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Heat. 46 00:05:02,613 --> 00:05:04,633 [music] 47 00:05:07,853 --> 00:05:09,873 » [music] 48 00:05:18,988 --> 00:05:21,008 [music] 49 00:05:26,193 --> 00:05:28,213 [music] 50 00:05:34,053 --> 00:05:36,073 [music] 51 00:05:47,808 --> 00:05:49,828 [music] 52 00:05:52,880 --> 00:06:00,639 » Good morning everyone. Welcome to the uh Ellis County Commission meeting 53 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:04,280 September 1st of 2026. If we can stand for the pledge of allegiance. 54 00:06:05,280 --> 00:06:14,664 I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it 55 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:20,520 stands one nation under God [clears throat] indivisible with liberty 56 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:20,520 and justice for all. 57 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,560 » Okay, Bobby, if you could call roll, please. Commissioner Nathan Ler 58 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,240 » here. >> Chair Neil Younger 59 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,919 » present. >> Commissioner Michael Burgess 60 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:43,160 » here. >> We have a quorum. 61 00:06:38,479 --> 00:06:43,160 » Order business stays the same. 62 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:52,240 Um, everyone have a chance to look at the August 17th meeting and 18th. 63 00:06:51,039 --> 00:06:58,160 » Yes. Minutes look good. >> Okay. 64 00:06:54,639 --> 00:07:02,000 » How about the consent agenda? I'll move to approve consent agenda 65 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:05,440 items A through G. >> Second. 66 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:10,160 » Okay, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor say I. I. 67 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:16,639 » I. Motion to approve. All right. Anyone from the audience that 68 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:19,639 would like to speak? That's not on the No. 69 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:29,080 All right. Introduction of new um employees. Jennifer, 70 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:35,680 » good morning. >> You're in the whole room. 71 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:39,599 » Jennifer Taylor, Ellis County HR. And yes, as you can see, we have quite a few 72 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:44,240 new employees here with us. Our departments have been very busy uh 73 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:50,400 filling the positions that we have. And so I will let most departments introduce 74 00:07:47,199 --> 00:07:55,039 their employees and I will have our dispatchers come up. their uh 75 00:07:52,880 --> 00:08:00,720 supervisors weren't able to be here this morning covering for shifts, but I have 76 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:04,800 Lesie Watson and Caitlyn Cisneros. They are they joined us yesterday actually, 77 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:09,960 so today is day two and we welcome them to the communication center. 78 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,960 » Welcome. 79 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:20,160 » Morning commissioners county public works director. Beside me is Daniel 80 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:24,639 Geber. You may recall he was here about nine months ago in the same spot. He was 81 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:27,680 with our bridge crew before. Left for a short time and came back and he's going 82 00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:33,800 to be operating a territory for us the blade. So we're happy to have him back. 83 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,800 » Okay. Welcome back. 84 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:44,800 » Denita Schrader, EMS director. I have Channing Ratherford with us today. Um he 85 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:50,480 is going to fulfill a part-time EMT position with us. He's been an EMT for 86 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:54,519 what two years now. >> Good deal. Welcome. 87 00:08:51,519 --> 00:08:54,519 » Welcome. 88 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:03,839 » Morning commissioners and everyone. We have here Damian. Um I would not want to 89 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:07,920 pronounce his name. [laughter] He's a bit tricky. So you can have you can call 90 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:12,959 him Damian. He's the new IT support member that we have in IT. Um and yeah, 91 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:16,360 so we're just happy to have him. Okay. Very good. Welcome. 92 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:25,839 Good morning, commissioners. Dustin Bar and Sheriff's Office. I have uh one of 93 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:29,440 our new hires with me today, Ty Losi. He started on our day shift last week. Uh 94 00:09:28,546 --> 00:09:33,120 [clears throat] we also have Mason Emerson and Mark Bernett. They are on 95 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:35,920 the night shift, so they are probably at home sleeping right now. So, okay, good. 96 00:09:35,279 --> 00:09:38,920 Well, welcome. >> Welcome. 97 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:57,839 Okay. Ellis County uh breastfeeding coalition. An introduction to the uh 98 00:09:54,000 --> 00:10:00,839 Cottonwood 4 extension agent. Monique. 99 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:11,519 » Good morning. Monique Kerner, Cottonwood Extension District and Ellis County 100 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:17,120 Breastfeeding Coalition. So, um, we brought a few of our members of the 101 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:24,320 coalition with us. So, um, I just want to introduce Robin Xiha, Jessica Sy, 102 00:10:21,680 --> 00:10:29,920 and Christina Morales from the health department. Um, Jess is from Hayes Med 103 00:10:27,279 --> 00:10:34,880 and uh, Robin's a little league leader and works for United Healthcare and is 104 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:39,200 part of our coalition. So, uh, I just put together a quick presentation. Um, 105 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:44,079 Commissioner Burgess had asked us to come talk a little bit more about a 106 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:52,880 designation we just recently received in August of 2026. So, um, back in 2015, 107 00:10:49,360 --> 00:10:57,920 our coalition was formed and Hayes was actually a pilot for the original 108 00:10:55,519 --> 00:11:03,760 certification for communities supporting breastfeeding. Um, so that was in 2015 109 00:11:01,519 --> 00:11:07,839 as well. uh when we started our coalition. So if you want to just kind 110 00:11:06,079 --> 00:11:15,279 of page through some more things will pop up. So there you can see uh that we 111 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:22,480 started um we the community supporting um breastfeeding was uh we had to meet 112 00:11:19,519 --> 00:11:28,000 at least quarterly. We we meet monthly. Um we're listed on the Kansas 113 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:33,760 Breastfeeding Coalition directory. Um we have uh one coalition leader um myself 114 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:41,040 and actually several of us are part of the the KBC. Um we've like I said we've 115 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:45,920 met for several years um to earn the plus designation. We had to become more 116 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:50,480 active on social media. So if anybody wants to go out and check out the Ellis 117 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:56,160 County Breastfeeding Coalition Facebook page, we post there on a regular basis. 118 00:11:53,920 --> 00:12:01,360 um we have active members from at least three sectors uh listed on the criteria. 119 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:06,959 So those would be things like your hospital, your health department, um you 120 00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:12,959 know, maybe some businesses, new moms, things like that. Um and then uh we 121 00:12:10,560 --> 00:12:17,519 connect with other local or regional coalitions. Um Robin and I are both on 122 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:23,040 the Central Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, so we do network quite a bit 123 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:27,920 with others around us. Um and then I'll let um Robin take the next part. She's 124 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:33,000 going to talk about Lichi League and our peer support that we have here in Ellis 125 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,000 County. 