[0:00] will now call to order the board of
Franklin County Commissioners meeting
[0:03] for Wednesday, September 9th, 2026.
Starting with roll call.
[0:07] » Commissioner Stolemire,
>> Commissioner Ray,
[0:10] » present.
>> Chair Meet,
[0:11] » present.
>> Vice Chair Harris,
[0:12] » present.
>> Commissioner Dickinson,
[0:14] » present. for the pledge of
>> allegiance.
[0:18] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:24] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:31] justice for all.
>> You may be seated.
[0:37] » All right. Any correspondence?
>> Okay. No public comment. Looks like
[0:44] consent agenda. We just need to consider
and approve the Franklin County
[0:48] Commission meeting minutes for September
2nd, 2026.
[0:53] » Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[0:56] » It's been moved and seconded.
>> Commissioner Stomire?
[0:59] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Waymire?
[1:00] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Harris?
[1:02] » Yes.
>> Commissioner Dickinson?
[1:03] » Abstain.
>> Chair meter.
[1:05] » Yes. All right. Moving on to items of
business. We're going to consider for
[1:09] approval the fiscal year 2026 adult
year-end outcome report. Dustin,
[1:15] » good morning, commissioners.
>> Morning.
[1:19] » Yeah. First this morning, we have our
fiscal year 26 adult year-end outcomes
[1:24] for your approval. Um, I'll try and be
as efficient as I can with these. Um, we
[1:30] had three goals for uh the adult side of
our operation for fiscal year 26. Uh the
[1:36] first was that we will offer individual
skill training with direct practice with
[1:40] some cognitive behavioral programming.
Um there's quarterly uh updates and
[1:46] KDOC's feedback on each of those
throughout the um throughout the year.
[1:50] I'll just touch briefly on the end of
year progress. Um for the fiscal year,
[1:55] we tracked uh the closure of 169 cases
on our adult side. Um,
[2:01] we had an agency success rate of 78.7%.
And again, for our adult side, our adult
[2:08] probationers, if they do not get revoked
and sent to prison, that's considered a
[2:12] success. And so 78.7% is about four or
5% higher than we've seen in the
[2:18] previous several years. Um, so we're
pretty encouraged by that. Um, one of
[2:24] the things that we focused on heavily
for the past couple of years was our use
[2:28] of incentives. And so we're
incentivizing our clients more just
[2:32] through some verbal praise, through some
small financial things like gift cards,
[2:38] uh, and some more tailored things that
will help clients just realize that when
[2:42] they do good, they get good in return.
Um, so for the uh closures during the
[2:48] year, we documented 1,449
incentives that we used with those cases
[2:53] that were closed uh compared to 306
sanctions that we had to issue. And so
[2:58] that's a ratio of 4.7 incentives to
every sanction. Um the goal from KDOC
[3:04] and some nationwide research is uh 4:1.
And so we met and exceeded that ratio
[3:09] for the year. Uh again, something that's
pretty encouraging. It's something we
[3:13] had focused on pretty hard for the last
couple years and hopefully with that
[3:17] first year of uh improved success. We'll
see that for years to come. Um we're
[3:23] also offering um some in-house cognitive
behavioral programming. One of the ones
[3:28] that we're doing is called decision
points. Uh we have tracked 304 service
[3:33] hours that we delivered to 24 different
adult clients over the year. Um we had
[3:38] 15 successful completions from that. Uh
that's a program where clients come in
[3:44] for about an hour and a half a week and
they really work on those decisions that
[3:48] they've made and how to change those
decisions and make better ones in the
[3:52] future. Uh so seeing 15 successful
completions in our first year of doing
[3:56] that. It's pretty encouraging as well.
Um we also have some job readiness
[4:01] skills that we're uh delivering to
clients and we had uh 15 successful
[4:06] completions from that as well. So that's
our first goal. I'll pause for any
[4:10] questions if you have any on that goal.
Otherwise, I'll move on to the second
[4:15] goal, which was um that use of
incentives for uh the fiscal year. Uh
[4:22] throughout the year, we uh tracked 3,818
incentives that we use compared to 378
[4:28] sanctions. And that's a ratio of 10 to1.
So again, we're really focusing heavily
[4:33] on just making sure that our clients
know that when they do well, we see them
[4:37] and that we want to encourage that
positive pro-social behavior from our
[4:41] clients.
Um, verbal praise is the one that we use
[4:45] most often, just saying, "Hey, good job.
Thank you for showing up. It's good to
[4:49] see you. Um, nice work there." Uh, and
then our last goal for the year was
[4:55] um making sure that we're all involved
in service delivery in motivational
[5:00] interviewing. uh epics or um effective
practices in correctional settings uh
[5:05] and some other evidence-based tools and
skills. What we're doing there is we
[5:09] have a monthly uh session with all of
our staff where we sit down together and
[5:15] we go over a particular evidence-based
practice or skill. And so every month is
[5:20] a new skill and after a couple years of
doing so, we'll go back to the beginning
[5:24] and do it again. So we'll always be
refreshing these skills with our staff.
