. But I'm driving, okay.

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Thank you again. We want to get some pictures to help celebrate this day. If you don't mind

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giving us a five to seven minute break, we want to go out front and get some good pictures

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so that we can celebrate, okay? Thank you.

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Okay, thank you for giving us a little bit of time

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to celebrate that. We love those guys and love the work that they do. So back to business we go,

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Madam Clerk, next item please. New business item B, set the public hearing for the proposed

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adoption of the 2022 ASM-A-17.1 elevator safety code.

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Okay, good morning, Samantha.

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That elevator code.

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Switching gears.

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Good morning, Chris Labyrinth.

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Yeah, you're up.

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Us before the annexation.

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Good morning, Chairman and commissioners of Chris Labyrinth, M-A-B-C-D, and just quickly

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here, yes, the item we have before you today is simply to set the public hearing for adoption

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of the latest version of the elevator code.

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So a quick background on this from the material that you all were provided.

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We did have a workshop with you all a few months ago, in which we discussed changes

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that with the state program and the effect that has had on our program.

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We appreciate that the commission was very supportive with what we would need to do, which included

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possibly giving that back to the state.

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We're trying to retain it in an amended form, a city of which was a little more adamant

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that we seek to retain the program, which we refine with that.

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We have made some adjustments at this point.

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What we've done is we are outsourcing all of the annual and recurring inspections.

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00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,960
We also are, which is allowed by our current building code.

453
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:49,900
We are also allowing third party inspections that the contractor chooses those with new

454
00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:54,040
conveyances, the installation of any new elevator or equipment covered by these codes.

455
00:41:54,860 --> 00:42:01,460
And with that, we have moved forward to adopt the 2022 version of the elevator code, which

456
00:42:01,460 --> 00:42:05,220
is the latest and is also the version the state has decided they would like to adopt.

457
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:10,980
So the adoption we will bring to you on the 21st is that version of the code.

458
00:42:10,980 --> 00:42:15,480
It does not present many significant changes from what we have now and it is also in line

459
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:21,240
with the state's current code and we will be presenting that in a manner that allows us

460
00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:26,280
to retain the program albeit in an amended form from what we had done previously.

461
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,700
So with that, we're requesting that the hearing be set for the 21st of August.

462
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:31,920
Okay.

463
00:42:32,820 --> 00:42:33,660
21st of August,

464
00:42:35,700 --> 00:42:38,800
it's going to be a busy day or I think we're doing something else that day, aren't we?

465
00:42:39,380 --> 00:42:40,560
Are we going to adopt an abudgeon?

466
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:41,440
Okay, that's good.

467
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:44,840
We've all been briefed on this.

468
00:42:45,700 --> 00:42:48,080
Commissioners, any questions or comments for Chris?

469
00:42:50,500 --> 00:42:55,440
Seeing none, I will move to set the public hearing date of August 21st and

470
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:58,020
publish the notice of hearing in the official county newspaper.

471
00:42:58,020 --> 00:43:01,540
Okay, we have a motion, a second. Madam Clerk, please call the room.

472
00:43:02,060 --> 00:43:02,820
Commissioner Meizner?

473
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:03,180
Aye.

474
00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:03,960
Commissioner Dena?

475
00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:04,240
Aye.

476
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:05,060
Commissioner Hal?

477
00:43:05,300 --> 00:43:05,480
Aye.

478
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:06,400
Commissioner Lopez?

479
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:06,680
Aye.

480
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:07,380
Chairman Bady.

481
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:07,880
Aye.

482
00:43:08,420 --> 00:43:09,060
Chris, thank you, sir.

483
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:11,200
Madam Clerk, next item.

484
00:43:11,620 --> 00:43:18,860
Item C. Post-Enexation Public Carings, City of Derby, Enexation, Resolution No. 02-2021.

485
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:20,080
Well, hello, Samantha.

486
00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:20,780
Long time no see.

487
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,240
Samantha, seeing Assistant County Councilor.

488
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:42,240
Before you, right now, is a post annexation hearing to determine if the service plan provided by the City of Furby when the ANX-11 properties have been provided, KSA-12-531 sets out the process to follow.

489
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:52,440
It says that three years after an annexation, the board has to hold a hearing and determine if the terms of the service plan have been met.

490
00:43:52,440 --> 00:44:00,020
If you find that it has been met, a resolution would be prepared accordingly, and that would

491
00:44:00,020 --> 00:44:00,760
close the matter.

492
00:44:01,220 --> 00:44:06,940
If you find in the negative, then a resolution to the effect would be adopted.

493
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:11,440
And the city would then have one and a half years to provide the services.

494
00:44:12,140 --> 00:44:17,900
And at that point, the property owners can petition for de-anexation at the end of that time

495
00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:18,120
frame.

496
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:24,980
State law requires that notice of this hearing be provided to the lien owners and to the

497
00:44:24,980 --> 00:44:25,380
city.

498
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:33,280
These notices were provided and set after he set this for public hearing on echo June

499
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:34,500
5th meeting.

500
00:44:35,780 --> 00:44:42,580
If you take a look at the map, it shows the red areas as the areas that's going to be annexed

501
00:44:42,580 --> 00:44:47,480
was annexed and then the yellow is the derby city limits.

502
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:58,080
The parcels are joined the city's boundary and were unilaterally annex, which means that the property owners did not.

503
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,980
consent to it. This was, this annexation was part of the city's annexation plan. The service plan that they submitted includes street maintenance, street signage, street, street maintenance, fire, hydrox, fire protection, medical response, police protection, and animal control services, parks, libraries, traction recycling, city building, code enforcement,

504
00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:36,480
city health and nuisance code enforcement, minimum housing code, and zoning enforcement.

505
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:45,640
Upon requests, property owners could also request local street improvements, water services, and sewer laterals.

506
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:56,860
The city of Derby provided responses to questionnaires that the county councilor's office sent out, and they indicated the following services had been provided

507
00:45:56,860 --> 00:46:09,020
it during the since 2021, 53 days of snow removal, 12 days of sweet, sweet, sweeping fire

508
00:46:09,020 --> 00:46:15,200
and rescue, responded to two medical requests, animal control, responded to one service call.

509
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:22,680
All but one address is receiving the city's discount with the waste management company.

510
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:32,960
One permit was pulled for HVAC and plumbing, and the fire hydrants were maintained.

511
00:46:34,020 --> 00:46:35,160
Next slide.

512
00:46:58,810 --> 00:46:59,210
There we go.

513
00:46:59,310 --> 00:46:59,730
Sorry.

514
00:47:02,660 --> 00:47:10,800
There are three fire hydrants in this area here, here and here, and those have been maintained.

515
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:18,080
And the city of Derby had provided flow test results in your packet.

516
00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:25,760
A representative from Derby, Dan Squires is here to answer any further questions that you may have.

517
00:47:32,620 --> 00:47:39,280
So unless you have any questions for me, I would recommend that we open this up for public hearing.

518
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:45,160
If you have any expert take communications or any additional information that you want to consider.

519
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,200
I'd

520
00:47:52,410 --> 00:47:56,590
suggest that you mention that at the start of the hearing in case there's any need

521
00:47:56,590 --> 00:47:57,970
to respond to it.

522
00:47:58,550 --> 00:48:04,910
Once you accept comments from lay knowners in the city, we can close the public hearing.

523
00:48:05,590 --> 00:48:06,070
Thank you.