126 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:42,560 Um, as she said, I'm Robin Chiha and I'm one of the four accredited Lae League 127 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:47,120 leaders um, here with the Western Kansas uh, Lae League and Mon'nique and I were 128 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:51,760 just talking right before the meeting and we've been accredited now I think 129 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:57,279 this is 27 years that we have been helping moms mother to mother. U, we 130 00:12:55,279 --> 00:13:01,600 offer monthly meetings and I don't know if you've seen our little flyers around. 131 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:07,839 Uh we keep those at the doctor's offices. [clears throat] The hospital 132 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:13,360 hands them out. Uh we offer monthly uh support group meetings, uh telephone 133 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:18,240 help. It's all free um to moms if they're just needing some education, 134 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:23,519 support, that kind of thing. And we have four leaders uh here with our group. Two 135 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:26,519 of them couldn't be here today. um 136 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:33,920 » and just like the virtual groups. >> Yes, we yeah, we've had some virtual 137 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:38,639 meetings and then sometimes we don't have attendees, but we would like to get 138 00:13:36,079 --> 00:13:43,360 that going again as well. I think that's of value. Um 139 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,560 we meet at the library, but we are looking at changing the location. 140 00:13:45,279 --> 00:13:51,040 » September. >> Okay. 141 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:56,120 » Yeah, I think that will be good. They're located close to the hospital. So, 142 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:04,399 » right. And Jess's gonna talk about baby friendly. 143 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:08,000 » Um part of the designation is that um you have a hospital that is high five 144 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:15,600 for mom and baby or a baby friendly designated hospital. Um Haste Meadow was 145 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:22,160 designated in 2021 with our uh first um uh dedication for that. And um so 146 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:26,880 definitely a huge uh process improvement process um that we go through. It 147 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:30,959 involves implementing 10 steps um that pretty much hold you accountable. Lots 148 00:14:28,399 --> 00:14:36,240 of data collection with our patient um support and um our nurses documentation, 149 00:14:33,839 --> 00:14:42,399 nurses education, education in the prenatal clinic as well. So um it has 150 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:45,600 been a great thing to be um involved in that. I think they said there's around 151 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,959 on the website it says around 600 hospitals in the United States that are 152 00:14:47,199 --> 00:14:54,639 baby friendly designated. So, it is pretty um prestigious. I think Kansas 153 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:59,760 kind of goes back and forth um probably between um six to 10 hospitals in the 154 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:03,360 state that have the designation. Um some places decide to not renew their 155 00:15:01,519 --> 00:15:06,800 designation, but we just recently renewed ours um this last year. So, we 156 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:13,839 had to go through the accreditation process again um in May. So 157 00:15:11,199 --> 00:15:16,320 um and then also part of it I don't the milk bank. 158 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:22,079 » Y >> the milk bank is um a a project that we 159 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:26,639 work with the Ellis County breastfeeding coalition with. Um they helped us get 160 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:31,360 our initial freezer that we store the milk in. It's a place where moms can 161 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:37,519 donate ex excess um breast milk that they have and we are kind of a middleman 162 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:42,399 between the milk bank in Denver, Colorado where they um do the 163 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:45,760 pasteurization process um for the milk. So we collect it from the moms. They can 164 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:49,120 just drop it off at the front door of the hospital. We pick it up, put it in 165 00:15:47,519 --> 00:15:54,320 our freezer until it's time to ship it when the FedEx people come and then um 166 00:15:51,839 --> 00:15:59,600 it gets shipped out to Colorado and they go um through the pro pasteurization 167 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:04,800 process out there. We recently started um having um pasteurized donor human 168 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:11,120 milk available to our patients at the hospital. Um and that we order our milk 169 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:14,560 then from Denver to come um to be delivered to the hospital to have it 170 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,839 available then for our patients. So that's been a great project to see all 171 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,279 the way through. >> Absolutely. 172 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:25,786 » I always joke with Jess that that was our easy button with the hospital 173 00:16:23,279 --> 00:16:29,839 becoming baby friendly because they [clears throat] did all the work and the 174 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:33,646 coalition didn't have to do that. She I don't think she would agree with me that 175 00:16:31,199 --> 00:16:36,959 that was our easy button. But um we [clears throat] do really appreciate 176 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:40,720 having a baby friendly hospital in our community. Having that support for 177 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:45,920 breastfeeding mothers and getting them off to a good start is is huge for our 178 00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:52,320 community. So where the work work really had to happen was in the public spaces 179 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:57,600 realm. So we had around 20 businesses that have become breastfeeding welcome 180 00:16:54,399 --> 00:17:02,720 here. So um it's nothing like over the top that they have to do. they just um 181 00:16:59,759 --> 00:17:07,679 put a little sticker in their window and um mostly just educate their employees 182 00:17:05,199 --> 00:17:11,280 that breastfeeding is legal in the state of Kansas. Anywhere a mother has the 183 00:17:09,679 --> 00:17:17,039 right to be, she can breastfeed her child. And so, uh that's where the work 184 00:17:14,559 --> 00:17:22,799 began really. Uh we had around 20 businesses that originally signed up and 185 00:17:19,839 --> 00:17:29,440 so we pretty much had to double that um to about 43 or so in order to earn this 186 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:33,919 designation. We ended up with 45. Um, one of the leaders and I went up and 187 00:17:31,919 --> 00:17:39,440 down Main Street into a couple of shopping complexes and we were really 188 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:44,960 pleased with the reception that we got. Um, everybody was on board with it and 189 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:50,640 just thinks that it's a really good initiative to support families in our 190 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:54,320 community. Um, and then workplaces. So, there's a business case for 191 00:17:52,320 --> 00:18:00,160 breastfeeding award that can go to businesses that support their 192 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:06,559 breastfeeding employees. And we have 10 businesses. We had around um seven or 193 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:12,720 eight, I think, when we first began in 2015, and we've added a few more along 194 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:16,320 the way. And uh recently, Ellis County was the last one to achieve that 195 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:21,360 designation for our community. So, Jennifer is going to talk about that 196 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:27,760 process. Um, and then in child care, we had to have at least 20 providers 197 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:32,880 complete uh a KBC or cassedo breastfeeding course. So, uh, that was 198 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:37,280 also an easy button for us. We have a lot of um, 199 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:42,240 childcare providers that have gone through that. And then we had to have at 200 00:18:39,679 --> 00:18:48,880 least one child care program designated as a breastfeeding friendly child care 201 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:53,760 provider. So, um, and that is at Early Childhood Connections. Their Early Head 202 00:18:51,280 --> 00:19:00,320 Start Child Care program is our breastfeeding friendly child care. 203 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:04,799 Um, okay, next slide. So, uh, we've kind of already talked about one of those. 