[5:28] Um the staff feedback on that has been
pretty positive so far. Uh we had a
[5:33] recent experience towards the end of the
year where one of the staff that um went
[5:37] through one of these sessions uh took
that session and that skill and used it
[5:42] immediately with the client afterwards
and both the client and the officer
[5:46] really grew from that experience and
they both learned something and used it
[5:49] in their daily lives. So it was pretty
cool to see something like that just
[5:53] play out in the real world. Um so um
briefly that is our outcomes for the
[5:59] year. Uh those were approved by the
advisory board at our last meeting. Uh
[6:03] but I'm happy to stand for any questions
you might have on our adult operations
[6:07] for the year.
[6:12] » We'll be neat to see as it goes further
along how the results are.
[6:17] » Yeah, one year is great, but I want to
see sustained success, you know.
[6:22] » All right. And I guess
does anybody want to make a motion for
[6:28] the
>> We still have one more principal. He's
[6:29] not done. Are you done?
>> I didn't know if he was going to do them
[6:32] all. We were going to vote on each one.
>> No, just the whole thing as
[6:36] » the whole thing is okay.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[6:38] » Adult because I thought there was
juvenile too.
[6:40] » Juvenile's next.
>> Okay. Not done with the adults. Sorry.
[6:43] » No.
>> Uh but I would um need a motion to
[6:47] approve the adult uh year end outcomes.
>> Yeah, that's what you're asking.
[6:51] » Yeah, I was asking for the adult year
end outcome.
[6:53] » That's what I thought. I'll make a
motion.
[6:56] » Second.
>> Wait a minute.
[6:59] » Commissioner Ray,
>> yes.
[7:00] » Commissioner Harris,
>> yes.
[7:01] » Commissioner Dickinson,
>> yes.
[7:03] » Commissioner Stolemire,
>> yes.
[7:04] » Chair Matter,
>> yes. All right. Now, the juvenile.
[7:07] » Now, juvenile. Um, we had the same basic
goals uh and action steps for our
[7:13] juvenile side. The year- end outcomes
are going to be a little different. Um,
[7:18] like I said with the adults, our success
rate there is tied to whether or not
[7:22] they were revoked and sent to prison.
For our juvenile offenders, that is
[7:26] slightly different. We're looking at um
did they reach the end of their
[7:31] supervision term with no pending charges
um engaged in treatment and those sorts
[7:36] of things. So, uh for the end of our
fiscal year, we tracked nine cases among
[7:41] eight youth. So, slightly smaller
population there. And that's actually
[7:46] down from years past as well, which is
um hopefully trending in the right in
[7:50] the right direction. Um of those, all
eight youth were assessed as high risk
[7:56] when they started supervision and four
were then uh assessed as low risk at the
[8:01] end, three as moderate risk, and one
remained high risk. So that speaks to
[8:06] the work that we're doing week in and
week out with those youth that we're
[8:10] lowering that risk for them to reaffend.
uh only one of the eight youth was
[8:16] unsuccessful. So that's a pretty high
success rate where in years past we had
[8:21] had a success rate for our youth around
40 to 50%. So pretty encouraging there.
[8:26] Again, I'd love to see that sa sustained
success too, but uh I'll take this first
[8:31] year of that. Um
we are also offering that decision
[8:36] points program to our youth except we
don't have the number of youth obviously
[8:40] to have a full group. uh we would need
four or five youth in uh in a group to
[8:45] do that to Fidelity. So we're doing
decision points individually. Uh and
[8:49] we're also doing that job readiness
stuff with our youth as well. Uh so we
[8:53] have um seen some encouraging things in
the first year of doing that in house as
[8:58] well. I'll pause there if there's any
questions on the difference between our
[9:03] juvenile offenders and our adult. What
like in our county like the age the
[9:10] average age for the youth or
>> the youth that we've been supervising
[9:15] lately are tending more to be like 18 19
because when they pick up a juvenile
[9:20] offense they have to be under 18 to be
deemed a juvenile offender but yet they
[9:24] might be 18 or 19 when they come on
supervision because of the length of the
[9:28] court process. So our juvenile offenders
have been older than in years past.
[9:33] Usually they're around 15, 16, 17.
>> Okay, that's what I didn't know.
[9:36] » It seems from this that you're making
more progress on the juvenile. Maybe
[9:39] it's just the kids you have, but or
maybe uh who knows?
[9:43] » Who knows? Again, I want to see sustain
things, but uh it's encouraging to see
[9:48] that um that number of youth or that
percentage of youth completed
[9:52] successfully and met the things that
they needed to meet.
[9:55] » Cool.
