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All right, we are back.
Most of you didn't know we were here

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yesterday.
We are back. Um, and I'm going to call

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to order Ford County Commission meeting
for September 8th, 2026. This is meeting

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number 2026-33.

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Uh, as usual, we will begin with a
prayer and a pledge of allegiance.

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Today, we are led by Pastor Margarite
Frell.

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Lord Jesus, Lord, we thank you for the
opportunity to be here. Lord, we thank

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you for each one here today, Lord. Lord,
we stand in the need. Lord, bless this

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meeting to be what you have it to be,
Lord. In the name of Jesus, Lord, in

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Jesus name. Amen.
>> Amen.

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To the flag of the United States of
America and to the republic for it

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stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all.
Thank you very much.

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» Yes.

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» Okay. We will move to our consent
agenda. We have meeting minutes for

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meeting 2026-30
and meeting 2026-31.

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Uh we also have
our credit card statements.

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And I make a motion to approve the
consent agenda.

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» I'll second that.
>> We have a motion and a second. Any

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further discussion?

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» All those in favor?
>> I.

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» Okay. We have approval for claims for
payment uh totaling 2,531,1958.

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» Mr. Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion to
approve the claims as presented.

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» Second.
>> With a motion and a second. Any further

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discussion?
>> All those in favor?

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» I
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» Okay, we are to open public comment. Uh
there will be a limit to five minutes

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per individual and 15 minutes per topic.
Final action may be deferred until the

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next county commission meeting unless an
emergency situation does exist.

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The microphone is open. Feel free to
come forward.

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» Afternoon.
>> Afternoon.

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» My name Larry Howard. I moved to Fort
County in 1975 with United Park Service

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as a delivery driver
who I stayed with for 37 years until I

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retired.
I have

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never attended a commission.
I really had no idea what you did except

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for road development,
you know, and bridge development, things

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like that. And that's about as far as it
went with me. I knew you were involved

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in
EMS shop, sheriff's office,

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the expo,
but I just never took you seriously ever

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until, you know, the situation has come
up with the death and

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all this. And then I became aware that
you involved a lot more than I ever

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anticipated.
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My immediate area of concern is
the transparency

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of Ford County Commission to his
constituents

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by having meetings on a weekday, middle
of the afternoon

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where the general public generally
excluded

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their work.
Whereas city commission is extremely

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transparent and
encourages public participation. It

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seems that
you all just by

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the time setting up your meetings
discourage public

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being involved with what you're doing
and it just raised questions in my mind

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as to why
it's set that way. I have asked several

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people and they said, "Oh, it's been
that way as long as I can remember."

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Well,
still it seems like you're excluding the

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public from your activities
and you don't advertise. you know,

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state your positions
to general public as far as the data

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centers,
the battery storage and all that

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until
the last few weeks when all this came up

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and people started speaking out.
95% of the entire county had no idea

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that data centers were even an issue in
Ford County until we found out. I guess

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there's already one in North Ford and
there's one already being developed

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around Spearville and
apparently there's another one being

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considered for county
and I just wondered why.

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Nobody seems to know.
It just seems like

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you're not being
transparent with us. And I think we

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deserve that.

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And that's basically what I came to say.
I would like to see become more involved

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with the citizens of For County.
and inform them more what you're up to

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instead of finding out through little
blocks in the public notices in the

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paper. And since we don't have reporters
at the Globe to cover

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or television station to cover like we
used to.

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Seems like you guys are sort of working
in secrecy

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and that concerns me.
That's all I have to say. Okay. Can I

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can I retort before you walk away?

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» What's that?
>> I just wanted to address a couple of

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your things.
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» Yeah, absolutely.

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We we have been advertising.
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» Absolutely.
As much as we possibly can on social

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media. Uh we've had multiple open forums
with attendance of 3 to 500 people. Um

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beyond that I I don't know what what
more you want us to do.

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» Okay. Well, like I say, I've been very
ignorant of everything and I only know

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what I have seen and suspected.
>> So, that's why I bring it up.

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» I was going to I was going to address
your comment about the day like the

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timing of our meetings. Yesterday, we
had a meeting and it's it's a day nobody

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works, right? But we worked, right?
because it's a it's a disclosed meeting

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that was long time ago in in the works.
We didn't realize it was going to fall

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into a holiday, but we worked we had one
person show up to our meeting. So,

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there's not people that are coming in
masses to attend these. Even the city

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meeting that's at night only had like
three people there in the audience. But

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what I can tell you is when I first got
on the commission, we met at 8:30 in the

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morning. and we would meet to do
business during the working business day

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because the people that are in this room
next to you are people that are actually

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physically working on the clock. So, we
tried getting the business done and

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addressed by the 5:00 time frame. We
moved it to the 3:30 in the afternoon,

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3:00 if there's a work session, maybe
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so that people that actually work within
the county can still handle that work.