204 00:19:02,799 --> 00:19:10,799 Uh, you had to have at least one of these criteria. We were lucky enough to 205 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:15,679 add two of these. So, um, I'll invite Jennifer up to talk about the Ellis 206 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:21,280 County initiatives and then Jess has already talked about the milk depot. 207 00:19:19,363 --> 00:19:25,600 [clears throat] So, I am super excited for this group and everything they've 208 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:30,799 accomplished, but I'm also super excited to be here to explain what we as Ellis 209 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:37,760 County have been able to contribute to the mix. And so it was kind of a story 210 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:42,799 about turning a negative into a positive as we were able to take the flood that 211 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:47,039 happened here in our administrative building and kind of flip that and 212 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:52,240 rebuild with our employees at the forefront of our mind. And what I mean 213 00:19:49,679 --> 00:19:59,840 by that is not only did we rebuild the entire basement, but we were able to 214 00:19:55,280 --> 00:20:03,679 create a um dedicated private lactation space because coming back, and I know 215 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:09,919 they've kind of touched on this, but coming back from um maternity leave or 216 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:14,480 having a baby is a huge transition. And so being able to support our employees 217 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:19,520 by having that space if they choose the route that route to go is one of the top 218 00:20:17,679 --> 00:20:24,960 um top things that we could do at that point. And so um I know there's a lot of 219 00:20:23,039 --> 00:20:29,520 people that helped bring the space to life, but I want to thank Lori, Greg, 220 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:34,240 Keith, Darren for bringing this space to life. And then also you guys as 221 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:38,480 commissioners for backing that in the budget. Um it's an incredible room. If 222 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:44,159 you haven't had a chance to look at it, please please take a look. Uh but with 223 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:49,039 that space and that backing along with our comprehensive benefits package, uh 224 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:54,159 we are super excited to be able to receive uh the employee and I don't have 225 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:59,679 the name correct uh but the gold breastfeeding employee support award as 226 00:20:57,039 --> 00:21:04,799 a along with um the breastfeeding welcome here. So, we do have um both of 227 00:21:02,159 --> 00:21:10,679 those uh behind our name and you can see different signs in our windows and then 228 00:21:06,559 --> 00:21:10,679 also in some of our break rooms. 229 00:21:11,369 --> 00:21:17,200 [clears throat] >> So, you can see the last bullet point on 230 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:22,960 there. Um our city county government works a little bit different. Um but we 231 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:27,840 do have the haze wreck on board as well. Um, I visited with Roger on a couple of 232 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:32,159 different points about the swimming pool staff. And so that was a little bit of 233 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:38,000 explanation to the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition and and how we did that. So I 234 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:43,120 just really want to thank um Jennifer and you guys for supporting our families 235 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:48,240 um in the workplace, especially breastfeeding mothers. Um it's really 236 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:55,520 important in this day and age that we're supporting families. So um thank you for 237 00:21:50,880 --> 00:22:02,240 that. Do you have any questions? >> This is just some pictures from the 238 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:07,280 proclamation and the ribbon cutting. Um, so you can see Mayor Rutder came down 239 00:22:05,039 --> 00:22:12,559 and read the proclamation and we had a nice attendance for that. 240 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:18,000 So, and Commissioner Burgess was there with his wife as well. 241 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:21,919 » I have no questions. I appreciate what you do for the for the county and the 242 00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:23,679 surrounding areas for breastfeeding. So, thank you. 243 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:29,200 » Yes, you're welcome. >> Yeah, I have the same thing and I'm I'm 244 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:33,600 glad we can provide our employees that space here. It was kind of a 245 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,440 » eye opener at first, but >> here it is now. 246 00:22:35,039 --> 00:22:40,400 » Yeah, >> it's all about education, right? 247 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:44,080 » Yes. And one of our own people is involved in it big time. So, I 248 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:49,760 appreciate that very much. >> Yes. I love Jennifer's forward thinking. 249 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:55,120 Thank you for coming. That's uh I attended there and and could see the the 250 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:58,240 the excitement and and being proud of the accomplishments that you've achieved 251 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:02,720 over this. But I thought it was important again to invite you here. 252 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:08,640 Ellis County had some part in that in in what Jennifer was able to do, but also 253 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:12,000 to let the public understand that um the benefits and and and just reach out for 254 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,520 support. >> Yes. But it wasn't just something that 255 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,880 you guys signed on a paper and said this is our designation. You really had to 256 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:23,440 put in a lot of effort from the community, from businesses, from the 257 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,799 hospital and others. So I thought it was a a great opportunity invite you to 258 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,080 continue to brag about that with the public health. 259 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:34,159 » I really appreciate the opportunity. We don't often get a ch get a chance to 260 00:23:32,159 --> 00:23:37,520 talk about breastfeeding, but I always joke it's a good day when I get to talk 261 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:42,640 about breastfeeding just because it's it's so important in getting um families 262 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:48,559 off to a good start and getting children and mothers off to a good start. So, I 263 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:50,559 really appreciate the opportunity. >> Well, thank you. 264 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:55,600 » Thank you. >> And then Thank you, ladies. 