>> Uh for our second goal, again, we're
[9:59] tracking those incentives and sanctions.
for uh the fiscal year that encompassed
[10:04] 18 youth. We tracked 82 incentives uh to
23 sanctions. That's a ratio of 3.6
[10:10] incentives to every sanction. So, pretty
close to that 4:1 ratio that I mentioned
[10:14] before. Um youth are just a little
different. Um but one thing that we are
[10:18] doing with the youth differently than
the adults is that we are tailoring some
[10:22] things differently to them. Uh and
finding out what the youth are really
[10:26] interested in. I know for one of our
juvenile offenders, um, a big thing
[10:31] that, uh, she would have benefited from
is a paint set. And so that was
[10:35] something that she could work towards if
she was meeting all of her objectives.
[10:39] Um, the officer, uh, got her with our
funds a paint set to say, hey, you know,
[10:44] good job on meeting all of these and we,
uh, we see the work that you put in, so
[10:48] here's your incentive for doing so. So
just tailoring things to the individual
[10:53] youth instead of just a you know generic
gift card somewhere. So those individual
[10:59] things really do uh show some interest
in each person. And then for our last
[11:05] goal for our fiscal year again same
thing as the uh adults were doing those
[11:10] um monthly sessions on evidence-based
practices. Uh, one thing that we do
[11:14] differently with the juvenile side is
that um, we're doing some things
[11:18] individually with the one juvenile
officer that we have and both the
[11:22] officer, the uh, supervisor and myself
all go through some statewide quality
[11:27] assurance. So, we will upload some uh,
meetings and some assessments to uh, the
[11:33] folks who are contracted by KDOC to do
quality assurance and then we're all
[11:37] rated on how we're doing. And so we get
quality assurance every quarter from uh
[11:42] from the state. So
again, very encouraging stuff. I think
[11:47] it's u a year of looking at what we've
been doing for the past couple of years
[11:51] and seeing some some increase and some
success from that. And so um hopefully
[11:56] that's something that we can sustain in
the future. But uh it's pretty
[12:00] encouraging to see right now. I'm happy
to stand for any questions you might
[12:04] have on our juvenile side.
[12:12] Make a motion to approve.
[12:18] » Motion to approve the general report.
>> Second.
[12:25] » Commissioner Harris.
>> Yes.
[12:26] » Commissioner Dickinson.
>> Yes.
[12:28] » Commissioner Smire.
>> Yes.
[12:29] » Commissioner Waymire.
>> Yes.
[12:31] » Chair meter.
>> Yes.
[12:32] » Thank you, Commissioner.
>> Thank you, Dustin.
[12:34] » All right. Excuse me. Consider we're
moving on to consider the approval of
[12:39] reszoning application 2606-000081
[12:44] Duncan to reszone approximately 20 acres
from the A2 transitional agricultural
[12:48] district to the RE residential estate
district. Nathan,
[12:54] » uh the property we're looking at uh
located at 764 Thomas Road. As stated,
[12:59] it's approximately 20 acres. The
applicant's proposing to split that to
[13:04] take the whole property into our RE
district. Uh they're proposing uh two
[13:09] tracks, one 13 acres, the other would be
7 acres that would maintain the existing
[13:14] residence.
Um there was a letter um in your packet
[13:19] from Douglas County Rule Water 5 stating
that water's available uh for the newly
[13:24] created track. It'd be large enough to
accommodate in ground or lagoon,
[13:28] whichever the soil profile would allow.
Uh, we sent notice to seven surrounding
[13:34] property owners. Staff did not receive
any comments for or against and nobody
[13:38] appeared at the public hearing. Planning
Commission did recommend approval,
[13:50] » questions,
concerns.
[13:55] Make a motion to approve and presiding
application 266008
[14:00] or
>> second.
[14:04] » Commissioner Dickson,
>> yes.
[14:06] » Commissioner Sodtomire,
>> yes.
[14:07] » Commissioner Raymire,
>> yes.
[14:08] » Commissioner Harris,
>> yes.
[14:10] » Chair Meadow,
>> yes.
[14:12] » All right, moving on to the next one.
and consider the approval of reszoning
[14:17] application 267-0084
[14:20] pal to reszone approximately 20 acres
from the A2 transitional
[14:25] to the re residential estate
you have there
[14:30] » all right uh property is at 1390 Osborne
Road uh they're proposing uh to take the
[14:36] 20 acres zone it to RE to create two
lots um the applicant's proposing a
[14:43] 5acre lot which would allow for them to
build a new residence. The existing home
[14:48] would sit on the 15 acres and uh would
go to a family member. Um this one's a
[14:53] little unique. We try to usually want to
keep nice straight lines. We do have a
[14:57] little jog there. Um the existing home
has a finished basement and the sewer is
[15:03] all coming directly under the footing
for the basement. So, the septic had to
[15:08] extend further and that little jog in
that property is to make sure we meet
[15:12] our setbacks for the lateral lines of
the existing home. Um, rural water is
[15:17] not available in that area. There was a
letter from Evans Energy um stating that
[15:23] there's ample water to drill a well and
they don't see any effect on surrounding
[15:27] property owners by doing that.
Um, five acres would accommodate in
[15:32] ground or lagoon, whatever the soil
profile would allow. uh sent notice to
[15:36] the nine surrounding property owners.