524
00:48:06,430 --> 00:48:06,830
Very good.

525
00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:08,010
Samantha, appreciate that.

526
00:48:08,170 --> 00:48:13,310
Why don't we take the recommended action of declaring any expartee communication.

527
00:48:13,690 --> 00:48:14,290
Commissioner Monser.

528
00:48:15,150 --> 00:48:16,010
I have had none.

529
00:48:17,110 --> 00:48:17,570
I have had none.

530
00:48:18,230 --> 00:48:19,810
No expartee communication on my end?

531
00:48:19,950 --> 00:48:20,270
None here.

532
00:48:20,270 --> 00:48:21,110
Same here.

533
00:48:21,450 --> 00:48:21,750
Okay.

534
00:48:22,390 --> 00:48:28,150
That being said, I want to officially open the public hearing and ask that the representative

535
00:48:28,150 --> 00:48:30,070
from the city of Derby would like to share.

536
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:37,520
Good morning, sir.

537
00:48:38,040 --> 00:48:38,360
Good morning.

538
00:48:38,700 --> 00:48:40,480
I'm Dean Squires, the city of Derby.

539
00:48:40,620 --> 00:48:42,700
I don't really have anything to share unless you have questions.

540
00:48:43,260 --> 00:48:43,760
Kind of for us.

541
00:48:44,540 --> 00:48:44,800
Very good.

542
00:48:45,260 --> 00:48:46,420
Any question for Mr. Squires?

543
00:48:47,900 --> 00:48:48,500
I'm saying none.

544
00:48:48,980 --> 00:48:52,200
I'll hang tight and maybe something will come up and we'll ask for some more input.

545
00:48:52,740 --> 00:48:55,040
Is there anybody from the public that would like to provide comment?

546
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:55,580
Okay,

547
00:48:58,740 --> 00:49:01,420
seeing none, final questions?

548
00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:02,420
Okay, Commissioner Munster.

549
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,360
Yeah, Mr. Squires, welcome to the meeting.

550
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:08,220
And I just wanna say appreciate getting to know you

551
00:49:08,220 --> 00:49:09,940
over the past years, your participation,

552
00:49:10,260 --> 00:49:13,180
Wampo and in the community is admirable.

553
00:49:13,580 --> 00:49:15,380
Thanks for all you do for Derby.

554
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,740
Derby becoming a pretty good city of the first class.

555
00:49:19,060 --> 00:49:19,600
So congratulations.

556
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,140
Thank you, and let me just say that we really appreciate

557
00:49:23,140 --> 00:49:25,660
all of the partnerships that we have on so many levels

558
00:49:25,660 --> 00:49:31,180
with public works and MABCD has been very helpful to us on numerous things.

559
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:42,820
Your legal staff on various issues with agreements and stuff like that, that we've for a long time had a really good working relationship with the county and we very much appreciate that.

560
00:49:43,260 --> 00:49:52,220
Yeah, I appreciate that, the relationship between Cesar County and our 20 cities is incredibly important and it's fruitful when we have good working relationships for everybody in this county.

561
00:49:52,220 --> 00:49:55,880
So thank you for that acknowledge and we appreciate Derby so much commissioner. How?

562
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:00,820
Mr. Chairman, thank you. I would say something nice things about Dan, but I want you to close the public hearing first.

563
00:50:00,820 --> 00:50:02,900
If that's okay. I think that'd be okay. Anybody

564
00:50:04,540 --> 00:50:07,000
Anybody else on public comment that would like to share?

565
00:50:07,860 --> 00:50:12,520
Okay, then I'll officially close the public hearing and bring the discussion back to the bits commissioner. How?

566
00:50:12,860 --> 00:50:15,860
Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to say that I'm so proud of Derby.

567
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:21,580
This is a huge growth area for our city. If you've not been out there, it is it's amazing what's going on to the side of Derby and

568
00:50:21,580 --> 00:50:42,960
This is an obvious place that needed to be brought into the city, and a lot of this is really large lots that haven't been, you know, developed I think the way they will be in the future, but the end of the day this is, this is, this is, this is needed and Derby does a great job and Derby sets the bar high for how to provide services to annexations.

569
00:50:43,700 --> 00:50:44,800
They've always done a great job.

570
00:50:44,940 --> 00:50:48,600
The service plan is awesome and you have provided great services, I don't think she even

571
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:49,160
mentioned them all.

572
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:53,220
I heard on my back of Montreal saw a couple of other things that actually I thought were

573
00:50:53,780 --> 00:50:55,880
noteworthy things like library cards and things like that.

574
00:50:56,140 --> 00:50:58,480
So, the end of the day, Derby does a great job.

575
00:50:58,820 --> 00:51:02,940
I'm proud of the growth and I'm proud of the management of the city of Derby, both of

576
00:51:02,940 --> 00:51:03,540
you.

577
00:51:03,540 --> 00:51:07,460
Dan Squires as well as Kyle Magnus, you go do a great job in our city council and the mayor.

578
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:11,980
It's a great place to be and I think that it makes total sense that we would certainly

579
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:18,480
approve this post annexation hearing and Mr. Chairman, I'm willing to make a motion at the appropriate time, thank you.

580
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:21,520
Okay. Thank you, Commissioner. Any other questions or comments?

581
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,060
Well, since action is in district 5, Commissioner Hall, you're welcome to make a motion.

582
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:39,020
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would move that we make the finding that the city of Derby has, in fact, provided services included within the service extension plan, authorize the County Council's office to draft a resolution to reflect such finding,

583
00:51:39,020 --> 00:51:42,360
I mean, sign the resolution, and then send the resolution to the City of Derby.

584
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:44,680
Okay, I'll second that motion.

585
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:45,920
Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

586
00:51:46,620 --> 00:51:47,420
Commissioner Meitzner.

587
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:47,760
Aye.

588
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:48,680
Commissioner Dennis.

589
00:51:48,700 --> 00:51:48,840
Aye.

590
00:51:49,180 --> 00:51:49,920
Commissioner Howell.

591
00:51:50,020 --> 00:51:50,160
Aye.

592
00:51:50,300 --> 00:51:50,860
Commissioner Lopez.

593
00:51:51,020 --> 00:51:51,100
Aye.

594
00:51:51,340 --> 00:51:51,880
Chairman Beatty.

595
00:51:51,940 --> 00:51:52,060
Aye.

596
00:51:52,820 --> 00:51:53,360
Thank you.

597
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:53,900
Thank you, sir.

598
00:51:54,020 --> 00:51:54,660
Appreciate you being here.

599
00:51:56,100 --> 00:51:56,500
Okay.

600
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:58,620
Moving along.

601
00:51:58,920 --> 00:51:59,260
Madam Clerk.

602
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:00,360
Next item, please.

603
00:52:00,980 --> 00:52:05,040
Item D, a resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Central County, Kansas.

604
00:52:05,040 --> 00:52:09,400
adopting a Kansas Open Records Act compliance program policy.

605
00:52:09,700 --> 00:52:10,260
Thank you.

606
00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:10,660
Good morning, Cory.

607
00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:12,480
Good morning, Chairman.

608
00:52:13,500 --> 00:52:14,260
Good morning, commissioners.

609
00:52:19,550 --> 00:52:24,970
Okay, so we're here to talk to you today about the Kansas Open Act compliance program.

610
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:28,580
Chora for short.