265 00:23:53,120 --> 00:24:00,960 » And then, um I wanted to go ahead and introduce [clears throat] 266 00:23:56,559 --> 00:24:04,946 Ben Sims. Uh he is our new 4 >> just to she didn't have the chance to 267 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,919 speak but Christina Morales does [clears throat] a lot for us as well. 268 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,279 She's walking out the room but >> she's over at our health department. She 269 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:14,720 does a lot over there with uh breastfeeding over there and the women 270 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,520 in in care or wick program that they have. So 271 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:20,480 » uh women, infants and children. So I just want to recognize her even though 272 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:25,279 she didn't get a get a talk. >> Yes, we are excited to have the health 273 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:30,000 department as part of our >> as part of our coalition. Thank you for 274 00:24:27,279 --> 00:24:34,480 coming today. Um we're so excited to have them a part of our coalition now 275 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:39,440 and having them attending our meetings and also working alongside us on another 276 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:46,240 project that we do, the becoming a mom pre prenatal education series. So yes, 277 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:52,400 thank you. Um okay, so um back to the Cottonwood Extension District. Um Ben, 278 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:56,799 uh has been with extension for a few years. Ben and act Ben and I were 279 00:24:54,720 --> 00:25:02,320 actually hired the same day back in 2022. Um he was hired in Greenwood 280 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:07,440 County and then made his way to Barton County to be a little bit closer to 281 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:13,919 family and then he joined our office right before fair. So we've got him 282 00:25:09,679 --> 00:25:17,600 broke in really well now. So >> thank you Mon'nique. As she said, Ben 283 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:20,880 Sims 4 and youth development agent serving here in the Cottonwood Extension 284 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:23,840 District. She alluded to it. I've been in extension for about four years. 285 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:28,880 started in Greenwood County as the A and 4 agent down there. I grew up in 286 00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:31,360 Missouri 4 program did a lot for me. I'm just really looking forward to the 287 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:35,520 opportunity to be here to work with this community working with our 4 volunteers 288 00:25:33,679 --> 00:25:38,640 that we have and then working with the kids. I'm really been impressed with the 289 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:41,919 the families that we have here so far and and the kids I've gotten a chance to 290 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,600 work with getting a chance to go through the fair and see all of that. So, I 291 00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:49,840 think we've just got some really good opportunities available to us here. 292 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:53,120 We've got some families that are really active that we can do some really cool 293 00:25:51,360 --> 00:25:57,360 things with and I'm looking forward to promoting the program more, really talk 294 00:25:55,039 --> 00:26:00,880 about what 4 is and what we can do and then kind of just trying to get some 295 00:25:58,559 --> 00:26:04,159 more kids involved wherever we can. Uh that's really all that I have. Um I did 296 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:08,000 want to go ahead and invite you. You'll get a formal invite in the mail. Um but 297 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:11,600 on October 24th will be our annual achievement banquet out at the 298 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:14,000 fairgrounds in the evening. We'd love to have you come out and kind of see what 299 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,720 the kids have done throughout the year and just celebrate their 300 00:26:15,039 --> 00:26:21,440 accomplishments. And then I'm looking forward to I've talked with Mr. Meyers 301 00:26:18,799 --> 00:26:27,279 to be on the September 15th agenda for a national 4 week proclamation. National 4 302 00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:31,919 week is October 4th through 10th this year. And so this proclamation is just 303 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:37,120 to celebrate and proclaim that it is national 4 week in Ellis County and then 304 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:39,919 4 throughout the the nation. So do you have any questions for me? 305 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:42,559 No. >> Welcome to Ellis County. 306 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:46,559 » Thank you. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> He took um Tamara's position, correct? 307 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:49,440 Okay. >> Unfortunately, Tamara is still in 308 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:52,880 extension. She's down in for county, her home county, working as a 4 agent. That 309 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:56,559 was a really great opportunity for her. And then, as Mo'nique alluded to, my 310 00:26:54,480 --> 00:27:00,000 wife grew up in Wilson, so all of her family is here. We're getting ready to 311 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:03,120 welcome our second this Friday. So, just looking forward to growing our family 312 00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:04,400 and being closer to family and being in this community. 313 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,520 » Very good. >> Good age, too. 314 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:10,799 » Yeah, exactly. Exactly. I'm already ready for him to be in. Don't want to 315 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:13,760 rush anything, but I'm excited for it. >> Well, they have some good breastfeeding 316 00:27:12,799 --> 00:27:15,760 facilities, so >> Exactly. That's what I hear. That's what 317 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:18,960 I hear. >> They just brought that up. So, 318 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:23,600 » yeah. >> All right. Thank you, everybody. 319 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:27,520 » You're welcome. Thank you. >> I'm just going to pass around our family 320 00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:32,559 pizza day. I think you guys are aware of that. And um thank you again for the 321 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:34,720 opportunity to be here today. >> Thank [clears throat] you. 322 00:27:33,120 --> 00:27:38,534 » Thanks again. >> EJ does good work, too. [laughter] 323 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,774 » Our fearless leader. [laughter] 324 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:09,720 Okay. Appraiser um with the study ratio um Eugene 325 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,760 Morning 326 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:19,440 commissioners. Uh you interrupt. Ellis County appraiser. [clears throat] Um 327 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:24,399 this morning I was just going to go over the uh 328 00:28:22,364 --> 00:28:29,679 [clears throat] reports from the uh can department of revenue property valuation 329 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:34,154 division. Um kind of in a a nutshell there there are report cards for the the 330 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:36,799 past year or two years. So [clears throat] there there's actually 331 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:43,120 two pieces to this. The first one is going to be the uh 2025 final ratio 332 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:48,399 study and then the uh second piece will be I'll discuss the 2026 procedural 333 00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:58,480 compliance and substantial compliance reports. So um starting with that 2025 334 00:28:53,520 --> 00:29:04,399 um final ratio study um these results always come out about u about a year or 335 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:08,720 half a year after the the calendar year is done. It's about a 336 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:15,360 full year after our compliance year is done. So um the uh in this report here 337 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:20,960 the top two lines would be the ones that uh would be of interest to you. That's 338 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:26,480 the residential and commercial. Um on our residential, we did get a median 339 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:30,000 ratio of 97.33. Um the median basically is the midpoint 340 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:37,679 of values when you're looking at appraised values and sale prices. So um 341 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:41,760 100% would be perfect, but uh 97.33 um on a report card chart, I think most 342 00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:46,640 people would be pretty happy with that. And um on the commercial uh actually 343 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:51,279 I'll go back to the media ratio over there. On the residential um on the far 344 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:58,159 right you'll see that there's 313 sales. So we have quite a few sales to look at 345 00:29:54,000 --> 00:30:02,640 annually to help gauge our our valuations. 