Staff did not receive any pro comments
[15:40] for or against and nobody appeared at
the public hearing. Planning Commission
[15:44] does recommend approval.
[15:49] » Make a motion to approve reszoning
application 2607-0084.
[15:55] » Second.
>> Commissioner Salmire,
[15:58] » yes.
>> Commissioner Ray,
[16:00] » yes.
>> Commissioner Harris,
[16:01] » yes.
>> Commissioner Dickinson,
[16:02] » yes.
>> Chair meter,
[16:03] » yes. All right. Um, next, consider
approval of a reszoning and special use
[16:08] permit application 2607-0086
green to reszone approximately 2 acres
[16:15] from the R3A single family residential
threeact 3acre district to the RE
[16:20] residential estate district and for the
approval of a special use permit to
[16:25] allow for the operation of an on-site
and mobile repair, storage, and sale of
[16:29] trailers in the RE residential estate
district.
[16:34] uh this property. Obviously, there's two
things, the resoning and the special
[16:38] use. Um I'll kind of present both of
them real quick. If you have questions
[16:42] pertaining to or special use, we can
address those. Um but then there'll be a
[16:46] motion at the end to accept the
reszoning and separately the SUP. Um the
[16:52] properties at 4499 Stafford Terrace and
4515 Stafford Terrace. Uh 4515 Stafford
[16:59] Terrace is approximately 2 acres. Um the
applicant's proposing to do a boundary
[17:04] line adjustment and merge that with the
44.99 Stafford Terrace to create an
[17:10] approximately 9 acre track. The
reasonzoning would bring the 2acre um
[17:16] lot into our regs, which currently it's
not. Um,
[17:21] and then along with that, the applicants
requesting the SUP. Um, they're
[17:26] requesting to move their business
currently located in Spring Hill to the
[17:29] Wallsville area closer to their home.
Um, they're proposing to build a new
[17:33] building to allow uh they do trailer
repair for um farmers a also some
[17:41] commercial. they will operate um
dispatch some mobile um employees out to
[17:46] go to on sites with the inter modal and
things to fix trailers as well. Um
[17:51] planning commission um did on page two
they had nine conditions that they um
[17:58] recommended if it was approved.
Basically, that gets into how the lot's
[18:03] going to be maintained, weed-free,
grass-free, lighting,
[18:08] um, and then also limited some operating
hours for that as well.
[18:14] Uh, we sent um 12 surrounding property
owners and along with the city of
[18:19] Wellsville. We did not receive any
comments for or against it. One person
[18:24] did appear at the public hearing in
favor of both the SUP and the resoning.
[18:29] uh planning commission did recommend
approval for both the resoning and the
[18:33] SUP.
[18:37] » Any questions regarding this?
We can start with the resoning first.
[18:44] I like taking a small piece and make it
bigger. So, just get it into our
[18:48] compliance.
Great.
[18:52] the reszoning first.
>> Get back to it.
[19:00] » I'll make a
reason.
[19:05] I'll take a uh
approval of application 26070086
[19:13] green 2 acres to 3A.
>> That's his motion. Is there a second?
[19:19] » Second.
Commissioner Raymire,
[19:23] » yes.
>> Commissioner Harris,
[19:24] » yes.
>> Commissioner Dickinson,
[19:26] » yes.
>> Commissioner Sutmer,
[19:27] » yes.
>> Chair meter,
[19:28] » yes.
>> So, now on to just the approval of the
[19:32] special use permit to allow the
operation of the on-site mobile repair,
[19:36] storage, and sale of trailers. And I
guess initially with trailers, I was
[19:40] thinking campers and not, you know,
trailers behind.
[19:44] » Yeah. Is it going to be repair? Uh, it
did mention that maybe future use, they
[19:48] would offer some for sale as well. Um,
but primarily initially is going to be
[19:53] the repair side. We added that in the
SUP just so we don't have to go back and
[19:56] amend it.
>> Yeah.
[19:58] Any questions on the special use permit?
[20:04] » Right. Is there a motion to approve or
to?
[20:07] » Motion to approve.
>> Second.
[20:12] » Commissioner Harris.
>> Yes.
[20:13] » Commissioner Dickinson.
>> Yes.
[20:15] » Commissioner Stomire.
>> Yes.
[20:16] » Commissioner Ray.
>> Yes.
[20:17] » Chair Met.
>> Yes.
[20:19] All right. Thank you.
All right. Moving on to consider for
[20:24] approval the purchase of a used 2020
shouldermaster paver model SM2100 from
[20:31] Murphy Tracker Tractor for the remaining
purchase balance of $73,000.
[20:36] The purchase price reflects a $19,500
credit for rental fees previously
[20:41] incured while incurred while leasing the
equipment for asphalt patching
[20:46] operations. Jeff. Yes. Good morning,
commissioners. Uh, this is the piece of
[20:51] of equipment that we've been utilizing
this year to make these patches.
[20:54] Justin's team has been um, in my
opinion, making some of the best blade
[20:58] patches we've had ever in the community.