611
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:32,740
I will use Chora throughout what I'm saying here today.

612
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:38,500
My name is Cory Stokes.

613
00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:40,880
I am the Director of Central Services.

614
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:42,160
So

615
00:52:46,860 --> 00:52:50,820
Cora is governed by a statute.

616
00:52:51,520 --> 00:53:00,440
It is a law that extends from KSA 45 to 15 through 45 to 23.

617
00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:14,920
Specifically states that any citizen of the county should have access or

618
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:15,760
government records.

619
00:53:18,930 --> 00:53:26,940
The requester does not have to specifically state I am requesting these records under

620
00:53:26,940 --> 00:53:39,000
Cora, however the statute does state that as a government entity we are to liberally

621
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:42,400
apply the standards with data, Cora sets.

622
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:43,220
It's

623
00:53:46,170 --> 00:53:50,950
a little bit of background since about 2020.

624
00:53:53,190 --> 00:53:59,750
We've been in a process of trying to codify the federal county policy.

625
00:54:00,190 --> 00:54:06,470
Unfortunately there's some things that have transpired, COVID being the biggest thing that

626
00:54:06,470 --> 00:54:12,330
there wasn't a policy for federal county that was put in place or it hasn't made it to

627
00:54:12,330 --> 00:54:12,750
the bench.

628
00:54:12,750 --> 00:54:18,330
So we're trying to rectify that now and get this policy on the books.

629
00:54:19,170 --> 00:54:24,210
A couple of things that I want to point out about the core of policy.

630
00:54:25,070 --> 00:54:28,290
Anybody in the county can take a core of requests.

631
00:54:28,890 --> 00:54:35,970
But according to the core, there are three positions that are responsible for the entire program.

632
00:54:35,970 --> 00:54:47,050
The Freedom of Information Officer, the official custodian and the open records coordinator.

633
00:54:50,150 --> 00:54:56,390
The Freedom of Information Officer is housed in the Records Management Office.

634
00:54:56,910 --> 00:55:00,230
Jennifer Scriven is the County Records Manager.

635
00:55:01,270 --> 00:55:04,030
She is responsible for the

636
00:55:06,330 --> 00:55:09,590
training that our county employees receive.

637
00:55:09,590 --> 00:55:16,610
she's responsible for coordinating the open records request, making sure it gets to the correct

638
00:55:16,610 --> 00:55:23,490
department. She's also in charge of putting out the education material for the public so they

639
00:55:23,490 --> 00:55:28,990
know how to access and request information.

640
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:36,340
The official custodian is the appointed or elected

641
00:55:36,340 --> 00:55:39,280
department head of each department.

642
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:47,960
The open records coordinator is assigned or pointed by the official custodian.

643
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:58,720
Cora does state that we are allowed to recoup fees and association with providing records.

644
00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:09,500
Those fees look like costs of labor, hard costs that we have to pay in order to produce

645
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:10,320
those records.

646
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:19,260
The one thing that Cora does state, though, is that fees for supplying the request is

647
00:56:19,260 --> 00:56:23,060
not to be used as a deterrent to prevent requests.

648
00:56:23,060 --> 00:56:24,020
So,

649
00:56:30,040 --> 00:56:35,980
some of the procedures that I want to touch on, the Open Records Act is a

650
00:56:35,980 --> 00:56:45,550
high standard, it sets a high standard for us as a county. We have three days in

651
00:56:45,550 --> 00:56:53,550
order to reply to a request. And what a reply looks like is either letting the

652
00:56:53,550 --> 00:56:59,850
Requestor know that there is a cost or there is not a cost for these records.

653
00:57:00,030 --> 00:57:06,510
This is how much it is, and either supplying those records, requesting more information so

654
00:57:06,510 --> 00:57:12,710
that we can determine if these records are eligible to be released, or

655
00:57:12,710 --> 00:57:21,510
a partial or full denial of the records, and any denial that we recommend will be

656
00:57:21,510 --> 00:57:24,650
coordinated with the legal office.

657
00:57:34,990 --> 00:57:40,290
As I said, the records management office is responsible for training our employees.

658
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:47,050
New employees will receive training during a new employee orientation.

659
00:57:47,770 --> 00:57:53,590
Anyone holding a position, any of the three positions that I mentioned will also receive

660
00:57:53,590 --> 00:57:57,170
training, more in-depth training on how to handle a core request.

661
00:57:59,610 --> 00:58:08,170
there is a enforcement side of Cora there if we are found not

662
00:58:08,170 --> 00:58:16,170
in compliant there are fees associated with that so any person or

663
00:58:16,170 --> 00:58:21,470
any person now found in complied causing us not into and

664
00:58:21,470 --> 00:58:44,510
Excuse me, causing us not to be compliant, can face some disciplinary actions, legal and the FIO will mitigate any discrepancies on that regard and provide a recommendation to the county manager or the department head with moving forward or with those discrepancies.

665
00:58:44,510 --> 00:58:53,110
So this is the public brochure that the FIO puts out.

666
00:58:53,290 --> 00:58:59,510
I ask that any department that does not have this should be available in any public

667
00:58:59,510 --> 00:59:00,370
face and departments.

668
00:59:00,790 --> 00:59:05,990
If you do not have it, please contact the Record Management Office or my office.

669
00:59:08,540 --> 00:59:11,940
With that, I ask that there are any questions and

670
00:59:14,310 --> 00:59:17,390
recommend adoption of the CORE compliance policy.

671
00:59:18,510 --> 00:59:26,230
Okay. Cory, thank you so much for the presentation. We've all been briefed and had fairly robust discussions about this and the need for this.

672
00:59:26,470 --> 00:59:34,070
One of the reasons there's a need for this type of internal policy and external policy is the amount of volume that comes through to Cory request.

673
00:59:34,570 --> 00:59:42,490
Would you be able to give an indication of how much we receive? I don't know, the best measures daily, weekly, monthly. How many Cory request are you processing?

674
00:59:42,490 --> 00:59:43,110
Thank you.

675
00:59:43,110 --> 00:59:43,750
Good morning, Commissioner.

676
00:59:43,810 --> 00:59:44,630
It's Jennifer Scriven.

677
00:59:44,750 --> 00:59:47,210
I'm your records manager and Freedom of Information Officer.

678
00:59:48,030 --> 00:59:55,810
I keep tabs on that monthly, and it can range anywhere from 14 to 1700 per month, average

679
00:59:55,810 --> 00:59:59,630
is right around 1600 per month, and that's for every department.

680
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:28,320
Including myself. 1,600 quora, inquiries a month. So that is why we have to have some sort of policy relegating how this thing works and what this looks like. So it's not for nothing that we're going through this exercise. We appreciate the leadership and between you and legal counsel in regards to what this should look like to have a transparent government, but also to make sure we have policies governing how we do these types of things internally. So are there any other questions or comments on the specific policy?

681
01:00:30,500 --> 01:00:33,120
Okay. Seeing none, I move that we adopt the resolution.

682
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:33,660
Second.

683
01:00:34,260 --> 01:00:35,480
Okay, please call the roll.

684
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:36,660
Commissioner Meizner.

685
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:37,080
Aye.

686
01:00:37,180 --> 01:00:37,840
Commissioner Dennis.

687
01:00:37,980 --> 01:00:38,100
Aye.

688
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:38,900
Commissioner Hall.

689
01:00:38,940 --> 01:00:39,120
Aye.