346 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:09,760 On the commercial side we get a ratio of 89.82. 347 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:14,399 Um there was only 12 sales. So a much smaller set of sales to look at to do 348 00:30:11,679 --> 00:30:19,279 some analysis on um does create a little more volatility when you're trying to uh 349 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:24,640 analyze things with such a small subset of sales. 350 00:30:21,279 --> 00:30:28,960 » Jean, does that mean if a 100 is I guess you praised exactly right it's at 97. 351 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:32,640 Does that mean we're actually under underappraising a little bit? 352 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:38,480 » That's correct. So what's that saying is 100% would be we are hitting 353 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:42,880 appraised values are at 100% of sale prices. So what this is saying with the 354 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:51,039 median ratio it's saying is that sales prices are 97% or sorry appraised values 355 00:30:48,159 --> 00:30:56,799 » are 97% of the sale prices. So okay >> so if you had a home valued at $100,000 356 00:30:55,039 --> 00:31:00,120 our appraised value would typically be about $97,000. 357 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:11,120 Um some of the measures of uh that are looked at are the COOD and the PRD. Um 358 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:15,919 I'm going to read off the explanation on it. It can be a little bit um hard to 359 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:21,520 understand. So I tried to simplify that. The COOD is uh the coefficient of 360 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:26,159 dispersion. It measures the uh average distance from the median relative to the 361 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:31,200 median itself. What that means in mass appraisal is it measures how spread out 362 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:36,640 the individual sale price ratios are in relation to that median ratio. 363 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:41,679 The the median ratio is chosen because the median is stable and not distorted 364 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:46,399 by the outliers in the analysis. So what you what you want to take away from this 365 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:54,480 it's really a consistency score. Um how consistent our valuations are. So on the 366 00:31:50,399 --> 00:32:00,000 residential we had a cood of 8.01 01. Um, a lower COOD means the ratios are 367 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:05,440 really close together and that valuations are uniform and consistent. 368 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:11,919 So, um, what that's telling you between the 97% ratio and the 8.01 COOD is that 369 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:17,200 our our valuations we are slightly undervaluing properties and that we are 370 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:23,200 uh uniform and consistent in the process in which we're using [clears throat] 371 00:32:20,799 --> 00:32:26,799 on the commercial COOD. We did get a 31.45. 372 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:32,480 It is a little bit higher and that is again simply because there's only 12 373 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:36,399 sales. Those points are it's a little more spread out. It's harder to to hit 374 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:43,279 that midpoint with such a small sales set. Um the PRD 375 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:48,320 that is on that third column there. The PRD is the price related differential 376 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:54,960 and that shows whether lowpriced and highric properties are valued fairly 377 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:59,679 compared to each other. Um simply stated it checks to see if lowerric properties 378 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:07,440 are being valued too high or higher price properties are being valued too 379 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:12,080 low. Um so if you are um if you're around the one 1.0 zero means your 380 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:16,880 valuations are equitable across all price ranges. And so we did on the 381 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:21,519 residential we did get a PRD of one. So that's saying that our what that is 382 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:30,799 saying is that our valuations are equitable equitable across all price 383 00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:34,320 ranges. Um when you get over um 1.3 or a little bit over in that range, what that 384 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:38,080 tends to represent is a little bit of regressivity. 385 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:42,960 um that means the lower price properties tend to be valued at higher ratios than 386 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:49,600 the higher priced ones. And if you have a PRD of 0.98 or below, that means you 387 00:33:46,799 --> 00:33:54,080 have what's called progressivity where higher priced properties tend to 388 00:33:51,440 --> 00:34:00,159 be valued at higher ratios than lower priced ones. So um one is the best you 389 00:33:57,279 --> 00:34:04,960 can hope for on a PRD and we uh we did achieve that for 2025 on the 390 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:09,679 residential. In the commercial, we'd get a 1.18. 391 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:16,359 Um, again, that small subset of sales makes that that number very volatile 392 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:16,359 from year to year. 393 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:25,520 So, that is kind of a summary of the residential commercial commercial 394 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:32,079 statistics for the 2025 um valuation year. Um I will circle back 395 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:37,119 to these statistics a little bit in my final report on 2026. 396 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:42,240 So the other lines at the bottom there, the state does not measure those um 397 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:48,079 those other subsets or evaluation classes. So 398 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:53,200 So going to the um next slide, 399 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:56,399 uh just the letter here from the state of Kansas. Uh they send one to me. I 400 00:34:55,200 --> 00:35:00,800 believe they've also sent one to the commissioners. The court received um 401 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:07,359 basically still telling us that we are in compliance. Um the the takeaway from 402 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:12,800 here would be that middle uh middle paragraph there where it'll state that a 403 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:18,079 score of 75 points or greater is required to be considered in substantial 404 00:35:15,119 --> 00:35:24,560 compliance. So, uh, to be in compliance with all of the, um, 405 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:29,680 I don't know what the word is, but to be in compliance with the state, we have to 406 00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:34,640 hit that 75 points. Um, we go to the next slide. Um, and 407 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:38,880 there's about seven pages to this slide. I'm not going to go through these in 408 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:43,599 line by line here, but basically this next seven pages, this is a report that 409 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:50,800 contains a list of all the analysis phases and the submission dates where we 410 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:56,160 sent that analysis into uh PBD. So we, as you can see, it takes up seven pages. 