And, uh, we've spoken, I think, briefly
[21:04] last year about doing this. The the this
particular model is the exact one that
[21:10] we would that fits our equipment that we
utilize. We we like it. um we're going
[21:14] to have an opportunity to knock about
$20,000 off the purchase price of it.
[21:19] And uh the real benefit will be that
we'll have it to utilize when we need it
[21:23] instead of at the mercy of the rental
agreement. Uh we can also do shoulder
[21:29] work on it along highways and some of
the asphalt repair works that we've
[21:33] done. And it would be a very vital piece
of equipment going forward for us if
[21:38] we're going to do some of this asphalt
work in the future. Um, and I I can
[21:42] answer any questions that you have on
it. I did call uh Eric Godman or Eric
[21:47] Waterman with um with Murphy and asked
if if we did rent it next year if I
[21:54] could apply both of those and he said it
was just this year only. So, I did
[21:59] » you're going to rent it every year
anyway.
[22:02] » Is the one you're wanting to purchase
the exact same one you
[22:05] » It's the one that's in our yard. Yes. Uh
we all we would do is just buy it.
[22:10] » Uh that would be the price that you have
there. That would be that 92,500.
[22:15] » What's a brand new one cost?
>> About that about $100,000.
[22:19] » New when we got it.
>> Uh pretty much new, Justin. I think we
[22:23] were the only ones that were utilizing
the
[22:27] » Okay, that's the question I had.
>> When we got it,
[22:31] » um
>> what was it down? What was the issues we
[22:33] had with it this summer?
[22:39] Okay.
>> No like
[22:42] » manufacturing details or you know
issues.
[22:45] » No, I it it's been a good machine for
us. There's limited uh there's very
[22:49] little electronic
matters with it which we really like and
[22:55] anything that uh uh I I do think if we
did turn it in we would have some
[22:59] cosmetic repairs that we would also have
to pay for uh at this point. But I it's
[23:05] a good machine and it's the it fits
everything that we utilize and we would
[23:08] really like to to keep keep it busy. The
other thing that would really help is
[23:13] we've been doing this in 110 degree heat
and uh it would be nice to give our
[23:19] staff an opportunity to do this
>> outside the realm of just the
[23:23] construction season.
>> Well, usually paving doesn't care if
[23:29] it's 110 degrees.
Um, I had a question and I lost it, but
[23:35] » no question about a statement. I
personally got to see him using it and
[23:41] and it not only the use of the machine,
I can see where it really speeds up the
[23:48] process of getting it done. also
they in half mile section there did
[23:56] several big places and within two or
three hours was gone. It took them
[24:01] longer to unload and load than it did to
lay the axle. I mean and it does much
[24:09] better. It they're still learning how to
use it. I can tell that. But it it
[24:16] that seems to be a good deal. Good deal.
>> Yeah. Does Murphy offer like training
[24:21] over everything that it does or have you
guys gone through all because sometimes
[24:26] these things can do a lot.
>> Yeah, it it's actually designed to do
[24:30] shoulder work and we would be able to do
the same thing like on old 50 or some
[24:34] some of these asphalt projects that we
talked about where we were going to have
[24:37] more than a 3-in lift. We could do the
shouldering and that would again save
[24:41] the county a lot of money.
>> This is one that's attached to a skid
[24:44] loader and not a standalone.
>> Yes. Yes, it is. And it um it really is
[24:51] it just kind of fits our needs. It
really does fit our the purpose of what
[24:55] we
>> patches are better.
[24:56] » You know, it there is a there is a an
expense to the overrun on patch when we
[25:03] do the old system of blade patching
because we are not just stopping and
[25:07] starting where we want to. So, uh it
does reduce those asphalt costs and we
[25:13] actually use it at the exact location
and it lays down a whole lot better.
[25:17] Now, as we start to do more paving or
patching on our own, do we have like I
[25:23] call it a mini mill or a cold planer and
then like the tack oil stuff?
[25:29] » We don't have a we don't have a
distributor, but we do have a small
[25:33] miller and it's really small. It's just
one that goes on front of a skid loader.
[25:37] So, we can we can mill out some of the
small things that we need. But, as far
[25:41] as something where we like what we've
been using Kilo to do to go out and
[25:44] mill.
>> Yeah. Now, I was thinking more just the
[25:46] patches. Yeah,
>> get that nice sharp edge.
[25:48] » Yes, we do have those. We do have the
now, but we do not have a distributor.
[25:52] So, we don't have anything to lay oil
with.
[25:56] » If that would be down, you know, more as
you get doing this more if you're going
[26:00] to need these things because
>> I I think our niche is really in the
[26:05] fact that we can do a better job of
patching. I don't think we're ever going
[26:09] to be a situation where we actually run
an crew, per se, but I do think
[26:14] we can make roads better by just making
improvements
[26:18] uh through some of the patching that we
do and our ability to patch those.