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So, it's it's a workload thing. This is
more of a active community county

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facility if that makes sense.
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in our meeting. A lot of times they come
and they address us from various forms

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of their departments. Whether it's the
museum, whether it's why not dodge,

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whether it's the city administrator,
they'll actually be in the attendance

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with us. So they'll ask us to go first.
Then we actually make our motions. They

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go second. So that's why theirs is later
at night. Just like the community

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college will come to our meetings.
they'll we'll go first, they'll then go

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after us. The school district does the
exact same thing. So, it's kind of like

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an honor system, if that makes sense.
That's kind of how the the community

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works together because if we all win at
the exact same time, if you wanted to

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address us and you want to address the
city, it just it's too much. So, that's

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that's where the timing kind of moved.
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meetings?
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there are certain times of the year
where we do different meetings, but we

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have had evening meetings.
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» Zoning board. We we have several groups
that are in front of us too that give us

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advice, give us um
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» Advisory boards and and those meetings
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we have to like jock. Ours is kind of
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if that makes sense.
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» Yeah. I I think the public is
misunderstanding that, but I also think

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there's always been a big push for that.
Um, and even when we've had meetings at

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night or even yesterday when there is
nobody working, we're still have having

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a meeting. We have one person in
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» So when you talk about social media, are
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what? Because I don't ever see anything.

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» Okay. Yeah. So, you probably have to
follow the Ford County

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» Ford County
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» Okay.
>> Yeah, we Yeah, do that because we we all

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meetings on there. Everything gets
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alerts. There's
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» Um
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in one-on-one, we we do that as well.
Lots of times. We meet with public

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groups. I met with a group of 15 people
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of two people the other day. I've met
one-on-one with a few along with our

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county administrators. Um, again, we we
try to be the accusation of lacking

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transparency, I think, missed a little
bit with this group, but we we try to do

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the best that we can and
>> but I don't mean to be throwing

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accusations or anything. Like I said,
I've just been an ignorant for county

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resident 51 years.
>> It's okay.

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» Well, and Mr. Howard, if I could if I
could ask a question and I ask it in um

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in the spirit that I'd just like you to
consider it. I don't need an answer to

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it or anything like that, but um
but we've we've sat on this side and

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particularly now with with the data
center issue that has really been

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forefront.
We've had a lot of a lot of very similar

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accusations about you're not being
transparent, you're not you're not

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informing the public, you're not uh
you're not doing everything that needs

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to be done so that all of us are are
informed and

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and to your point where you said, you
know, you've really not been very

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involved for 51 years that you've been
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At what point
is it that the public is responsible to

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find the information they want? Okay.
And that's that's something that I've

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tried to tried to address during this
too is it's we as a commission or we as

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individual commissioners
cannot come and feed the public with a

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fire hose about all the information that
we have in order to make sure that

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everybody's informed. It's there there
is a certain responsibility of the

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public to come and seek the information
that they want. So that there's there's

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a point where we need to be able to get
together and and that transfer of ideas

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and that transfer of information happens
and there's responsibilities on both

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sides of that equation. So
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these data centers is that there's a
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agreement
you and the developer is that something

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» that's inaccurate. I have not signed any
non-disclosure agreements. Okay, all my

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questions are answered.
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» If you if you do want more information,
feel free to email and and we can set up

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any appointment here. You can come in
the offices and and we can sit down and

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talk.
>> I've got a list of all your emails now

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on my phone. So,
>> well, I would even encourage going on

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the for county website. You can get
signed up to where you'll get all of our

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information of every agenda coming to
you. So you can see if there's something

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on there that you would like to
participate in and maybe come listen. I

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mean that's that's blasted out to I
don't know how many people you send that

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to a week.
>> Yeah. 200 something.

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» Yeah. So I mean that's just something
the clerk sends out. Yeah. I mean that's

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a lot of the reoccurring people
throughout the year that we see.

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» How do I do that?
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can email me. Say you would like to
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» Yeah.
>> Okay. You have the clerk's here to help.

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I know our administration team, Ben's
right behind you, getting ready to write

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something down. Tanda will definitely
help you out as well. I mean, we we

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don't want to exclude anybody in the
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» We want you to know.
>> Truly appreciate.

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» Yeah.
>> Thank you. Appreciate it.

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» Thank you, sir.

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Boy, that was tough.

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» Okay. Anybody else?
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» All right. We will move on to legal
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» Good afternoon.
>> Welcome.

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Okay, we have
we have a quick view. Uh, a couple of

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things. Um,
Angela is the Port County Health

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Officer. She appointed by the
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Health Officer.
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to do that, she must have a medical
doctor or dentist who is supporting her

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and consult with her and
you can list all the different things

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they do.

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» Basically, it's pretty much the
foundation of all of our operations from

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client services, hands on to billing for
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Just as a nutshell,
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or late last week that we have an
opening as far as the consult

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for county health officer. So here today
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uh entering into an agreement with Dr.
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to serve as consultant to the
county health officer. So you have

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before you a consulting agreement with
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and also a resolution which is 2026 27.