411 00:35:52,720 --> 00:36:02,800 We do lots and lots and lots of analysis throughout the year. 412 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:09,520 So, um if you would go down about seven pages there to the um 413 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:15,040 the right document, there'll be a document titled 26. Yep, that one right 414 00:36:12,079 --> 00:36:22,240 there. This document is the procedural compliance review checklist for 2026. Um 415 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:26,160 and again, this report is five pages. What this one does is it's going to show 416 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:30,480 whether or not we are in compliance with the procedures that um the Kansas 417 00:36:28,240 --> 00:36:34,720 Department revenue has set out for us. Um the takeaway from this report is 418 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:40,320 going to be that uh all procedures were followed as indicated by the Y which 419 00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:47,599 indicates yes in every one of these. So we did get a yes on every uh measure 420 00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:54,760 that the state checks up on us. And then I'll have you go to about five 421 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:54,760 pages down here to the 422 00:36:56,079 --> 00:37:03,760 will be the second last page right there. Yes. So this is the um actual 423 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:08,240 compliance report. You'd want to think of this as our report card so far for 424 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:14,880 2026. And um what this does, it assigns all of 425 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:19,200 those previous reports that I just went over. um the different compliance phases 426 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:24,480 and then whether or not we are hitting those with that yes or no in that in 427 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:29,680 that prior report. This one here is going to actually assign points to each 428 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:36,000 different [snorts] phase that we do throughout the year. So a play a phase 429 00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:40,320 could be um com completed at 100% or partially completed if you receive 430 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:46,720 partial points. This is where that 75 points uh in that initial letter comes 431 00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:52,000 into play. Um so in this report here um there is a mix of data. So I will point 432 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:57,440 out where you get to under section one the statistical performance 433 00:37:54,880 --> 00:38:03,119 the ratio and confidence ranges that that is 2025 data. That's the only part 434 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:07,941 of this report that reflects on 2025. Everything is what we're doing for 2026 435 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:10,960 so far. >> [clears throat] 436 00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:15,520 » And uh you will see at the top that we did hit um 100%. Um I could go through 437 00:38:14,079 --> 00:38:21,760 each one of these. I'm not going to waste your time with that. Um but as you 438 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:29,040 go down through the mass appraisal process phases, you can see that we we 439 00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:34,720 did get 100% of the uh points this year that were available. Um so I want to 440 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:39,200 give kudos to my staff. This is not something I can do on my own. It takes a 441 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:44,960 team and I have a great team working for me and for you and uh I I think I'm very 442 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:51,200 proud of them. I think you should be proud of them to to achieve that 100% on 443 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:58,480 on this here. So, and uh any questions on that? 444 00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:02,400 » I have no questions. Thank you to you and your staff for getting that 445 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:07,880 completed and getting that all in. So, we appreciate that. 446 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:07,880 » All right. Thank you. Thank you. 447 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:12,359 » Thank you, J. 448 00:39:13,442 --> 00:39:19,200 [clears throat] All right, fairground signs. Darren, 449 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:24,720 morning, commissioners. Darren Myers, county administrator. 450 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:28,160 Uh, next agenda is to discuss the, uh, signs out at the Ellis County 451 00:39:26,079 --> 00:39:32,960 Fairgrounds. As you know, as the commission knows, back in July, uh there 452 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:39,200 was a request to rename the center part of the shank and unride building to the 453 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:43,920 Lauren Zimmerman Interite WF West meeting room. Uh [clears throat] and 454 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:48,079 with that became the identification that we needed to update some of the signage 455 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:52,079 on the the building to properly do that, but also the other ones were quite old. 456 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:55,839 Uh since that time, the commission asked to come up with a design that would be 457 00:39:54,240 --> 00:40:00,800 then taken through the fair board for approval. And attached to the agenda 458 00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:06,560 item today is I'll just scroll down to it. Those those signs um for the 459 00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:12,320 building, they would be about 3T tall by 6 foot wide. And [clears throat] got a 460 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:16,640 quote to have them printed up and put on metal backing 461 00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:20,400 uh to be installed out there. there was an install price on there, but between 462 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:24,800 our staff and as well as the fair board and volunteer and their volunteers, uh 463 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:28,880 they would be able to get those signs installed onto the building. So, we 464 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:34,400 would only have a total expense of just about $2,100 for the three signs. The 465 00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:39,599 second part of the agenda item was to discuss uh from a previous request from 466 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:44,880 the commission to look at uh purchasing LED marquee type signs to install on the 467 00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:48,400 front of the building. So that way they could be identified as to for instance 468 00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:54,480 the shank or the unrine if there's a wedding, a meeting, reunion, whatever it 469 00:40:51,119 --> 00:40:58,640 may be. Um we could post on onto that LED sign and change it after each event. 470 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:02,319 So that way if there's multiple events going on there, people would know which 471 00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:08,480 side of the building they would be entering. When we did just a rough uh 472 00:41:06,079 --> 00:41:12,480 estimate on those LED signs, that would be at least programmable remotely so 473 00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:17,599 that you would have to be on site every time, every week, multiple times to 474 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:23,280 update the signs. Um those quotes were about $10,000 a sign. And um 475 00:41:21,168 --> 00:41:26,720 [clears throat] once we saw that price, we're like, well, let's see if we can 476 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:30,800 look at an alternate price. And so we just did the quick search of Amazon 477 00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:35,119 because you can find almost anything on Amazon. Uh you can bring those signs 478 00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:38,960 down to about $1,000 a piece, but then you'd have to be on site with an app 479 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:43,440 logged into the local Wi-Fi in the buildings to be able to connect to the 480 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:48,480 signs via that route and then program them. um tried to look at that route a 481 00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:54,560 little bit more with staff and then talking with the fair board and possibly 482 00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:58,960 even allowing that app and the password to the signs to be given to those who 483 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:03,280 rent the building but then that comes with the chance of it being used 484 00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:08,720 inappropriately or not right or something being posted on the signs etc. 485 00:42:05,839 --> 00:42:13,839 Um and no nobody really felt that that would be the best course there. So after 486 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:18,480 the fair board discussed that they had made the suggestion that um no LED not 487 00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:23,440 to purchase any LED signs to the commission and they did approve these 488 00:42:21,359 --> 00:42:29,440 signs for the building you know just the the metal signs to be installed on the 489 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:33,319 front and um that total price for the three signs would be $2,31. 