[26:21] » I just thought tack oil helps it stay so
it doesn't slide off sometimes, but
[26:26] » I don't know what the cost of a tack oil
machine is like that size and stuff. So,
[26:30] » yeah. Yeah, we would have to have some
type of a distributor and those type of
[26:33] things, but it's stuff we can look into
in the future for sure
[26:36] » about if we got more serious. But
anyways, on this, does anybody have any
[26:39] more questions?
>> I I would tell you that that the public
[26:45] works special equipment fund we believe
can tolerate this expense. A and
[26:51] certainly Sabrina to your point um each
new budget year I think it would uh
[26:58] behoove all of us to do an analysis of
what our workloads going to look like
[27:03] that year and what equipment if any um
could aid in that. So as time permits
[27:10] Jeff and prep for 27 you might just look
at that distributor. I mean, there are a
[27:15] lot of things. I'm just get a 10,000
foot idea on what that would look like
[27:20] just so we have an understanding.
>> Be glad to do that. Absolutely.
[27:24] » And my thought was if we start doing
more and more asphalt, then that means
[27:28] more and more asphalt patching, you
know, and that kind of stuff. So, I just
[27:33] » it's kind of opens a can of worms, but
>> want to do it right. So, but it is
[27:38] looking nice. So, all right. Anybody
would like to make a motion regarding
[27:46] » make a motion to purchase the shoulder
master uh paver from Murphy Tractor for
[27:52] 73,000.
>> All right.
[27:55] » All right.
>> Commissioner Dickinson,
[27:58] » yes.
>> Commissioner Stomire,
[28:00] » yes.
>> Commissioner Waymire,
[28:01] » yes.
>> Commissioner Harris,
[28:02] » yes.
>> Chair Met,
[28:04] » yes. All right. Thank you. and now
consider approving the hydraulic repairs
[28:08] to our 2011 Freight Liner bucket truck
through
[28:11] » Yeah, this is something that you had we
put before you in early 2024.
[28:16] Uh we had spent some repairs through
Altech up in St. Joe, Missouri. And
[28:22] those repairs lasted approximately 100
hours uh before we had some other
[28:28] hydraulic issues that had come up on the
machine. Um so we had to take it back up
[28:32] to to St. Joe and they build us for an
additional estimate of $35,000 to repair
[28:39] it. At the time we decided that was more
than we wanted to spend on the truck and
[28:44] we in the meantime have redtagged it and
been looking for other alternatives or
[28:49] other locations to fix it. Uh Kirk is
here today and I believe he and Rusty
[28:54] may have reached out and found some
place in outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. We
[28:58] drove the truck down a few weeks ago and
we got the estimate back. I believe what
[29:03] they want to do to help uh some offset
some of those costs is it also has a
[29:07] winch on the front of it which we don't
utilize. We really use utilize the
[29:11] bucket. So I think they're going to
detach that winch and that pump. So
[29:16] that's going to save us a large amount
of money and repairs and it will just be
[29:22] getting our bucket truck back and
utilizing it uh for the needs. We we had
[29:27] to uh we were using the city of Ottawa.
Justin had worked out with them where we
[29:33] had actually utilized theirs before the
tornado this year. So, um we did have
[29:39] access to a bucket truck, but we're
starting to feel that pinch now after a
[29:43] year or so and things that we'd need it.
We've really been lucky in that we
[29:47] haven't had to really utilize it in such
a way. Uh
[29:52] » so, just to replace all the lines in the
boom.
[29:54] » Yes. They got crunchy as I remember,
didn't they?
[29:57] » Well, they all expanded. They all got
the pressure on the hydraulic got set
[30:01] between the mark on the pump and
therefore that pump ran them to the
[30:06] point that they expanded them. We
replaced all of them and now what
[30:10] they're going to have to do is go back
in and just disconnect one pump and get
[30:13] everything back going. But the actual
estimate was right around uh $6,250
[30:21] and we set a cap on it at $7,000 in
hopes that we could get that truck back
[30:25] up and go on it. We definitely need it.
We could we could use it again. Uh it's
[30:29] going to be worth a lot more than that.
Uh but it really does fit all our needs.
[30:35] It's it's it's an older truck, but it's
four-wheel drive. It has everything that
[30:38] we use. The reach on it is is real
effective, and we're familiar with it.
[30:42] So, the truck itself is good. But it's
just been the hydraulic issue.
[30:46] » I like that you went and looked around.
>> Thank you. Better options.
[30:51] » Yeah,
>> that's it's a hard it's a hard ticket,
[30:54] too, because there's not a lot of places
that we're willing to work on that that
[30:57] will guarantee that it'll meet the
dialectric U component that we have to
[31:02] and they assure us that they will.
>> All right. Does anybody want to make a
[31:06] motion? I'll make a motion to repair on
a 2011 freight liner for not to exceed
[31:13] $7,000.
>> Second.
[31:18] » Commissioner Smomire.
>> Yes.
[31:19] » Commissioner Wemire.
>> Yes.
[31:20] » Commissioner Harris.
>> Yes.
[31:22] » Commissioner Dickinson.
>> Yes.
[31:23] » Chair Matter.
>> Yes.
[31:24] » Thank you.
