[0:09] at this time I'll call the meeting to
order for the Dixon County Commission
[0:14] August 15 2024 would you please stand
and join in the flag
[0:21] salute I pledge aliance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the
[0:26] Republic for which it stands one nation
under God indivisible with liberty and
[0:32] justice for
[0:44] all
today I'll be presiding over the meeting
[0:49] and Ron roller is here and Craig
Chamberlain is away at another
[0:55] appointment
today the first item we have is the
[1:00] approval of the agenda and I did not
show there's no additions to the agenda
[1:04] so I would move that we approve the
agenda as printed and I'll second it we
[1:08] have the motion we have the second for
approval of the agenda as printed any
[1:12] discussion all in favor say I I opposed
motion
[1:17] carries the consent agenda includes the
minutes of the August 8th meeting also
[1:22] payroll of
[1:25] $396,500 and then utilities a wire
payment of
[1:31] $982
a64 I move to the consent agenda I'll
[1:38] second it we have the motion and the
second for approval of the consent
[1:41] agenda any other discussion all in favor
say I I I closed motion carries
[1:47] commission comments Ron just want to
make a comment briefly here we uh some
[1:52] information is given to us by Janelle
this morning about organization KW works
[1:56] that inspects the facility here uh uh
they went through a complete inspection
[2:02] this is about a 32 page article here
things that went through uh being
[2:07] inspected and I'm so proud of the the
employees of Dickinson County here past
[2:13] everything safety wise everything's in
compliance and that's a remarkable feed
[2:17] for an organization that size 35 145
employees employees doing that Janelle
[2:23] so that's that's just something that
needs to be spoke of and and they're
[2:26] looking after us looking after all of us
so I I do appreciate that thank you for
[2:30] giving that information to
us okay and I do not have anything so we
[2:36] will go on to the next item U this is a
presentation of petitions or
[2:44] proclamations uh we do have the hopes
Lions Club is having their 100th
[2:51] anniversary and I
believe you're here to read that
[2:56] Proclamation and if you would please
step to the podium and introduce
[2:59] yourself and read the proclamation i'
appreciate it sure my name is Tom
[3:05] Lon as I mentioned earlier I live two
miles south of Dyan I am the immediate P
[3:10] president of the Hope Lions
Club and I would like to invite all of
[3:15] you to the Hope Heritage Festival on
September 7th Saturday uh 5 to 7 PM is
[3:21] the Hope Lions Club hog and turkey roast
it's good and we have homemade sides oh
[3:27] wow that doesn't draw you in I don't
know what we
[3:30] but thank you for your time and putting
this in the
[3:35] record you ready for me yes okay whereas
The Hope Lions Club is a service
[3:41] organization composed of community
volunteers and whereas The Hope Lions
[3:46] Club carries out the Lions model of we
serve in the Hope Community and whereas
[3:52] The Hope Lions Club is part of Lions
International with 1.4 million members
[3:57] around the globe serving their
communities and and whereas The Hope
[4:02] Lions Club will celebrate 100 years of
service during the Hope parage Festival
[4:06] on September 7th by being Grand Marshal
of the Hope Heritage Festival parade and
[4:12] by holding the annual hog and turkey
roast and where as the Hope Lions Club
[4:17] looks forward to another 100 prosperous
years of serving The Hope
[4:21] Community now therefore we the
commissioners of dickon County do hereby
[4:25] Proclaim September 1st through 7th 2024
as hope Lions 100 hope Lions Club 100th
[4:33] anniversary week and encourage all of
our citizens to recognize the Hope Lions
[4:38] Club for their continued service to the
Hope Community dated this 15th day of
[4:42] August
2024 okay well thank you for reading
[4:47] that and I will make the motion that we
uh do sign this
[4:52] Proclamation uh for the Hope Lions 100th
anniversary week and I'll second that
[4:57] motion we have the motion and the second
and any discussion all in favor say I I
[5:02] oppose motion carries I appreciate you
coming up here and reading it
[5:07] and so about how many people are in your
hope Lions Club we have 15 members right
[5:15] now okay number is going to go up you
have some prospects and it's going to
[5:19] increase because I'm the membership
chairman so oh good I've been in lions
[5:23] for 20 years so okay I can get members
so um I think it's important I mentioned
[5:29] earlier
we need more people in Hope and a group
[5:34] like the Lions Club it's a community it