690
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:40,060
Commissioner Lopez.

691
01:00:40,220 --> 01:00:41,120
Aye. Chairman Beatty.

692
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:42,840
Aye. Thank you again for your work on this.

693
01:00:43,240 --> 01:00:43,360
Thank you.

694
01:00:44,140 --> 01:00:45,320
Madam Clerk, next item, please.

695
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:46,200
Item E.

696
01:00:46,580 --> 01:00:50,400
Report of the Board of Business and Contracts, regular meeting on July 11th, 2021.

697
01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,460
This is usually when I make a joke about Joe Thomas, but I can't do that today, so.

698
01:00:54,020 --> 01:00:54,780
Oh, he's watching.

699
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:55,420
You can still.

700
01:00:56,820 --> 01:00:57,620
Good morning.

701
01:00:58,740 --> 01:01:01,140
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, commissioners,

702
01:01:01,260 --> 01:01:02,760
plea barrier purchasing department.

703
01:01:03,260 --> 01:01:05,880
The regular meeting of the Board of Vids and Contracts

704
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,740
of July 11, 2024 resulted in two items

705
01:01:08,740 --> 01:01:09,980
that require your approval.

706
01:01:10,780 --> 01:01:13,560
Item number one, blue stem mistakes, road improvements,

707
01:01:13,900 --> 01:01:16,420
public works, we recommend to accept the low bid

708
01:01:16,420 --> 01:01:18,220
from piercing construction, LLC,

709
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:23,820
in the amount of $752,214 and 10 cents.

710
01:01:23,820 --> 01:01:28,200
Item number two, Forensics Software Platform Sheriff's Office.

711
01:01:28,760 --> 01:01:36,780
We recommend to accept the quote from Magnet Forensics LLC in the amount of $54,390 for a period

712
01:01:36,780 --> 01:01:42,640
of one year beginning August 15th, 2024 and continuing through August 14th, 2025.

713
01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:47,340
I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have and I recommend approval of both.

714
01:01:47,620 --> 01:01:48,560
Okay, very good.

715
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:49,140
Thank you.

716
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,080
Any questions or comments on the bid board?

717
01:01:52,860 --> 01:01:57,240
Okay, saying none, I move that we approve the recommendations of the Board of Bitten Contracts.

718
01:01:57,260 --> 01:01:57,440
Okay.

719
01:01:58,380 --> 01:01:59,200
Okay, I'm quick.

720
01:01:59,300 --> 01:02:00,040
We have a motion in a second.

721
01:02:00,180 --> 01:02:00,620
Please call the roll.

722
01:02:01,280 --> 01:02:01,960
Mr. Meitzner.

723
01:02:02,220 --> 01:02:03,000
Mr. Dennis.

724
01:02:04,540 --> 01:02:05,100
Commissioner Lopez.

725
01:02:05,220 --> 01:02:05,360
Hi.

726
01:02:05,740 --> 01:02:06,080
Chairman Dady.

727
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:06,420
Hi.

728
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:07,000
Thank you, Lee.

729
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:07,560
Appreciate it.

730
01:02:08,360 --> 01:02:08,620
Okay.

731
01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:14,740
I think this is a good place that we can pause the Board of County Commission meeting and call

732
01:02:14,740 --> 01:02:18,960
to order the officially adjourned the meeting for fire district number one and return us back

733
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:20,140
to the Board of County Commission meeting.

734
01:02:20,140 --> 01:02:21,500
I don't clear next item.

735
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:23,100
Consent agenda.

736
01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:25,140
Manager Stolz.

737
01:02:26,400 --> 01:02:32,820
Chairman Tom Stolz, again, I recommend approval of consent items F2J on the general meeting

738
01:02:32,820 --> 01:02:33,180
agenda.

739
01:02:33,700 --> 01:02:33,860
Okay.

740
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:35,960
Any questions on the consent agenda?

741
01:02:37,100 --> 01:02:41,400
Seeing none, I'll make a motion to approve consent items F through J.

742
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:42,100
Okay.

743
01:02:42,660 --> 01:02:43,540
Motion in a second.

744
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:44,800
Item clerk, please put a roll.

745
01:02:45,100 --> 01:02:45,800
Commissioner Meitzner.

746
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:46,800
Commissioner Dennis.

747
01:02:47,380 --> 01:02:47,840
Commissioner Hal.

748
01:02:48,340 --> 01:02:48,880
Commissioner Lopez.

749
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:49,220
Thank you.

750
01:02:49,260 --> 01:02:49,800
Chairman Bady.

751
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:51,740
Next item, please.

752
01:02:52,140 --> 01:02:52,820
Budget discussion.

753
01:02:53,080 --> 01:02:53,620
Okay, commissioners.

754
01:02:53,720 --> 01:02:56,980
We do have some topics that we want to discuss on budget discussion.

755
01:02:58,180 --> 01:02:59,340
How do we want to go about this?

756
01:02:59,660 --> 01:03:00,640
Commissioner Dennis, would you like to start?

757
01:03:01,380 --> 01:03:02,160
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

758
01:03:02,340 --> 01:03:02,980
I appreciate it.

759
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:07,580
And I appreciate the way that we're going through the budget process.

760
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:15,020
In the past, we'd gotten to the point where that we were surprised on budget day with different

761
01:03:15,020 --> 01:03:19,340
motions by different commissioners. That is not the way to do business.

762
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:26,120
And so last year what we started doing was asking the commissioners if they had an issue

763
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:31,960
to bring it up ahead of time so that we could go through it. And that way that every one

764
01:03:31,960 --> 01:03:38,320
of the commissioners know exactly what we're looking at on budget adoption day. Now I did include

765
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:45,520
one because I brought it up earlier. As we get into the budget on August 21st, whether

766
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:50,740
the other commissioners agree with me or disagree with me, I do not believe it's a reason

767
01:03:50,740 --> 01:03:57,440
to vote against the budget at that point in time. But it is healthy for us to discuss this

768
01:03:57,440 --> 01:04:03,080
ahead of time so that there's not an argument. And there's not people being surprised at

769
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:10,140
the end. So what I ask for was a discussion about the lobbyist that we have in Washington,

770
01:04:10,380 --> 01:04:18,540
D.C. And as I said, I brought this up in the past. We pay, I think, 60,000, 70,000 now,

771
01:04:19,260 --> 01:04:26,740
a year for a lobbyist in D.C. We never bid that out. We didn't go into any kind of open bid

772
01:04:26,740 --> 01:04:35,480
process, we just selected someone and I'm not certain that the results that we have

773
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:42,540
received is worth $70,000 a year. And so that's why I ask for that to be included

774
01:04:42,540 --> 01:04:49,820
today. Again, whether on 21st August, I have agreement from anyone else will not impact

775
01:04:49,820 --> 01:04:55,680
whether or not that this almost 900 page budget is adopted. At least I'm not going to vote

776
01:04:55,680 --> 01:05:04,640
against it because of one item, so I guess you have some information about this and I'm anxious

777
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,360
here and then I'll have some questions for you.

778
01:05:06,740 --> 01:05:07,840
Thank you, Commissioner Danes.

779
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,420
Thank you for laying out the process as we go forward here.

780
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:21,800
On the issue of federal lobbyist, the federal lobbyist position was created or we came into contract with

781
01:05:21,800 --> 01:05:26,280
form run in the 2019 area we had a change of commission historically.