490 00:42:34,640 --> 00:42:42,960 » Are there any lights that would shine onto these signs to light these signs? 491 00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:47,520 Uh yeah. Yes. And I don't remember which ones. I 492 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:51,839 talked to Tom Frost about that. >> I think two out of the three I don't 493 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:55,920 think the Lauren Zimmerman the middle room has one, but I think the other two 494 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:58,480 has right at the top eve of the building there's signs that or LED lights. 495 00:42:58,079 --> 00:43:01,760 » Okay. >> That shine down. 496 00:43:00,079 --> 00:43:04,319 » So, we are going to light up the sign some way of 497 00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:07,839 » I think there are exterior lights that come on. I don't know if they're on a 498 00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:11,920 photo track or not, but I could check. And um like I say, I don't think the the 499 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:16,400 middle one has one, but if the commission wants, we can we can probably 500 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:20,079 fit that within their budget. It would cost a little bit to run wiring up there 501 00:43:18,079 --> 00:43:24,720 and get a a sign or a light installed, but we could look at it. 502 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:28,800 » I guess if we need it, you know, but if not, I it I'm fine with doing this as 503 00:43:27,119 --> 00:43:33,440 long as we have plenty of lighting on them. 504 00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:38,720 that would that would get us by until we can like say do some more research on 505 00:43:35,359 --> 00:43:44,440 the um marquees. But I'm I'm good with that too to light them up at least that 506 00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:44,440 way people will know. 507 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:52,079 » Yeah. So is that with the LED signs then just kind of put it on the back burner 508 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:56,640 for now is essentially what they want to do or we want to do just 509 00:43:54,319 --> 00:44:01,599 » they were fine not having the LEDs at all. I appreciated the idea in the from 510 00:43:59,359 --> 00:44:06,880 the commission, but with the price tag, there's it's just too much. I mean, the 511 00:44:05,119 --> 00:44:11,040 the price that was in there also doesn't include having to have an electrician go 512 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:14,800 out there and because there's no electricity up there for them to be able 513 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:18,079 to plug the signs in as well. So, not only would be the price of the sign, 514 00:44:16,240 --> 00:44:20,880 having it installed as well, but then also having electrician and they 515 00:44:19,985 --> 00:44:27,760 [clears throat] just didn't figure that that was a priority um to have it out 516 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,760 there. Okay. 517 00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:35,359 Very good. I'll I'll take their recommendation on it. They're the ones 518 00:44:33,119 --> 00:44:40,960 that are out there on a regular basis. So, I appreciate their input. 519 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:45,520 But so, you do not need a motion to move forward with those signs or doing that. 520 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:48,640 » No, no, sir. The commission just asked that before we purchased any sign that 521 00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:54,000 you had the chance to be able to view what uh what they voted on to to move 522 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:59,200 forward with. I'd give the kudos to Chrisa. She's the 523 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:03,359 one that came up with several designs and then um she actually got voted on to 524 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:06,880 the fair board this year. So, she's she was a member and they they took a couple 525 00:45:05,359 --> 00:45:12,240 different ones, I believe, and tweaked them into one concept, which is what you 526 00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:16,400 can see here. And so, she did all the work and um actually all all the work. I 527 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:20,000 just put it on the agenda. So, she got the quotes and everything. 528 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:26,480 » Okay. Well, thank you too, Carissa. >> Thanks, [laughter] Carissa. Yeah. Yeah. 529 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:31,839 Okay. Well, we'll get those ordered and um installed in the next few months. The 530 00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:36,400 other thing just as it just popped in my head, if you haven't noticed, the sign 531 00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:42,720 outside this building um in the entrance is it's only about what 12 years old 532 00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:50,079 since we moved into this facility, but it's very faded. And the sign company's 533 00:45:46,240 --> 00:45:54,960 also looking at that to get it um either resscreened or whatever it's called to 534 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:57,040 have that um that sign redone. >> Okay. 535 00:45:55,599 --> 00:46:02,720 » Just just the insert, not the whole entire sign. So that way it's not faded 536 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:07,040 so bad and it looks looks better. >> Okay. 537 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:10,160 » All right. Thanks, Darren. County administrator 538 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:14,640 report. >> Uh nothing. Okay. 539 00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:23,280 commissioners. >> Well, after our uh our last meeting, I 540 00:46:21,119 --> 00:46:29,040 had a meeting with access transportation. So, a little update on 541 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:33,440 that. Still moving forward with that, um we're still doing a lot of information 542 00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:38,560 gathering and findings. One thing that did come out of that and I I mentioned 543 00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:43,520 it the next day on our the radio when I was on the radio with Haze Post, but one 544 00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:48,800 thing that the state brought to our attention, everyone in the room, they 545 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:53,920 posed the question, who's ridden access? It's it's general public transportation 546 00:46:51,520 --> 00:47:00,640 and they asked who's actually been on scheduled and ridden and uh it's pretty 547 00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:06,800 stark contrast because nobody in the room had 548 00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:13,599 So the the challenge was posed to us is to schedule a ride, get on ride before 549 00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:17,520 making any critical decisions on it and kind of get a gest of it. So I would 550 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:22,560 pose that challenge. I I have not completed that yet. Uh I plan to do so 551 00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:27,119 in the coming days, but uh I would pose that challenge to anyone here in the 552 00:47:24,319 --> 00:47:32,960 room or my fellow commissioners to get on and try it. Um 553 00:47:29,839 --> 00:47:38,160 there there's about 200 people monthly that ride that that transportation on a 554 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:44,480 day, you know, weekly bi-weekly, daily basis. So that's about the size of the 555 00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:47,760 workforce of our county. So there's just there's a number of people and there 556 00:47:46,079 --> 00:47:52,640 we're going through some factf findings, but there we're we haven't made any 557 00:47:50,079 --> 00:47:57,920 decisions and uh it's an interesting challenge. So 558 00:47:54,640 --> 00:48:02,400 » is the uh Ellis people still is that pretty much a main deal? A lot of 559 00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:09,040 » So there's quite a few the the number of people from Ellis writing are picking up 560 00:48:04,720 --> 00:48:12,960 um there's about three of them. There's between three and five I believe that 561 00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:18,800 are coming over for medical attention dialysis. 