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We apologize for adding so late in the
game, but we learned this weekend

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function. We really need to have a
consulting person.

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» Who was our previous consultant manager?
>> That's what I was thinking. So, okay.

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» Do you have any questions?
>> Have you had a dentist before? I have

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not
>> I just really learned about that. I

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didn't even realize that it's an option.
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» 100,000
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» that I'm aware of.
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» Dr. Early is
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Okay. Not a dentist.
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» Mr. Chairman, I'm sorry. I will let you
say what you say.

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» Mr. Chairman, I would make a motion to
approve the agreement

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and adopt resolution 2026 27 as
presented.

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» I will second that. And with the motion
a second. Any further discussion?

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All those in favor? I
>> I

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with regard to consulting agreement.
We need to have consulting agreement.

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You'll see in there

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going to be paid Dr. That's a that's a
math that's been there for a long time

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and probably something that we're going
to need to revisit with her

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in the near future to make it more.
>> Yeah.

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» Is this uh something that renews
annually or

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» it it stays in place but either party
can terminate for 30 days.

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» Okay. I didn't know if there was a a
regular term that that we would be

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coming to the end of where we can
readress that.

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» Not with this.
>> Okay. Is this something we do at budget

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time or is this just something that does
this come out of your budget? I assume.

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Yeah.
>> And I I do work with it at budget time,

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but I don't know that I'm going to have
that luxury with the circumstance. Okay.

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To wait until that.

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» Have you been using her to date? like if
you leaned on her.

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» Yeah.
>> Um this just today.

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» Okay.
>> Just started.

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» Everything just kind of transpired
Friday afternoon. Okay. Right now. So,

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» okay.

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» Is is this something you'll bring back
to us for a budget item? Is that

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» Yes.
>> Or is it just change?

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» We just haven't had an opportunity to
really visit

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expressed.
>> This was emergency. Get somebody in

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place so we can operate.

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» Okay.
>> And and all the duties and I I'll go

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through everything. We just have not had
the time to sit down and do that yet,

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but we will.
>> Okay.

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» Appreciate it.
Thank you.

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» You're up next.
>> Yeah.

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» We will take it to our county
administrator's report.

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» Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
>> Good afternoon.

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» Welcome.
>> Thank you. Um I come before you um right

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now to see
to seek approval to purchase flu vaccine

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for this upcoming year. Not to exceed
$40,000 in total. There will be

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different manufacturers that we were
purchased from, but the the whole to

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all of it will not exceed 30,000.
>> Angela,

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» yep.
>> Would you tap that um

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button on the other side?
>> Yeah. I didn't I see people out here

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straining to hear what you're saying and
I'm don't think we're on. I think so.

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Is that better?
>> I don't think the light is on.

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» Oh, the light's green.
>> The light.

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» Oh, there it is. Okay.
>> Thank you. Sorry about that.

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» Sorry.
>> Oh, yeah. I can hear you.

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» I think Are we okay?
>> All right. First.

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» Okay. Yes. Second. I'm out here. I would
like permission to purchase flu vaccine

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for this coming flu season not to exceed
$40,000

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and we will be purchasing from various
manufacturers a few of them but the

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total and all the purchases will not
exceed the $40,000

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and that would include all of our
highdose flu vaccine for 65 five and

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older flu mist for the ones who don't
tolerate the injection and you know the

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injection. So,

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Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion to
approve the purchase of the flu vaccine

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for the 2026 season.

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I'll second
with a motion and a second. Any further

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discussion?

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All those in favor?
>> I.

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» Thank you.
>> Yeah. Thank you, Andrew.

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» Next up, we have IT Director Matthew.

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» Hey, gentlemen.
Uh we are at the uh at the time frame to

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do another network replacement. Um right
now the uh item before you guys is going

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to be a refreshing of our existing
firewalls that we have in place. Um this

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is a item that is uh it's
covered under the NASPO contract with

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Cisco in the state of Kansas. Um and
with HPS being our primary provider for

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all of our networking equipment. Um this
will replace the u the items the the

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primary firewalls and our secondary
firewalls for our KDI connections. Um

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the total amount with the service fees
and for the project setup is going to be

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$32,719.81.

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Um this is under my capital improvement
budgeting right now.

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Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to approve
the upgrade in invoices presented.

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I'll second that

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with a motion and a second. Any further
discussion?

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» All those in favor? I
>> Thank you, gentlemen.

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» Thank you.

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Next two items will be for county clerk
Debbie Cox. First topic will be uh

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outdated ballot disposal. Second one in
regards to camp.

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» Gentlemen, I am requesting that you
approve us to destroy the ballots for

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the November 24 election and the
November 25 election. By statute, we

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keep the evenar balance, which is the 24
ballots for 22 months, the odd year,

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which is a city and county or local city
elections for 6 months. So, it is time

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to distort both of those. Um, and I
request that you appoint Nicole Nagel,

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Republican, and Wayen Falls, Democrat,
to witness the procedure.