782
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:34,280
The county had never had a federal lobbyist, the commission that was at the time, made

783
01:05:34,280 --> 01:05:38,080
a decision that as the second largest county in state of Kansas, maybe we should have federal

784
01:05:38,080 --> 01:05:38,480
lobbying.

785
01:05:38,740 --> 01:05:42,800
So that's where this relationship with the form run was born.

786
01:05:43,460 --> 01:05:51,220
Just to correct the number, a commissioner, it is a 78,000 contract per year.

787
01:05:51,220 --> 01:05:59,900
It's 6,500 per month and I believe it's been that rate since the inception when we when we contracted with dorm run.

788
01:06:00,340 --> 01:06:07,000
It is considered a single source bid, a single source contract.

789
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:18,600
This current contract we're under now has expiration of 1231 of 25, in other words, we have another year of renewable if the commission wishes to go there.

790
01:06:18,600 --> 01:06:25,000
We signed this latest contract, the current contract, we were in, in December of 2023.

791
01:06:25,980 --> 01:06:34,880
Yesterday, I sent you a self assessment from Mr. Davenport through on run of what services they provide.

792
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:41,640
In addition, I pulled some staff, finance, public works, the sheriff's office,

793
01:06:41,860 --> 01:06:48,420
people that have more direct touch points with the federal lobbyist to get their assessment on any anecdotal

794
01:06:48,420 --> 01:06:56,280
types of services that Mr. Davenport provides to them or the county organization.

795
01:06:56,660 --> 01:07:00,240
I received a few and all this blaze through them very quickly here.

796
01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:16,660
In the finance department, they have found value in Thorn Run's update on housing appropriation processes, cuts or additions, information pertinent to broadband funding on the federal level deadlines that an update.

797
01:07:16,660 --> 01:07:25,060
Brick updates and awards of middle deadlines, an update concerning inflation reduction act, local government provisions.

798
01:07:26,000 --> 01:07:33,680
They receive a new grant newsletter like we all do, news on mega grants, timelines, eligibility, etc.

799
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:45,960
Senator COVID-19 supplemental funding bill information, the assistance on getting a appropriations

800
01:07:45,960 --> 01:07:50,120
ask of 2 million into Senator Moran for our proposed EOC.

801
01:07:51,180 --> 01:07:55,840
And then we had I think the Commissioner where we had a refund payment from IRS about a

802
01:07:55,840 --> 01:08:01,440
year ago that was mystifying all of us and Mr. Davenport helping negotiate and navigate

803
01:08:01,440 --> 01:08:06,960
the proper handling of that, of that fund repayment, so it was done ethically.

804
01:08:09,180 --> 01:08:12,980
And then he's also recently provided a summary of federal grant update.

805
01:08:12,980 --> 01:08:18,080
We had someone in Senator Marshall's reach out to commissioners on how they could assist the county.

806
01:08:18,320 --> 01:08:22,800
And we got a summary report from Mr. Davenport on what would be available there.

807
01:08:24,060 --> 01:08:29,960
From public works, they feel like Mr. Davenport is instrumental in providing

808
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:34,560
needing urgent 95 attention to Senator Rand's office and

809
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:38,440
insight and expertise on bipartisan infrastructure law grant funding.

810
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:44,080
The sheriff's office does not use, Sheriff Tomi, he does not necessarily use Mr.

811
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:49,720
Davenport, he connects to the federal delegation through the National Sheriff Association.

812
01:08:50,020 --> 01:08:58,160
So he has little, he does not care one way or another what the commission decides on keeping a federal lobbyist or not.

813
01:08:58,160 --> 01:09:03,680
So, based on that, I think the question at hand today is a fiscal one, and I think the commission,

814
01:09:04,300 --> 01:09:11,800
like in any area of the budget, has to determine if they were getting quality for the quantity we're paying, and I think that's the discussion we need to have today.

815
01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:17,700
Thank you, Tom. I appreciate that analysis. A couple of questions though.

816
01:09:18,340 --> 01:09:24,060
We have a state lobbyist, which does a fantastic job every year, and we bid that out.

817
01:09:24,060 --> 01:09:27,720
I think it's contracts coming up fairly soon.

818
01:09:29,900 --> 01:09:33,040
Why is it important to bid one and not bid the other?

819
01:09:33,480 --> 01:09:35,580
We can bid either commissioner.

820
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:41,500
I think the first touch point, the first decision point of the commission is do you feel

821
01:09:41,500 --> 01:09:43,900
like the need that we even need federal lobbying?

822
01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:49,280
If that's true, then is it foreign run or do we want to, does the commission as a body want

823
01:09:49,280 --> 01:09:52,660
to go out for a bid for competition?

824
01:09:53,160 --> 01:10:06,380
But Joe is not here today, but, and I might have to add to lean on the envelope a little bit on the single source designation on this last contract, but we definitely could put that out for Ben.

825
01:10:06,900 --> 01:10:08,820
I appreciate that answer again.

826
01:10:08,820 --> 01:10:16,340
And you touched on really one of the major points is do we actually need a federal lobbyist?

827
01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:23,300
I think every one of the five of us on this bench talk regularly with both of our senators

828
01:10:23,300 --> 01:10:24,280
and our representatives.

829
01:10:27,060 --> 01:10:30,060
All you got to do is take a look at some of the pictures that we have.

830
01:10:30,180 --> 01:10:33,860
We're constantly with one of our senators or one of our representatives.

831
01:10:33,860 --> 01:10:37,060
And their staff works with us great.

832
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:43,720
I said on the Air Force selection board for Senator Moran,

833
01:10:44,280 --> 01:10:46,520
Senator Marshall, and Congressman Estes.

834
01:10:47,180 --> 01:10:47,860
Do I talk to them?

835
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:48,560
Absolutely.

836
01:10:49,480 --> 01:10:51,500
So they know exactly what our issues are.

837
01:10:52,800 --> 01:10:56,440
So the first step is do we actually need

838
01:10:57,260 --> 01:11:00,040
one of some lobbyists in DC?

839
01:11:00,040 --> 01:11:20,360
But then the second portion of my question is that this year the budget is tight and we are looking all over the place for ways that we can save money and not put the property taxpayer and more jeopardy for paying additional property tax.

840
01:11:21,220 --> 01:11:27,180
So as a result of that, you had over six minutes, who has got a cut, said to County Fair, has a cut.

841
01:11:27,740 --> 01:11:28,180
Yeah, Kansas,

842
01:11:33,550 --> 01:11:35,510
South African American Museum has a cut.

843
01:11:36,130 --> 01:11:39,170
The Historical Museum has a cut, River Festival has a cut.

844
01:11:39,810 --> 01:11:40,950
Arts Council has a cut.

845
01:11:41,210 --> 01:11:42,550
Exploration place has a cut.

846
01:11:42,870 --> 01:11:44,350
Economic development has a cut.

847
01:11:45,070 --> 01:11:46,370
Mental health and substance abuse.

848
01:11:46,770 --> 01:11:48,410
That was one we knew was going to go away.

849
01:11:48,950 --> 01:11:50,530
And the Extension Council had a cut.

850
01:11:50,530 --> 01:11:59,850
But so again, I go back to the same question that I ask about the $6 million is this lobbyist

851
01:11:59,850 --> 01:12:03,710
in DC more important than all of those things put together.