>> You're welcome. Thank you. All right.
[31:27] Moving on to staff reports.
>> Thanks, Sabrina. Last year, you may
[31:32] recall, Prairie Paws got a mobile spay
and neuter clinic, and they had asked us
[31:38] to write a letter in support of adding
that to their property tax exemption.
[31:45] Yesterday, I received another request
from them. They bought a 2012 Ford
[31:51] Transit Connect um that they're using to
transport animals
[31:57] um provide certain vet care and they've
just asked us to provide a similar
[32:02] letter. I have absolutely no qualms
doing that. Um just wanted to make sure
[32:08] that you all have no concerns prior to
executing it.
[32:14] So, I assume if they're asking for that,
they tag everything in Franklin County
[32:19] and not the other counties that they
>> That must be the case. Yes.
[32:23] » I just wondered if the other counties
were cheaper or not.
[32:29] » Is anybody
It's probably much.
[32:33] » Yeah. No, it's not.
>> Just want to make sure there are no
[32:36] objections.
>> All right. All right. Thanks. That's it.
[32:39] » All right. Paul, do you have anything?
Morning.
[32:49] » Morning.
>> Um, just I sent out my monthly update,
[32:52] so I thought I'd just share a couple of
uh comments that I made in there. Um, we
[32:58] continue to work with commerce. Uh
they've got a new uh person that works
[33:03] under Craig Vanway that can support
existing industry on uh tax incentives
[33:08] and tax benefits for uh purchasing
machinery for industrial use or
[33:13] expansion of staff, building a building.
We do have an industry in the North Park
[33:18] that's uh going to expand. And so uh
we've had a couple of meetings where I
[33:23] brought Skyler, that's his name, have
come and visit with him. And so, um,
[33:27] that expansion's moving forward and
we're getting great support from from
[33:31] the Kansas Department of Commerce. Um,
working on, uh, three potential grants
[33:37] right now. Uh, all of these would
benefit in some form or fashion.
[33:40] Wellsville. Uh, they're not large
grants. One's 10,000, one's up to
[33:45] 40,000. But some of these are um
potentially helpful as we're recruiting
[33:52] uh a couple of uh prospects for
Wellsville
[33:57] uh from a
commercial and and u
[34:02] uh industrial standpoint. So, uh lot
going on in Wellsville. Their housing
[34:07] continues to grow. They're anticipating
another 120 to 130 new doors again in
[34:13] 2027.
So, uh we're looking at a lot of
[34:17] different um like MIH and some of those
different things with some of those
[34:21] builders. Um
>> subdivision going in up there.
[34:26] » They'll be extending back behind where
they're building right now. And then uh
[34:30] they did take out that trailer trailer
park area. So Adabberry is putting I
[34:34] think
15 homes in there and then he's doing
[34:39] some other development and then uh
there's a couple other um pieces of
[34:45] ground that um potentially could be
developed.
[34:48] » Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> Um we do have our cyber security uh
[34:54] information meeting on September 22nd.
That's at 8 a.m. at Otter University.
[34:59] We're getting great support on that from
Impact Wealth and Otter University.
[35:04] I just had another cyber security
presentation yesterday I set sat in on
[35:09] at the Wellsville Chamber. So, that's
becoming a bigger and bigger issue with
[35:12] Whoop, sorry. Um with the people doing
the fishing emails and that type of
[35:17] thing. So, we've got a pretty good
pretty good crowd coming to that on the
[35:21] 22nd. But, anybody that wants to come,
just let me know and we'll certainly
[35:25] welcome. We'll have some food and coffee
and juice there. That's at 8:00 in the
[35:30] morning on the 22nd at Audi University
upstairs in the student union.
[35:35] And then um
I said this on the radio this morning, I
[35:40] want to say it again here is you know
this is a this is a fun month for our
[35:43] community. Uh this weekend we have the
power of the pass. Next weekend we have
[35:48] the merazine old
river car run car show and then the
[35:53] weekend after that is Wellsville days
and um you know those are great for
[35:59] quality of life. Those are a lot of fun.
It's an activity that people can enjoy.
[36:03] But I think the other piece at least
that resonates a lot with me is the
[36:07] economic impact. Um, these bring
thousands of people to our community.
[36:13] Um, which generates uh revenue uh for
the governments as far as sales tax and
[36:18] maybe some TGT money. Um, well, most
definitely some TGT money. But, uh, I
[36:25] think just as important and maybe more
important, it generates business for our
[36:29] local businesses. It generates revenue
and customers for our local business.
[36:34] And um I think it's important for us as
a community to appreciate the people
[36:39] that lead these events. Um you know they
they don't start working on this in
[36:43] August. They they actually I think over
the road game meets the week or two
[36:47] after and starts working on next year.
>> In fact we on Sunday our first meeting
[36:54] is when we're closing down
>> closing down and have a meeting
[36:57] » Sunday afternoon.
>> Yeah. So, uh, I just want the community
[37:01] to appreciate, uh, all the work that
goes in for all of these events. I think
[37:05] the other piece that, uh, people need to
remember is the the the gifts that are
[37:10] generated from these organizations to
our nonprofits and to our communities.