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» Mr. Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion to
approve the request for the outdated

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ballot disposal of years 2024 and 2025
general election ballots and the

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appointment of Nicole Nagel and
Wayen Boltz as witnesses to the process.

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I will second
with a motion and a second. Any further

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discussion?
All those in favor? I

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» the second one is setting the date for
the canvas of the November election. Um

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I am asking either um Tuesday, November
10th or Thursday, November 12th. We are

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closed on November 11th for Veterans
Day. Um and it will have to be in the

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morning. The hours are stated in in the
statute.

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» You said 12th or 13th. um the 10th or
the 12th.

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» I'm sorry.
>> Tuesday the 10th or Thursday the 12th.

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We do have to audit before and that has
to be once we audit the state has to

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approve our audit before we can have a
campus and we'll be auditing that

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Thursday before the state time. I think
I can make you hear those word.

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» Sam,

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you got any credits? Tuition
>> Tuesday or Wednesday?

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» Tuesday or Thursday?
>> Tuesday or Thursday? I'm sorry.

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» No, Wednesday. We're closed.

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» I think Thursday.

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And is there a time you said you need to
make?

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» It has to be before I believe 10:30 in
the morning. So 9:00. Does that work for

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you?
>> Yeah.

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» What was the time? I'm sorry.
>> 9:00.

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» So, Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion to
set the date for the canvas the votes of

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the November 3rd election
as Thursday, November 12th at 9:00 a.m.

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Second
with motion and second. Any further

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discussion?

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» All those in favor? I
>> thank you.

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» Okay, next up we have HR director
Vanessa.

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Good afternoon.

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» Um, so in 2023, Ford County invested
approximately 45,000 to participate in

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the legend paro captive stock loss
program formally administered through.

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Uh, now that the county has exited the
program, it's eligible to receive the

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return of its investment. So the
agreement uh that you have before you

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authorizes us to receive those funds and
the agreement has been reviewed and

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approved by legal counsel.

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» Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to
approve the agreement and refund as

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presented.
I'll second that

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» with a motion and a second. Any further
discussion?

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» All those in favor?
>> I I

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» Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you.

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» Next two items will be for Santa Fe
Trail Director.

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» Welcome.
So, um, as you're aware, we are fully

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funded with grants through the
Department of Corrections. Um, so we

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work on a fiscal year instead of a
calendar year. So, because our budgets

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already been submitted for FY27 due to
the pay adjustments with the

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pay plan, um, we needed to do an overall
budget revision for both our adult

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services and our juvenile services.
So I sent those to you as well along

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with a summary on the changes
by our advisor.

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So we come before
five counties in our district that

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they probably wouldn't take it too well
table.

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I'm just trying to see the font.
>> I know. I'm sorry.

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» Without embarrassing myself.
>> You want blue better?

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» No. Size.
>> Yeah. I'm not going to bring out my

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phone and zoom in in front of all you
people.

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» This ruler got a magnifying glass on it.

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Yeah.

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» Can you give us the highlight of what
the difference was? So just because of

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the increase in wages for staff um it
resulted in approximately 21,000

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of an increase on the juvenile side and
about 20,000 on the adult side. So, we

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just had to make some adjustments and
some other line items in our budget to

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accommodate the increase in our salaries
and benefits line item.

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» Mr. Chairman, I make a motion to approve
the revised budget as presented.

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I'll second that.

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» Both or just adult?
>> It's just a

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» Yeah. Oh, yeah. I just
>> two separate

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» with a motion and a second. Any further
discussion?

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When you when you readjust it, are you
taking a hit anywhere important? Super

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important.
>> Nothing that we can't manage.

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All right, we'll take it to vote. All
those in favor? I

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» Mr. Chairman, I'd make a motion to
approve the revised budget for the

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juvenile services as presented.
>> I'll second that one, too.

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» With a motion and a second. Any further
discussion?

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All those in favor? I
>> Thank you. Thank you, Sha.

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Next up we have John Hobby.

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» I'm sorry you lurking back there.
>> Yeah, hide in the back.

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» You brought people with you.
>> I did.

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» You're not bringing them up.

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» Look at this.
Look at this.

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» She's being confident.

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» Love it.
>> On we grow.

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» This is Maline. She's in our office.
>> She's been working on designing the 113

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road foundation project going north of
Highway 50, which is talking about this

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before. Uh we did a field chair review
of the preliminary plans today. question

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came up see the road in person and build
the plans with rope bridge and myself

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look at some of the details of the
project and talk about

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those details the budget based on
current construction dollars our

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budget's looking good we're still going
to be depending on bid looking within

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that $3 million range that we talked
about for cost um so we'll look finalize

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those plans here in the next two to
three months and put out the bids this

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winter for construction in 2027. Go
ahead with that project.

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Uh we are intending to like I did on
Juul Road close the road during this

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process. We're going to rip up the
entire road. Uh I thought it would work

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pretty well um on Juul Road. Somebody
else remember differently to close one

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mile at a time and just kind of advance
it the enclosure. Uh it's been three

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miles in this case uh from Highway 50 to
Garnett Road. So, we'll start at Highway

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50 and close off that first mile. Tell
the contractor they still have to allow

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access. We know there is a business
right there on Highway 50 and there are

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a couple homes going north.
>> Yeah.