852
01:12:04,890 --> 01:12:06,410
And it's hard for me to say it is.

853
01:12:07,470 --> 01:12:14,690
It's hard for me to say that $78,000 for a lobbyist in DC when we have contact with our senators

854
01:12:14,690 --> 01:12:18,050
representatives constantly is more important than all of this.

855
01:12:18,690 --> 01:12:23,530
So, how do I talk to the public and how do I talk to each one of these when I say I'm

856
01:12:23,530 --> 01:12:28,290
going to cut you, but I want to keep somebody that we didn't even bid out that we just selected

857
01:12:28,750 --> 01:12:32,030
and we continue to fund at $78,000 a year.

858
01:12:32,190 --> 01:12:34,310
So, that's all I have to say about,

859
01:12:40,500 --> 01:12:44,560
honestly, it'll come up on the 21st of August.

860
01:12:45,600 --> 01:12:50,960
I hope that I have at least two other commissioners that agree with me on this.

861
01:12:50,960 --> 01:12:55,320
If I don't, I'm not fallen on my sword by any means.

862
01:12:55,780 --> 01:12:59,020
This is an important budget, and I'll vote for the budget.

863
01:12:59,220 --> 01:13:05,800
But I sincerely hope that I get two more commissioners that understand that we're cutting huge things.

864
01:13:05,960 --> 01:13:12,940
We didn't fund things that were necessary, and yet we believe that someone in DC is more important.

865
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:14,720
Thank you, Mr. Manager, I appreciate it.

866
01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:24,200
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I just want to clarify so the commissioner from District 3 is advocating we would just cut this from the budget this year, is that what you're saying?

867
01:13:24,820 --> 01:13:27,100
You'd like to see us cut this out of the budget this year, yes.

868
01:13:27,560 --> 01:13:27,720
Okay.

869
01:13:28,300 --> 01:13:38,200
I'll just say this, this budget approval isn't necessarily picking the Thorne Run or Mr. Davenport.

870
01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:42,320
or it's simply an appropriation for that lobbyist position.

871
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:44,420
Again, if we keep a lobbyist position,

872
01:13:44,540 --> 01:13:47,420
I do agree that we ought to have it go out to bed.

873
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:50,420
I would tell you that I believe that

874
01:13:56,470 --> 01:13:57,290
actually,

875
01:13:57,430 --> 01:13:58,490
Jim's done a pretty good job.

876
01:13:59,870 --> 01:14:02,290
I especially appreciate his bringing up

877
01:14:02,290 --> 01:14:05,030
to our only five project on federal level.

878
01:14:05,190 --> 01:14:06,310
And I think we've seen some movement there

879
01:14:06,310 --> 01:14:07,850
and I give him credit for that.

880
01:14:08,490 --> 01:14:10,890
We don't, I don't think I don't have a good visibility

881
01:14:10,890 --> 01:14:15,510
of exactly how much of his day has spent lobbying for

882
01:14:15,510 --> 01:14:17,150
Sedgwick County versus other municipalities.

883
01:14:17,150 --> 01:14:18,830
We don't really know how many customers he's got.

884
01:14:19,710 --> 01:14:23,550
And I would agree with the previous speaker that, again,

885
01:14:23,590 --> 01:14:29,010
I have cell phone numbers and great relationship with both

886
01:14:29,010 --> 01:14:31,950
of our U.S. senators and three of our congressional members.

887
01:14:32,130 --> 01:14:33,830
And I know the candidates, several of them,

888
01:14:33,930 --> 01:14:36,370
I think the leading candidates for replacing

889
01:14:36,370 --> 01:14:39,130
the district two Congress.

890
01:14:39,130 --> 01:14:44,170
And so, the end of the day, I believe that I have a way to make a federal

891
01:14:49,260 --> 01:14:51,080
request, if you will.

892
01:14:51,900 --> 01:14:55,200
It's nice having good relationships with these folks.

893
01:14:55,360 --> 01:14:59,860
I even feel like we have the commission as a whole, as good relationship with Governor Laura Kelly.

894
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:29,860
So, we have, you know, folks in these levels, these positions that are, they're very interested in Central County. And I don't know if that necessarily requires a federal lobbyist for us to make a request to those folks and let them actually work the issues for us as their constituents. We are very, Central County is very important to all of our federal representatives, both U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate and U.S. House. I haven't said that. Most of the years I was here when I first became

895
01:15:29,860 --> 01:15:31,840
a commissioner, we didn't have a federal obvious.

896
01:15:32,640 --> 01:15:34,220
In fact, we didn't even have a state lobbyist.

897
01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:36,680
We used a personal, we used a county staff for that.

898
01:15:41,390 --> 01:15:44,030
And I think that we've stepped up on that level

899
01:15:44,030 --> 01:15:46,390
because we've seen an awful lot of legislation

900
01:15:46,990 --> 01:15:48,430
that we actually needed to be,

901
01:15:48,590 --> 01:15:51,630
might think a little bit more energetic perhaps

902
01:15:51,630 --> 01:15:56,950
and more successful in moving our issues forward,

903
01:16:00,530 --> 01:16:02,070
bringing on that aspect of what he does.

904
01:16:02,790 --> 01:16:04,130
But this is not about him personally.

905
01:16:04,250 --> 01:16:05,110
I think he does a good job.

906
01:16:05,110 --> 01:16:11,870
and I know he's done some things for us recently that I do appreciate, but in terms of trying to get our budget

907
01:16:16,580 --> 01:16:22,660
back under control, I think somebody $8,000 haircut to that part of the budget does make sense. I probably would support that. Thank you.

908
01:16:22,660 --> 01:16:26,480
Okay. Appreciate the dialogue, Commissioner Meister.

909
01:16:27,380 --> 01:16:36,560
Okay. I respect both opinions. I respectfully disagree. I think that Mr. Davenport is a value,

910
01:16:36,980 --> 01:16:44,740
just even one success story of $3 million at dark 95 or another one at the EOC,

911
01:16:45,460 --> 01:16:55,780
dwarfs what we spend for his attention, but on a work basis he's well known in the

912
01:16:55,780 --> 01:17:00,460
department at the government at federal government level and he knows how to

913
01:17:00,460 --> 01:17:08,200
navigate through complex, I don't want to use the word swamp, but I did use the word

914
01:17:08,200 --> 01:17:19,720
But even the key management under the federal, under the senator's offices and our congressional

915
01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:27,940
offices appreciate that their staff can lean on him to get in to talk to the right level

916
01:17:27,940 --> 01:17:39,500
at the department level, so I don't know what if we do not have a federal lobbyist or

917
01:17:39,500 --> 01:17:44,640
we did not have somebody's respected as his organization is, we'll never know what

918
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:45,500
we missed out on.

919
01:17:46,140 --> 01:17:52,660
So I think any of those departments that were a light bulb moment for me is when you're

920
01:17:52,660 --> 01:17:59,160
not all the departments or all those agencies that are potentially taking a 10% in

921
01:18:05,240 --> 01:18:05,780
the budget.

922
01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:12,680
Any of we could introduce this to any of those departments to see if there's grant opportunities,

923
01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:16,180
for instance, at the zoo or any of those departments.

924
01:18:16,900 --> 01:18:23,360
He's got a staff that knows and he quickly answers the phone and he quickly would respond back and say,

925
01:18:23,820 --> 01:18:28,060
yeah, there will be opportunities or he'll quickly say no, there's not an opportunity.