get people in the community together and
[5:40] I think as towns shrink a lot of people
that sense of community so any nonprofit
[5:48] churches schools service clubs volunteer
firefighters we all need to support them
[5:57] because that gets a sense of community
and that's how we get more people out
[6:02] here and before I leave I do want to say
one thing this is a little off septic
[6:07] I've lived here two years I moved back
and I have been very impressed with
[6:11] dickon County when I call the courthouse
people actually answer the phone and
[6:16] that is so rare in today's world and I
appreciate that so much um I've got a
[6:21] good road Key Road when it snows it gets
plowed um and I'm just so thankful I
[6:28] don't live in Maran County they don't
have that I'm four miles from Maran
[6:33] County so I appreciate everything you
guys do you're doing a good job that is
[6:36] nice to hear thank you you're welcome so
well thank you for your comments and and
[6:41] congratulations on this anniversary week
and sounds like it'll be very festive
[6:45] and a lot of things to do a
lot like you have said um you know if
[6:52] you can have a group like lions that is
positive and uplifting and they can help
[6:57] organize events I think it just helps
strengthen a community in general and
[7:04] and all of us at times have heard or
maybe even said at times you know why
[7:10] doesn't someone do this or it'd be great
if this would happen but yet it takes a
[7:14] group like yours that steps forward and
and rather than talk about it put some
[7:20] things in place and so um so anyway
sounds very exciting and uh good luck
[7:26] with your membership drive because um
you have to be aggressive on that to
[7:32] make it happen but but it keeps from
falling back also yeah okay and and I'd
[7:37] like you to share just a few things that
you're G to have at your festivity
[7:41] coming up so the so there is food
throughout the day and we were
[7:46] mentioning earlier it's kind of hard to
get vendors that time of year that's a
[7:49] busy time of year if you're a food
vendor sure
[7:53] um I don't even know what's all going on
the parades at 4:30 I know that um we
[7:59] kind of officially start there's uh
school class doing the breakfast there's
[8:05] games the car show that probably starts
about 8 or nine that's the morning early
[8:11] afternoon um we have a group up V V
triloquist coming he's going to perform
[8:17] at
7 I don't remember his name but he's
[8:21] from wiah he's kind of a comedian so
those are always
[8:25] world and there's games for kids space
painting that type of stuff so I you
[8:32] said something like ziplining too oh
yeah the zipline the zipline and it's
[8:36] big and I won't get on it because I'm
not
[8:42] that and everything's so what we do the
the committee raises money throughout
[8:47] the year so all of our kids stuff is
free everything's free except for the
[8:52] food obviously um but you know you can
bring it you can bring your family and
[8:58] we even have three bottle water so you
can bring your bring your family if
[9:02] you're a young family and not spend any
money that's is great so abolutely we're
[9:07] always fishing fundraising and we have
pretty good sponsors yeah we're trying
[9:12] to that's another thing I'm trying to
increase the parades at 4:30 I'm trying
[9:15] to we're getting more entrance so it's a
pretty good for Aid yeah and like I said
[9:22] earlier it's we're count of 350 people
there is a lot going on that and roughly
[9:27] numbers give us the numbers usually
participate as far as people show I was
[9:32] told there's two to three thousand
people in hope that day I have no idea
[9:36] that is not a scientific number that's
just somebody's opinion but I'm in
[9:40] charge of the beer tent so I just I have
my area and I help with the museum and
[9:45] the Lions Club so I don't know because I
don't get around and walk around during
[9:49] the day um but there are a lot of people
there's a lot of
[9:53] people you know I I don't know three4 of
the people there
[9:59] it's a good it's a good thing for the
community sure that's for you yeah thank
[10:06] you very much well Tom thank you and
congratulations and best wishes hope you
[10:10] have a nice crisp autumn day and yeah
you don't want it to be too sunshine and
[10:16] want to be tooold that's right
yeah okay thank you very much stay but I
[10:21] do have to get back to work I understand
app the time they just do the
[10:27] proclamation move on generate that tax
revenue so thank you and thank you for
[10:32] your comments on our
[10:37] roads okay the next item we have on the