[37:14] Uh, Power of the Past, you know, gave
the city of Ottawa a substantial amount
[37:18] of money to build another uh, location
out there in the park. I know the over
[37:23] the river gang um, does a ton of uh,
community support. uh through the
[37:29] revenue that they generate and I I know
the same thing happens at the Wellsville
[37:32] days as well. So
um one it's a lot of fun but two it
[37:37] generates tax revenue uh it generates
business for our our small businesses
[37:42] and then it generates revenue for a lot
of organizations that that make our
[37:47] community what it is. So just want the
community to appreciate all that goes
[37:51] into that and the great benefit that all
of us receive. whether you go to the
[37:55] event or not, you're still benefiting
from the work uh that's been done. And
[37:59] then uh lastly, just because uh you're
talking about it, I drive up and down
[38:03] Eisenhower Road a lot and I really want
to compliment Jeff and and Justin on on
[38:10] Eisenhower is so smooth.
It's as smooth as it's been since I've
[38:14] lived here and they've just done a great
job with that. And so I just really
[38:18] appreciate the work that the county does
and that these guys do. So I'm happy to
[38:21] answer any questions.
questions for Paul.
[38:26] » Okay. Thanks.
>> Thank you. All right. Dustin Brownie, do
[38:30] you have anything else to add? Nathan,
our other Dustin. All right, Jeff.
[38:35] » I just want to thank you guys for both
those pieces of equipment. They will
[38:38] make a vital difference in what we do
every day in our community as well. So,
[38:42] uh they're that'll be we're very
grateful that uh for the support. Um,
[38:48] they should be out next week on the John
Brown Bridge at least bringing in some
[38:55] equipment to get started. I believe uh
last I talked to them last week we
[39:00] should be uh seeing a crane show up and
then they're going to do some test
[39:04] filings. The utility line they've got it
marked Justin said this morning so they
[39:08] still need to get it relocated but I
spoke with Jeff Pierce earlier uh last
[39:14] week and he indicated they thought they
would have it done by week's end. So, I
[39:17] everything's good there. And uh I think
Justin and I are supposed to meet with
[39:24] um thing Bush regarding the new bridge
work next week.
[39:30] » All right.
>> If you got anything else, I'll answer
[39:32] any questions you have, but thank you
for the equipment.
[39:35] » Yeah. Thank you. Anything? All right.
Commissioners Don
[39:41] Wells meeting tonight. They got a a lot
on their schedule tonight. So, uh, uh,
[39:48] but a lot of different things. I went to
Wal Chamber meeting yesterday and Sheila
[39:54] Robinson, most of you know Sheila, she
kind of heads up the pathways grants and
[40:00] there's a new round of them opening up
now and there's already a couple
[40:04] communities applied for some money
through that. So if anybody's has any
[40:09] projects they got going infrastructure
or or programs they want to do in their
[40:14] community might contact Sheila. She's
got the information and the applications
[40:20] and I know that that has benefited a lot
of things in the county in the last few
[40:26] years and so it's a good it's a good
program. That's all I got.
[40:31] » What about striping?
>> Oh yeah,
[40:33] » it starts tomorrow.
>> Okay. Thanks for reminding me right here
[40:37] tomorrow. I
>> I think of that when I'm driving on the
[40:38] road sometime. They're going to be doing
striping.
[40:40] » They they are just bringing in paint
today and planning on doing painting on
[40:45] Thursday and Friday and be out of here
by the weekend.
[40:47] » We'll have rain. We're supposed to have
rain.
[40:51] » Well, that could stop it.
>> Yeah.
[40:53] » Don't stop the rain.
>> Yeah, that's right.
[40:56] » Yeah, exactly. We need the rain.
>> Anything. All right. Um, Friday I went
[41:02] to the Kansas State Bank whatever
>> ribbon cutting.
[41:07] » Well, it wasn't ribbon cutting the
ground. Thank you. I had it. Um, so it's
[41:12] kind of neat to see that they'll get the
Bennett Crearyy building up looking
[41:17] good. And so that's kind of neat. And
um, last Wednesday evening, we went to
[41:22] the Farm Bureau legislative dinner and
it was a good conversation. I say it was
[41:28] a warm conversation with locals and the
state.
[41:31] » So, it was good.
>> And now,
[41:34] » all right.
>> If you watched the uh meeting last week,
[41:37] you'll notice that I wasn't here. Um, as
bad as it looks today, it really looked
[41:42] gnarly last week. Um, but I did want to
thank my fellow commissioners for
[41:47] approving the moratorum for the data
centers. Um, just for the record, if I'd
[41:51] have been here, it would have still been
unanimous, though. Um, I think that the
[41:56] community appreciates that and they will
get to vote on it uh on the ballot it
[42:00] sounds like. So that's all I got.
>> All right. Is there a motion for
[42:04] adjournment? Move. Is there?
>> All right. All in favor? I