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» So, they'll have to provide access.
>> And is that business expanding?

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» I'm not sure about it, but it looks like
they're working on

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» Last thing we heard was they're adding
on to the parking lot in the back to add

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more trucks.
>> So, that might be something to think

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about as you bring that access forward.
>> Yeah, for me. Uh so one thing we talked

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about is uh the road is in pretty poor
condition right up the edge of highway.

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Uh and with the reclaiming it that
process is kind of a train of equipment

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which is not going to be real great to
be one on the highway. So we actually

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talk about reconstructing say like the
first 250 ft

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» from the highway north. So we don't have
all that reclaiming equipment on the

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highway itself. So we would tear
everything down and build more

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traditionally just the first 250 or so
feet and then reclaim from there on just

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that way next time we have to have
equipment out on the highway reclaim

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your machine and your
packing equipment that kind of stuff

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reclaimed rehab reclaim where you have
your your cement you have the water

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truck and it's it's kind of long train
of equipment right there and they

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usually want to start and go north from
from the beginning.

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So that be a little bit of a reition to
the plans they have now. Shouldn't

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really change the cost, but it'll just
be

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» staging.
>> More like staging.

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» Yeah. It's kind of a phase one, phase
two, but I think it be safer to not have

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much power on the highway.
>> Yeah.

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» Super busy high
back.

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» Is that Is that Would you normally start
on the north and work your way south?

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» Well, you could do it either way. Um, I
think in this case we set the project up

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to go south to north up to the garnet
road.

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» Okay,
>> but if you come the other way around

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either way, you're going to have to
bring that equipment across the highway

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one way or the other starting there or
finishing anyway.

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» Okay,
>> it's pretty slow moving stuff.

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So, we will look to bid that project
like I said this winter around November,

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December and start construction in the
summer of 2027.

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Um, next month I've been planning to
bring an engineering design agreement on

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the the first two segments of the cap
improvement list that we developed over

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the last couple of months. I have listed
there. There's two segments. There's

434
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actually two groups I should say of
segments. Five different segments all

435
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:29,680
together. The first group was 132 road
from Garnet to Juel and then 132 road

436
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:34,240
from Red to Primrose.
to reclaim existing asphalt roads on

437
00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:40,240
both those and put them back to asphalt
again. And then the second group which

438
00:37:37,359 --> 00:37:45,200
we may end up wanting to split into two
different groups itself just because of

439
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:54,960
cost would be 110 road from Garnett to
Denim and then 126 road from Garnett up

440
00:37:49,119 --> 00:38:03,079
to the town of Spearville and 126 road
down Highway 400.

441
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:03,079
go down by the feed lot makes it west.

442
00:38:03,839 --> 00:38:12,240
So the five segments combined are pretty
sizable cost

443
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:16,520
budget year wise if you do do it with
two groups we made that second group.

444
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:27,079
So they're looking at 2028, 2029,
possibly 2030,

445
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:27,079
three years, three, four years out.

446
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:35,200
Couple updates on active projects.
Pioneer Creek wind. The only update is

447
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:40,480
things are sort of just going like gate
busters out there building turppins. The

448
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:45,280
contractors are working on the
electrical substation and the electrical

449
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:48,400
switch yard. Pretty much all passes of
the tower. Construction is still

450
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:54,040
underway.
They're still actively working on the

451
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:54,040
operation maintenance facility

452
00:38:54,480 --> 00:39:01,440
on Marshall Road. It's still projecting
construction to be complet by the first

453
00:38:59,359 --> 00:39:05,119
of the year.
Way I understand foundations. Their goal

454
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:11,760
was to have the concrete foundations
done like in October. So that concluded

455
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:15,280
a lot of the dirt work for building
street roads to those turbines as well

456
00:39:13,359 --> 00:39:19,520
as the concrete trucks running down the
roads to

457
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:23,640
concrete foundations. That would
eliminate quite a lot of traffic.

458
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:34,160
Um active projects going down the bottom
on the first page of my list. bridge off

459
00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:38,640
system 101
which was the three span concrete bridge

460
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:43,599
that we're replacing with a single span
steel beam construction of the bridge

461
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:48,800
the new bridge itself is complete. Uh
the surveyors were out there staking

462
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:52,480
the road alignment today and our
contractor supposed to be moving in

463
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:58,320
within the next day or two to start
doing the final dirt grading building up

464
00:39:54,880 --> 00:40:02,320
the road bed and grading the ditches.
Installation of the guardrail on the

465
00:40:00,079 --> 00:40:07,359
bridge will be completed right after
that and then finally seating grass

466
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:12,000
seating and control its right after
that. So the project contractor right

467
00:40:09,839 --> 00:40:18,200
now is anticipating be 100% done by the
end of next week.