agenda this would be the time for public
[10:41] comments and there are some people
online I do have if there's anyone that
[10:46] would want to make a comment or I have
rules to read first okay yes and before
[10:51] we get to that part we do have our uh
reading that we'll have
[10:55] here for the open meetings act KSA 75-
4317 and 75- 4318 a as the elected board
[11:04] the County Commission is not allowed to
meet or make any decisions without
[11:07] posting the meeting they are only
allowed to act on items on the agenda
[11:11] which they set during their regular
meeting the County commission may allow
[11:14] for public comments on items not listed
on the approved agenda if you wish to
[11:19] provide comments please come forward to
the podium and state your name and
[11:22] address if you are online raise your
hand and we will unmute you state your
[11:27] name and address please each person may
speak for 3 minutes the a lotted time
[11:31] will start after the speaker has given
his or her name and address public
[11:35] comments shall be addressed to the
County Commission only and not to the
[11:38] speaker or the audience only the County
Commission will be permitted to ask the
[11:42] speaker questions the public comment
period is not a back and forth
[11:46] discussion with the County Commission
you should make your views and input
[11:49] known to them but it is not a time to
ask questions you should not expect them
[11:53] to respond to your
comments comments May Express support or
[11:57] agreement with the previous speaker
speakers but in the interest of time
[12:00] please do not repeat the same
information you may State something to
[12:04] the effect of your name and address and
I agree with the previous speaker it is
[12:08] important to maintain a respectful
non-threatening atmosphere for anyone
[12:12] who would like to speak please do not
engage in such actions as cheering
[12:16] booing clapping insults threats
Etc okay thank you and I know there's a
[12:23] similar type reading or information that
goes out to that's kind of the standard
[12:29] of operation now for cities and counties
throughout Kansas so um there's nobody
[12:37] online with their hand raised okay so we
do not have any public comments at this
[12:42] particular meeting we will go to the
next item this is the report of County
[12:47] officers our County Administrator
Janelle dondor up Commissioners we
[12:52] purchased diesel fuel this week we
received three bids first from Robson at
[12:57] 273 satp Brothers at 278 and MKC at 283
so Robson was awarded the bid prices as
[13:05] we commented before in the study session
that's that's very good we're pleased
[13:09] with that and as Ron noted we had the
kwor inspection of the highway
[13:14] Environmental Services departments and
we passed and there's a large number of
[13:19] items that they look at and review to
make sure that we're safely performing
[13:23] the work or the work area safe so it's
uh it's very it's very important that we
[13:30] have passed this and it speaks very well
of our employees the County website is
[13:35] progressing well we have a tenative go
live date of August 29th the Appraiser's
[13:40] office are out collecting sales data as
per statute and then our County
[13:44] appraiser will attend the North Central
Regional Association of assessing
[13:48] officers next week in
Nebraska with the Reigns that we've had
[13:52] the highway department is out blading
the roads they also repaired a bridge
[13:56] deck that was damaged in the 800 block
of Daisy Road fortunately we were able
[14:00] to take take care of that pretty quickly
Martin advised this morning that the
[14:05] contractor will start the paint striping
of the new painting shortly they were in
[14:09] lmth county and we'll be moving this way
and the highway department is also
[14:13] training the city of babling Public
Works Department on the dur patching
[14:17] machine so kind of sharing our resources
there with them we've completed repairs
[14:23] or in the process of completing repairs
to the roof at the Texas Street Building
[14:27] and environmental services we had had
some wind damage or high winds come
[14:31] through and they're just going back
through and making sure that the Rope is
[14:34] in good shape and tightening tightening
everything down and then also repairs to
[14:39] the area the ham scales are being
completed that's uh permanently
[14:44] installing those concrete blocks that
are back there around that for safety as
[14:48] well EMS attended the Nar Community
pancake feed this past weekend and had a
[14:52] good time pancakes are good we have a
PBZ board meeting tonight at 700 P p.m.