562 00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:24,240 » So uh pretty pretty nec necessary need for those individuals. 563 00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:28,800 So that's but that we're still like I said we're still going through the 564 00:48:25,359 --> 00:48:33,040 finding effect of what we need, what we need to do, where we need to go. Um 565 00:48:31,760 --> 00:48:36,000 working through a number of different programs. 566 00:48:35,359 --> 00:48:40,240 » So >> okay, thank you for the update. 567 00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:45,280 » Yes. >> Yeah. I don't I don't think I've ever 568 00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:47,920 ridden access years ago when they ran kind of the tiger thing. Tiger access 569 00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,720 after >> right there's bars. I kind of did 570 00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:55,520 » uh safe ride >> safe ride but yep access itself I've 571 00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:59,520 never done so >> and it is it is a general public 572 00:48:57,359 --> 00:49:05,440 transportation anybody >> can ride just call them and uh schedule 573 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:12,040 a ride you know it's it's not it's not for strictly disabled individuals it's 574 00:49:08,240 --> 00:49:12,040 general public transportation 575 00:49:15,359 --> 00:49:21,760 couple updates had a kamp 576 00:49:19,839 --> 00:49:26,800 uh board meeting last week. So, the good news coming out of that, we voted um 577 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:33,280 across aggregate across all our membership to keep insurance premiums um 578 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:37,359 neutral for this year. So, that's good for all the counties. For Ellis, we 579 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:42,079 won't know the renewal forms are going out, but probably be a little bit of an 580 00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:46,000 increase, not as large as we budgeted. Um Ellis, of course, um one of the 581 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:51,280 larger counties in the membership. Also, we have a jail which has high liability. 582 00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:55,920 Um, so counties without a jail, you know, don't have that to go with. Ellis 583 00:49:53,520 --> 00:50:00,880 also, good or bad, we tend to have a lot of claims, especially in the last few 584 00:49:57,760 --> 00:50:07,200 years. And so that kind of goes into individual county premiums, but overall 585 00:50:04,319 --> 00:50:10,559 it should should be flat or a little bit of an increase for Ellis County. What do 586 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:15,119 we budget? Six% >> seven 587 00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:19,599 » 7%. So, um I don't foresee it being that for Elms County. Um along with that 588 00:50:17,599 --> 00:50:23,680 though, I don't we're already in our budget. You know, we basically approved 589 00:50:21,359 --> 00:50:29,760 it. We can lower it, but I don't really see the need to lower it. Um 590 00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:34,880 couple of reasons. One, we don't know what health insurance is going to do. 591 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:38,000 So, if if we, you know, I guess if we take some of the savings off of 592 00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:41,760 liability budgetarily wise, that could help us 593 00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:45,599 with the health insurance maybe. um once that comes through or if you know at 594 00:50:43,839 --> 00:50:51,280 this point we can just kind of kind of bank it for next year and you know can't 595 00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:56,319 expect insurance to not be flat every year. So um from that standpoint maybe 596 00:50:53,520 --> 00:51:02,079 it's just savings for next budget cycle but overall that's good news out of KAMP 597 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:04,319 for for insurance premiums. Um and then the other thing I wanted to bring up I 598 00:51:03,359 --> 00:51:08,480 don't know if the other commissioners have been contacted. I had several 599 00:51:06,319 --> 00:51:13,440 members from Ellis uh community members from Ellis contact me yesterday. This is 600 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:20,079 a kind of a growing issue. Um, South Ellis, uh, the grain elevator is dumping 601 00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:25,119 grain where they have in the past. Um, it's outside of city limits of Ellis. 602 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:29,839 It's in county territory. I don't really know if we have any authority on 603 00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:37,200 anything, whether that's a KDHE or a USDA issue or a county issue, but um I 604 00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:41,200 think we may have to look into it a little bit for some of the residents 605 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:46,700 over there with uh grain dust, mold dust, birds dying because they're eating 606 00:51:44,319 --> 00:51:49,359 dead old grain and stuff like that. Um [clears throat] 607 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:53,119 I know it's been brought up over the city of Ellis meetings. Again, it's 608 00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:57,520 outside the city limits, but just barely. Um, 609 00:51:55,839 --> 00:52:01,680 I don't know if it's potentially something we need to look in our zoning 610 00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:07,680 regulations of, you know, setbacks on grain dumping and those kind of things, 611 00:52:03,839 --> 00:52:12,079 residents. I don't know. But, um, been contacted multiple times now. So, one of 612 00:52:10,559 --> 00:52:16,079 the individuals wanted to be here this morning to to bring it up himself, but 613 00:52:14,079 --> 00:52:20,559 he had wasn't wasn't going to be able to make make the time. So, I told them I'd 614 00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:24,640 bring it up to my fellow commissioners and make them aware if they weren't 615 00:52:22,240 --> 00:52:29,559 already. It's what I got. Okay. 616 00:52:31,040 --> 00:52:39,920 All right. Thank you. Um, I did go to the farmer to farmer um, talk to Darren 617 00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:44,000 a little bit about that, but um, I would like to if the if my fellow 618 00:52:41,839 --> 00:52:49,760 commissioners will allow to let Dustin, Kryley, and Lyall come in and kind of 619 00:52:48,079 --> 00:52:55,839 give a little bit of a presentation what it was on, it was on controlled burning. 620 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:59,680 Um, so which I thought it was pretty interesting. There was there was quite a 621 00:52:57,839 --> 00:53:05,359 few people there, but the word don't get around. Hopefully we can get it here 622 00:53:01,839 --> 00:53:12,319 also. Um do anything we can. So you guys are good with that then I'll get Dustin 623 00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:17,359 and Lyall if we can get them on the you know agenda. So 624 00:53:15,119 --> 00:53:21,760 um then I also did through the Hayes Chamber went to uh Clicks in the mall 625 00:53:20,079 --> 00:53:27,520 which they're they've been there 10 years now. So, um, thanks to them for 626 00:53:25,599 --> 00:53:34,319 staying in there and helping us out on our taxes and helping our people have a 627 00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:39,200 place to shop to get clothes. Um, also remember everybody that United Ways, you 628 00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:46,800 know, going. So, if you can you can support them in any any which way. Um, I 629 00:53:43,839 --> 00:53:51,760 say it again, it's a matter of just from experience, it's when you need it. Um 630 00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:55,359 it's very important and there's a lot a lot of different organizations in there. 631 00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:59,680 So um that's I guess that's all I have and 632 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:05,640 make sure everybody makes to the next meeting on September the 8th. Meeting 633 00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:05,640 adjourned at 9:18. 634 00:54:09,492 --> 00:54:11,512 [music] 635 00:54:15,387 --> 00:54:17,407 [music] 636 00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,887 Heat. Heat. [music] 637 00:54:37,002 --> 00:54:39,022 [music] 638 00:54:42,242 --> 00:54:44,262 [music] 639 00:55:02,547 --> 00:55:04,567 » [music]