926
01:18:28,060 --> 01:18:33,340
So he's a real yes-no person on on evaluation and evaluation and

927
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:42,460
Again, I think it's I would feel bad for the community if we knew that other counties around the country were

928
01:18:42,980 --> 01:18:49,620
having opportunities where they could succeed based on that and and we failed not because we

929
01:18:49,620 --> 01:18:58,360
We failed, but we failed because we weren't unaware of an opportunity that we could succeed

930
01:18:58,360 --> 01:18:58,680
on.

931
01:18:59,140 --> 01:19:07,360
So, it's a tough one, I agree, it's tough, but I've just seen too many of the successes

932
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:11,140
that far outweigh the cost on the impact.

933
01:19:11,140 --> 01:19:21,100
We introduced him to which state universities succeeding in getting a $51 million grant at

934
01:19:21,100 --> 01:19:28,380
one of like 30 or 40 I can't remember what it was out of 500 applicants and our whole

935
01:19:28,380 --> 01:19:36,660
region got a $51 million grant which is a large, large grant and as a matter of fact we're

936
01:19:36,660 --> 01:19:41,500
updating that here this afternoon on year two of that grant.

937
01:19:41,820 --> 01:19:43,660
So the impact is huge.

938
01:19:44,780 --> 01:19:48,620
You never know when you win something, what was the thing that won?

939
01:19:48,860 --> 01:19:52,940
Was it Commissioner Dennis talking to Senator Moran?

940
01:19:53,120 --> 01:19:55,320
Was it Pete Meitzner talking over here?

941
01:19:55,420 --> 01:19:57,660
Was it a lobbyist working in the department?

942
01:19:58,360 --> 01:20:02,780
You never know when they're evaluating all those, what the real anchor was.

943
01:20:02,780 --> 01:20:09,060
but I think he's part of a team of success and any

944
01:20:14,530 --> 01:20:17,450
of you could call him on his cell phone

945
01:20:17,450 --> 01:20:25,510
and he answers right away and ask any questions. So I'm supportive of keeping that in the budget

946
01:20:25,510 --> 01:20:29,690
for positive reasons for our community. Thank you.

947
01:20:35,650 --> 01:20:36,290
Okay.

948
01:20:38,030 --> 01:20:41,590
Again, I appreciate the positions of all my commissioners.

949
01:20:42,070 --> 01:20:46,410
I wanted to bring this up so that we could start going through the process who we're

950
01:20:46,410 --> 01:20:48,850
going to use throughout the budget cycle.

951
01:20:49,490 --> 01:20:56,410
But one other point that the manager made was that Sheriff uses his national organization

952
01:20:56,410 --> 01:20:57,690
to lobby for him.

953
01:20:58,090 --> 01:20:59,330
Don't forget we have NACO.

954
01:20:59,590 --> 01:21:04,030
We belong to a national organization that lobbies for us and

955
01:21:08,700 --> 01:21:09,860
we pay money for that.

956
01:21:09,860 --> 01:21:16,740
So maybe there's a trade-off if we don't think that we need NACO and we need the lobbyist more

957
01:21:16,740 --> 01:21:18,940
Maybe that's something we need to look at

958
01:21:18,940 --> 01:21:24,080
So maybe as we move forward we can bring that up at the next meeting because

959
01:21:24,740 --> 01:21:31,080
We do have someone that's lobbying for us in BC and that's called the National Association of Counties. Thank you

960
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:37,540
Okay, thank you commissioner. Oh, yes. Thank you. I'm just with the discussion today

961
01:21:37,540 --> 01:21:46,540
I think it's really important to just mention that Commissioner Meissner and I went and spoke with Senator Moran recently and talked about a couple of items which were

962
01:21:46,540 --> 01:21:55,200
Arc 95 and the new EOC building and we do have great relationships with with our partners at the federal level and I think that's wonderful.

963
01:21:55,880 --> 01:22:05,960
But at the end of the day, if someone comes and talks to any of us about an issue, we turn around and go and talk to staff because that's the group that actually is on the ground getting the work done.

964
01:22:05,960 --> 01:22:10,520
And I feel like that's where Jim comes in is, yes, we talked to Moran, and he could

965
01:22:10,520 --> 01:22:14,580
push from his perspective, but if we have someone also advocating at the staff level that

966
01:22:14,580 --> 01:22:17,440
can help kind of move these things forward, it's really helpful.

967
01:22:17,940 --> 01:22:23,040
And just, I mean, a couple of months after those conversations, Jim emailed us with that

968
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:27,460
we were getting, or hopefully you're getting the $2 million for the EOC and $3 million for

969
01:22:27,460 --> 01:22:27,880
ARC 95.

970
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:33,120
And I think that just goes to show, when we all work together, what can be accomplished

971
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:35,100
in $78,000 is a lot.

972
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:38,540
but $5 million from that I think is significant as well.

973
01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:43,080
So I am not in favor of getting rid of that contract,

974
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,200
but I can understand where you're at too.

975
01:22:45,540 --> 01:22:47,920
So that's where I'm at with this one item.

976
01:22:48,220 --> 01:22:48,300
Thank you.

977
01:22:48,700 --> 01:22:50,120
Appreciate the conversation.

978
01:22:50,420 --> 01:22:51,140
Two questions, Tom.

979
01:22:51,400 --> 01:22:54,220
Number one is this is a contract with Davenport.

980
01:22:54,340 --> 01:22:55,420
That's an annual contract.

981
01:22:55,760 --> 01:22:57,960
It is, it's renewable till the end of 25.

982
01:22:58,320 --> 01:22:58,460
Okay.

983
01:22:58,980 --> 01:23:00,680
Does the city wish I'll have a federal lobbyist?

984
01:23:01,160 --> 01:23:01,540
They do.

985
01:23:01,860 --> 01:23:03,300
And it's separate from Gibbon Davenport.

986
01:23:03,480 --> 01:23:04,280
There's no other store in the room.

987
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:06,200
Okay, we use the same lobbyist.

988
01:23:06,400 --> 01:23:08,880
Okay, okay, just a good discussion.

989
01:23:09,260 --> 01:23:09,920
I appreciate that.

990
01:23:10,160 --> 01:23:12,280
Any other discussion on this specific topic?

991
01:23:13,100 --> 01:23:18,840
I think it's, I think we should probably receive and file this discussion.

992
01:23:19,420 --> 01:23:24,900
So I'll move that we receive and file the discussion pertaining to budget discussion today.

993
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:25,480
Second.

994
01:23:25,900 --> 01:23:26,460
Motion a second.

995
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:27,960
Madam Clerk, please call the roll.

996
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:34,920
Mr. Martin, Mr. Dennis, Mr. Cal, Mr. Lopez, Chairman Beatty.

997
01:23:35,100 --> 01:23:36,960
Okay, next item, please.

998
01:23:38,200 --> 01:23:39,000
Committee reports.

999
01:23:39,620 --> 01:23:41,720
Okay, commissioners, anything on committee reports?

1000
01:23:43,340 --> 01:23:43,900
Yes.

1001
01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:45,420
Oh, so Mr. Martin.

1002
01:23:45,860 --> 01:23:45,980
Oh, yeah.

1003
01:23:47,340 --> 01:23:48,080
Thank you.