[14:59] in the courthouse basement meeting room
and next week Marcus will present the
[15:03] fiscal 2025 budget
hearing on the 22nd and 11:05
[15:09] am that's all I have right now okay
thank you any
[15:14] questions questions our County councelor
Doug Thompson thank you I'm working on
[15:20] right now is the past due tax reports uh
in regards to real estate and I'm
[15:26] waiting for the title company to give me
the list of of individuals and
[15:32] properties that are delinquent in
regards to the taxes so that we can have
[15:38] a tax sell by the end of this year if at
all possible and so I expect to have
[15:43] that report in about two weeks time and
from there then we'll begin to move
[15:49] forward sending out notice that's all I
have okay thank you thank
[15:55] you our County Clerk Jeanie Livingston
hi just wanted to report that we are our
[16:01] audit has not been approved by the state
and we are working on that the canvas
[16:06] will be held on
Monday the 19th 19th at um 9:00 a.m.
[16:15] here at the courthouse basement meeting
room and that's all I have to report
[16:21] okay so you'll be downstairs rather than
our regular meeting room here because uh
[16:28] Municipal Court is held on Mondays okay
and
[16:33] um and the public is invited to observe
um but it's not a participation type
[16:41] there's no inter to focus on what we're
doing in the county and then Jeanie
[16:45] you'll be here or Jennifer or both of
you to direct
[16:49] our um have the agenda for that yes
there will be aend so kind of a standard
[16:55] procedural approach there okay
any questions otherwise Ron
[17:02] or no questions moving on uh notices and
Communications we just have a few things
[17:09] here uh the Kansas Department of Health
and environment kdhe gives notification
[17:15] any times that there are any control
permits that are a
[17:19] related and they do this for
um for everywhere across the stage but
[17:27] we have been notified
and this is just a renewal of a permit
[17:33] uh it's Kansas permit for Kim and ncy
gaki that is uh they have an
[17:40] operation uh in Hope Kansas area so it
is in regards to they have an existing
[17:49] facility of 85 head of cattle 119 units
total um and Catt Wayne less than 700 lb
[18:00] and so anyway this is a it's been
approved for the waste management plan
[18:06] that is on file with
kdhe and we also have a magazine the
[18:11] Kansas
prosecutor and um so we have that for
[18:16] review we also
receive information from Bob and K
[18:22] Hoffman and this was an article that
they wanted us to be aware of and re and
[18:30] it had to do with an incident in Lincoln
County News reported for Chandler
[18:38] Oklahoma and um it had to do with
insurance
[18:43] coverage um who is
responsible on insurance um in case
[18:50] there happens to be damage and of course
there's many factors such as acts of God
[18:55] or wind or storms or
if it's um you know just any other area
[19:02] so we have that for our review we also
had
[19:07] notification um from the governing body
of Liberty Township in Dixon County and
[19:13] they want to request and close and an
abandoned a half mile section on
[19:19] 1300 and so we've been notified of that
and then we'll do the proper steps and
[19:26] procedures to consider that that' be at
a future meeting
[19:31] yes and it's good to get the request
from them because it gives us a chance
[19:35] to take a look at it but also to make
sure that any other property owners
[19:40] would that are impacted have proper
notification and we have guidelines on
[19:46] that and there was a news article too
that I had made a copy of that Pam Wells
[19:51] had sent as well
okay
[19:56] and okay so we have that from Pam Wells
M
[20:01] okay is there anything else or any
notices or
[20:05] Communications
um I I will mention earlier this morning
[20:11] uh Jeanie Livingston spoke to us as
County Clerk as the audit procedures and
[20:19] Communications with Secretary of State's
office and the procedures who following
[20:24] on that we also had Maria Schneider in
here with human resources and she gave
[20:30] us an update on some of the openings and
changes that we've had we've had a few
[20:36] people transfer and then we had a few
openings and then we also have um some
[20:41] positions that have been filled and I I
do appreciate her approach and that
[20:46] until it actually happens but we do have
Target dates of when people will start
[20:51] um their employment with us say in
September and and so on so appreciate
[20:57] the work that she's done
are there any other notices and
[21:02] Communications I believe so we do not
have any resolutions today we do not
[21:05] have any other unfinished business is
there any other business to bring before
[21:11] the
commission since there is uh we do not
[21:16] have any additional business I would
move that we adjourn I'll second it we
[21:22] have the motion and the second to
adjourn any discussion all in favor say
[21:26] I I oppos car
[21:31] are adjourned