[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

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