468
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:18,200
things moving along there

469
00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:30,800
off to bridge 31 which is the bridge of
Duck Creek on low 14 road northeast of D

470
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:35,839
City. We are planning to put in a cost
share application to KOT and those

471
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:38,960
applications are due in about two weeks.
is working on getting that application

472
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:42,400
put together and get turned in. See if
we can get some additional funding from

473
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:45,400
outside the county to help with that
project.

474
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:53,040
Depending on the outcome of that, the
county can choose to go ahead if if they

475
00:40:50,160 --> 00:41:00,000
do get the cost share with the cost
share or choose to hold off and try to

476
00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:05,440
get cost share money in the future.
Um FAS bridge 220. This is the deck

477
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:10,720
repair on the Coronado Bridge. Uh
they're on 117 road south of 400. So the

478
00:41:08,720 --> 00:41:15,520
contractor has finished patching the
west half of the bridge or they will

479
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:21,040
finish this week and then we intend to
switch traffic so they can start on the

480
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:25,839
east side of the bridge right after that
presumably next week. Once they finish

481
00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:29,760
passing both sides they intend to apply
the sealant. So we're looking at

482
00:41:27,839 --> 00:41:34,800
probably early November or something
like that for application of the

483
00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:39,520
sealant. Uh so the commissioners do know
that once we talked about this before we

484
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:43,920
start tap hammering on bridge that's got
deteriorated concrete that vibration can

485
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:48,319
loosen up things that we thought were
solid and that seemed to be the case

486
00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:51,599
that we ended up having to do more
patching on that first side than

487
00:41:49,839 --> 00:41:57,119
anticipated.
If the second aside turns out the same

488
00:41:54,079 --> 00:42:02,880
way that potentially about an $80,000
overrun for the project

489
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:06,319
says that the funding is
can handle that overrun if that's the

490
00:42:04,319 --> 00:42:12,720
way it goes. We're optimistic that the
east side does not look to be as detered

491
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:16,640
as bad. So the overrun percentage wise
hope would be less on the east side than

492
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:22,160
the first half. We'll just have to see
out there. This bridge hasn't been

493
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:27,680
rehabed since its original construction.
So, I said once they started jackhammer,

494
00:42:25,359 --> 00:42:32,079
we have been loosening things up for
summer.

495
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:38,200
Things are tracking along. So, project
completion should be around

496
00:42:33,839 --> 00:42:38,200
Thanksgiving. So, that time frame.

497
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:50,880
Next thing I had on my list down here
towards the bottom of this solar forge

498
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:57,280
data center planning and zoning district
noting that had authorized construction

499
00:42:53,520 --> 00:43:00,640
of the data hole data that they that's
the building from the data center

500
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,440
itself. There's a second building that
they're calling the administrator

501
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:08,240
building
plans for that is coming in the near

502
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:12,720
future they tell us. We don't have a
solid date of solid construction at this

503
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:18,400
time
of the project

504
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:22,720
safe streets and roads for all project.
The county all five of the counties I

505
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:26,880
should say had involvement project
hosting public meetings about a month

506
00:43:25,359 --> 00:43:32,400
ago.
We also had a website set up so people

507
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:37,760
could put in their uh comments through
the website related on the road networks

508
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:43,200
of the counties. I'm not sure if that
website's still open or not. I mean,

509
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:47,680
it's probably shut down by now.
I do apologies.

510
00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:53,440
But the goal is then to have the final
plan, safety action plan completed by

511
00:43:50,720 --> 00:44:00,000
the end of the year. And the goal of
that is to identify areas of

512
00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:04,800
improvement. said when hopefully
Congress enacts another highway

513
00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:12,640
transportation bill
20 billion 50th anniversary

514
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:15,680
that include construction dollars for
constructing those projects that

515
00:44:14,079 --> 00:44:23,720
typically take the plan and use that to
apply for construction in the future.

516
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:23,720
Congress passes that bill.

517
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:32,720
Congress is saying that they do intend
to pass a bill that will include safe

518
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:35,280
streets for all some plan pass.
>> Do you probably don't know this, but off

519
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:39,119
the top of your head, do you know how
many submissions that they got through

520
00:44:36,960 --> 00:44:41,839
that website total?
>> I do not.

521
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:46,000
» 500,000.
>> I was

522
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:50,560
perfect.
>> No, that's a good question. I'll ask

523
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:58,200
that question.
Just curious what kind of traffic it

524
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:58,200
generated with five counties involved.

525
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:13,560
And I would anticipate that information
to be in the report. So they ought to

526
00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:13,560
have that information.

527
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:23,359
The railroad crossing across Gardet is
another one that we actively pursuing

528
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:27,119
that got anything back from Ka since
middle of July. They said they were

529
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:31,280
working with the railroad to get that
project going again. They were checking

530
00:45:29,680 --> 00:45:37,200
with the railroad to see if they were
going to do on-site meeting and I not

531
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:41,760
heard anything back since that time.
reaching out to them

532
00:45:39,680 --> 00:45:46,839
typically moves at a pretty slow pace
after 60 days. Not too long yet

533
00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:54,160
to go 90 days without asking a police
see where we're at.