1004
01:23:49,100 --> 01:23:56,140
I just, you know, we also, speaking of memberships, we belong to REAP, the regional

1005
01:23:56,140 --> 01:24:03,220
economic area of partnership, 10 counties, whatever, anyway, I did take the last meeting,

1006
01:24:03,480 --> 01:24:09,100
some of the meetings are pretty valuable, some are not as valuable, but this last one

1007
01:24:09,100 --> 01:24:16,040
there was a really extensive presentation by Workforce Alliance about employment trends

1008
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:22,200
in a, they're required by federal law to have their regions and they don't match up directly

1009
01:24:22,200 --> 01:24:32,780
with like maybe a REAP region or a regional region, they don't line up exactly, but it's

1010
01:24:32,780 --> 01:24:33,900
pretty close in our area.

1011
01:24:34,420 --> 01:24:41,720
Anyway, the workforce alliance has a license, and I'm glad our HR directors here, because

1012
01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:49,660
they showed some incredible trends, and I know some of us are data-driven, better than

1013
01:24:49,660 --> 01:24:57,820
others. Commissioner, now. But it's really good. And the important thing that you can

1014
01:24:57,820 --> 01:25:02,500
peruse through that. Anyway, I got that report and I shared it with Lisa to share it with

1015
01:25:02,500 --> 01:25:08,860
you all, including the manager and the HR director. And the key part is that he has a, that

1016
01:25:08,860 --> 01:25:14,320
they have a license that if we looked at a thing and some triggers to say, well, I'd like

1017
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:18,860
to know a little more detail about this right could you think of that they

1018
01:25:19,820 --> 01:25:24,440
Amanda there at workforce alliances really a bright person and she was

1019
01:25:24,440 --> 01:25:29,460
encouraging that that ask anything we can we lose our our license we had a

1020
01:25:29,460 --> 01:25:33,440
request for them and they'll they'll give us a report so it's really employment

1021
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:39,680
statistical stuff that's so it's pretty deep and like the presentation they

1022
01:25:39,680 --> 01:25:43,060
only showed really ten slides during the meeting that I think it's about 30

1023
01:25:43,060 --> 01:25:47,720
e-slides, but there's a lot of charts, graphs, and everything else. So I just wanted to say

1024
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:54,880
that that was pretty valuable in another part of that same email you'll see from the

1025
01:25:54,880 --> 01:26:00,800
Extension Center talked about, again, grants and assistance that they've been doing that

1026
01:26:00,800 --> 01:26:07,360
I was unaware of. And there's a few slides in there that a lot of our nonprofits can utilize

1027
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:14,420
as well as grant assistance that maybe we've got a pretty good grant area person as well,

1028
01:26:14,580 --> 01:26:18,920
but maybe that's, there may be already connected, but anyway, I also should make sure

1029
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:22,400
that finance gets very few when it comes in that too.

1030
01:26:22,800 --> 01:26:25,520
So, anyway, that's my report on REAP, so thank you.

1031
01:26:27,180 --> 01:26:29,140
Very good, anything else in your committee reports?

1032
01:26:30,900 --> 01:26:32,300
Okay, saying no next item, please.

1033
01:26:32,800 --> 01:26:32,980
Other?

1034
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:34,480
Okay, anything for other?

1035
01:26:36,220 --> 01:26:41,560
I would just simply say that we're moving towards an election, a primary election, August

1036
01:26:41,560 --> 01:26:47,500
6th. One of the things that the commission and the county commission and our election

1037
01:26:47,500 --> 01:26:52,220
commission is really advocated for is more polling sites. The best way to increase accessibility

1038
01:26:52,700 --> 01:26:58,100
to voting is to have more polling sites throughout the community. With that being said, with more

1039
01:26:58,100 --> 01:27:02,480
polling sites, we need more volunteers to work the primary election. We just encourage the

1040
01:27:02,480 --> 01:27:07,600
community. I think it's a wonderful learning experience, but it's a community service event

1041
01:27:07,600 --> 01:27:12,000
to be able to come and serve the election commissioner and the elections of department

1042
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:18,000
for the primary. We do need more workers, we do need more volunteers, so please, if you're

1043
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:23,040
interested in doing so, please contact the elections office and they will give you all the

1044
01:27:23,040 --> 01:27:27,340
resources you need to help sign up and to activate you into volunteering during the primary

1045
01:27:27,340 --> 01:27:33,480
election. Lots of opportunities and they do need help. So, Commissioner Howell. Just to follow up on that, I think you

1046
01:27:33,480 --> 01:27:43,320
Chairman, she did provide a report to the Cedric County Association of Cities meeting on Saturday and she did say that she does have the staff that she

1047
01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:55,300
needs for this election cycle. The November election I'm sure she'll need some more. But I mean, if people want to help out for the November election, I think that's a great call for help, but I think she does have the primary election is

1048
01:27:55,300 --> 01:27:56,880
is taking care of in terms of first half needs.

1049
01:27:56,960 --> 01:27:57,620
Okay, very good.

1050
01:27:57,880 --> 01:27:58,860
I could appreciate that update.

1051
01:27:59,500 --> 01:28:01,420
Well, for the primary election in November, please,

1052
01:28:01,900 --> 01:28:02,700
we're gonna need a lot of help.

1053
01:28:02,960 --> 01:28:04,520
General election in November.

1054
01:28:04,860 --> 01:28:06,440
You can tell I'm not in a campaign right now, right?

1055
01:28:07,160 --> 01:28:07,340
Sorry.

1056
01:28:09,840 --> 01:28:11,740
For the general election in November,

1057
01:28:11,980 --> 01:28:12,840
I think it's very important.

1058
01:28:12,840 --> 01:28:13,700
We need to be able to support.

1059
01:28:13,860 --> 01:28:16,400
One of the things that we are specifically attuned to

1060
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:18,380
is trying to get more polling locations,

1061
01:28:18,380 --> 01:28:19,980
more polling sites for more accessibility.

1062
01:28:20,360 --> 01:28:23,500
With that means more need for volunteers, more need for help.

1063
01:28:23,500 --> 01:28:26,260
So, um, please make sure you're helping to volunteer.

1064
01:28:26,580 --> 01:28:27,400
Um, okay.

1065
01:28:27,580 --> 01:28:28,360
Anything else under either?

1066
01:28:38,470 --> 01:28:39,090
I'm saying none.

1067
01:28:39,510 --> 01:28:40,250
Next item, please.

1068
01:28:40,730 --> 01:28:41,590
Executive session.

1069
01:28:41,970 --> 01:28:42,250
Okay.

1070
01:28:42,370 --> 01:28:42,830
We do have that.

1071
01:28:42,970 --> 01:28:43,690
Chairman Dady.

1072
01:28:43,910 --> 01:28:43,970
Bye.

1073
01:28:44,570 --> 01:28:44,770
Okay.

1074
01:28:46,050 --> 01:28:47,750
Are we going to go right over here, Tom?

1075
01:28:48,110 --> 01:28:48,450
Six.

1076
01:28:48,570 --> 01:28:49,790
We're going to go up to the 6th floor.

1077
01:28:49,990 --> 01:28:51,590
So, uh, off to the 6th floor.

1078
01:28:52,130 --> 01:28:53,390
I'll see you back 45 minutes.

1079
01:29:36,660 --> 01:29:42,420
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1080
01:29:42,420 --> 01:29:48,940
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1081
01:29:49,380 --> 01:29:56,640
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1082
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