534
00:45:51,920 --> 00:46:01,720
» Joan, you'll understand.
I got four months left here. This

535
00:45:57,520 --> 00:46:01,720
project is important to me and

536
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:06,960
time, I guess, is of the essence for me.
So,

537
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:11,280
» I understand completely.
I will at least restart

538
00:46:10,319 --> 00:46:16,839
the next meeting.
>> That crossing is west of Spiritville,

539
00:46:13,599 --> 00:46:16,839
not east.

540
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:27,880
» I want to make sure we get this done on
the right crossing.

541
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,359
It's all on the map. We got the right

542
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:42,560
Uh the last item I have is to that's a
new business item. The county bridge

543
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:48,319
inspections that are required by federal
highway every two years will be due in

544
00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:54,160
February. Uh so again on the October 5th
meeting of county management agreement

545
00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:58,720
to perform the bridge inspection as the
past

546
00:46:56,079 --> 00:47:02,560
in the past we've included cities in the
same agreement

547
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:06,160
and then the city reimburses the county
for the cost of getting the bridge

548
00:47:03,839 --> 00:47:09,520
inspections done just provides
efficiency and helps keep the cost

549
00:47:07,839 --> 00:47:12,960
affordable for both sides to buy them
together

550
00:47:11,599 --> 00:47:17,119
bridge they're okay with doing it that
way I'll reach out to the city injury

551
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:21,760
staff and they'll check with
still on board with that

552
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:25,240
case then I'll bring that agreement to
October 15

553
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:44,400
where you go to school now
>> I graduated back

554
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:50,200
» okay what made you pick Kirk and Michael
all the way over to Ellsworth

555
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:50,200
One of my goals when I graduate

556
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:04,760
» team's been pretty welcoming.
>> Yeah.

557
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,240
» Nice.
>> Did a great job.

558
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:13,599
» Yeah.
>> So, kind of in engineering is sort of

559
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:17,119
like the medical field. Once you
graduate, you're an intern, okay?

560
00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:21,359
» So to speak, until you're able to get
licensed. So we have summer interns who

561
00:48:20,240 --> 00:48:26,640
are still at school and then we have
engineering interns or at least in

562
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:31,119
training. Now we call them engineering
interns.

563
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:34,720
Once she passes her professional exam
and get at least four years of

564
00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:36,720
experience, she can become a licensed
professional this year.

565
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:40,920
» Okay.
>> It's a minimum four year process.

566
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:47,119
Nice neat she's been able to come out
and join us the field review and the

567
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:49,839
plans she's been working on.
>> Yeah.

568
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:54,640
» Thank you for coming out.
>> Good to have you.

569
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:56,400
» Stuck her head into see condition.
>> Anything scary in there?

570
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:00,480
» Nope.
>> No snakes, no possum.

571
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:04,720
» You didn't scream once.
>> Scream. We saw birds. We saw cats. We

572
00:49:03,119 --> 00:49:07,720
saw bunnies.
>> Nice.

573
00:49:08,319 --> 00:49:10,880
» Yep.

574
00:49:13,040 --> 00:49:16,319
It's great.
>> Hey, thank you, gentlemen.

575
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:20,079
» Yeah, appreciate it. Thank you. See you
in October.

576
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:27,960
» Looking forward to it.
>> Bring cooler weather with you.

577
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,960
» It's 107 out there.

578
00:49:30,079 --> 00:49:36,400
» All right. Upcoming meetings. Our next
border county commission meeting will be

579
00:49:33,359 --> 00:49:41,359
on Monday, September 21st at 3:30. The
KPG annual meeting will be September

580
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:48,319
17th and 18th at the casino here in
Dodge. I know Chairman Thomas will be

581
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:52,960
speaking on the 17th. I believe uh
Commissioner Boy will be on the panel.

582
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:56,720
Um Commissioner Tacid is on the board.
So we will have

583
00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:01,440
have presence from all commissioners at
that event. Uh KAC annual conference

584
00:49:59,359 --> 00:50:06,240
will be December 8th through the 10th in
Witchah. And that concludes our report.

585
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:11,520
» Thank you.
Gentlemen, thank you for stepping up

586
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:13,920
doing the welcome there on on Thursday,
chairman and

587
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:18,800
» and panel there.
>> Y

588
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:22,800
thank me out the county good.
>> The county has been a member of that

589
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:30,960
group since its inception. I think
that's been over 30 years ago. So, um,

590
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:37,440
as far as a as far as a lobbying group
for the county in the state,

591
00:50:35,440 --> 00:50:43,040
I value that one probably more than any
other that we've all

592
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:46,920
» Thank you.
>> Good to have something local.

593
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:56,079
All right, with that, we've got a
few executive sessions to step into

594
00:50:54,079 --> 00:51:01,040
here. So, we will kick off the first one
here. Um,

595
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:04,319
we are going to step into executive
session with attorney client privilege

596
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:08,720
exception of the Kansas Open Meetings
Act. Uh, I move the board recess into

597
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:12,880
executive session to discuss a pending
appeal before the board of tax appeals

598
00:51:11,599 --> 00:51:19,480
pursuant to the attorney client
privilege exception of the Kansas Open

599
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:19,480
Meetings Act, KSA 75-4319B2.

600
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:26,440
The open meeting to resume at this
location at

601
00:51:26,720 --> 00:51:32,599
» we will go 4:30
p.m.

602
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:38,960
» I got 4:22. I've given people a minute
to get out and then your seven minutes.

603
00:51:37,359 --> 00:51:44,400
Uh in addition to the commissioners, the
interim county administrator, uh

604
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:48,160
assistant county administrator, the
county appraiser, county counselor,

605
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:51,280
assistant county counselor, uh should be
included in the executive session.

606
00:51:50,160 --> 00:51:54,640
» I have a second
>> with a motion and a second. Any further

607
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:59,000
discussion?
All those in favor? I

608
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,000
» I

609
00:52:00,559 --> 00:52:09,640
» Okay, we will commence the meeting. Um,
I would like to make a motion to

610
00:52:12,319 --> 00:52:19,440
award
>> hire

611
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:25,839
» hire uh Keller Craig and Associates um
to provide appraisal services on do we

612
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:28,800
need specific property?
>> Southerntherlands

613
00:52:26,720 --> 00:52:35,920
» on Southerntherlands at 1510 Soul
Street. um not to exceed.

614
00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:41,760
» We prefer you not put that in there
because it's a it's a sliding scale

615
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:47,040
depending upon what we ask to do.
>> Okay.

616
00:52:44,720 --> 00:52:51,880
» So, just prove this. We have an
engagement agreement. Okay.

617
00:52:57,200 --> 00:53:03,440
» Okay.
Make a motion to hire Keller Craig and

618
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:10,280
Associates uh to provide appraisal
services for Southerntherlands at 1510

619
00:53:05,839 --> 00:53:10,280
Soul Street, Dodge City, Kansas 67801.

620
00:53:11,040 --> 00:53:18,040
» Second
with a motion and a second. Any further

621
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:18,040
discussion?

622
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:25,520
All those in favor?
>> I I

623
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:30,400
Okay, now we will step back into
executive session. Uh, attorney client

624
00:53:28,640 --> 00:53:35,599
privilege exception to the Kansas Open
Meetings Act. Uh, I move the board

625
00:53:33,599 --> 00:53:39,680
recess into executive session to discuss
personnel and operational concerns

626
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:42,960
within a Ford County Department pursuant
to the attorney client privilege and the

627
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:49,480
personnel matters of non-elected
personnel exceptions to the Kansas Open

628
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:49,480
Meetings Act KSA75-4319B1

629
00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:56,839
and two. the open meeting to resume at
this location.

630
00:53:59,119 --> 00:54:06,359
» Okay, we will go for 4:46
p.m.

631
00:54:07,599 --> 00:54:12,079
In addition to the commissioners, the
interim county administrator, assistant

632
00:54:10,559 --> 00:54:14,559
county administrator, human resources
director, county counselor, and

633
00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:20,319
assistant county counselor should be
included in the executive session.

634
00:54:18,319 --> 00:54:24,079
» Second with a motion and a second. Any
further discussion?

635
00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:28,640
All those in favor?
>> I I

636
00:54:26,160 --> 00:54:33,200
will see.
>> Okay, we are uh back from executive

637
00:54:31,359 --> 00:54:37,119
session. No action will be taken uh from
the last executive session, although we

638
00:54:34,720 --> 00:54:41,040
are going to step into a third and final
executive session. Uh attorney client

639
00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:44,240
privilege exception to the Kansas Open
Meetings Act. I move the board into

640
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:49,119
recess into executive session to discuss
zoning board processes and procedures

641
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:54,599
pertu pursuant to the attorney client
privilege exception to the Kansas open

642
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:54,599
meetings act KSA75-4319B1

643
00:54:55,200 --> 00:55:02,359
and2 the open meeting to resume at this
location at 501

644
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:07,520
p.m. In addition to the commissioners,
the interim county administrator, uh,

645
00:55:06,319 --> 00:55:10,559
assistant county administrator, the
planning and zoning director, county

646
00:55:09,040 --> 00:55:12,960
counsel, and assistant county counselor
should be included in the executive

647
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:15,920
session.
>> Second.

648
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:18,960
» With a motion, a second. Any further
discussion?

649
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:23,839
All those in favor?
>> I

650
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:28,720
will not take any action coming out of
uh our executive session and all that is

651
00:55:26,720 --> 00:55:32,240
left is adjournment. So, I will make a
motion to adjurnn.

652
00:55:31,359 --> 00:55:35,599
Second
>> with a motion and a second. Any further

653
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:38,960
discussion?
All those in favor?