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Good morning. It's 9 a.m. and I

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will call the June July 7th

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County Commission selling

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County Commission meeting to

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order with the clerk. Please

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call the roll.

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Commissioner here. Commissioner

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grievous here. Commissioner

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sparks here. Commissioner Weiss

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here. Commissioner. Hey, here.

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I was out in the public

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talking. If you're able, I'd

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appreciate if you'd stand. And

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I drove like sleet in a moment

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of silence with us. I pledge

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allegiance to the flag of.

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The United States of America

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and to the republic for which

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it stands. One nation under

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God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice for all.

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I pray.

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Thank you. At this time, we'll

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move in to our citizens import

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and put portion of the meeting

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where members of the public may

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speak on County government,

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usually limited to three

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minutes pertaining to items not

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to be discussed on the agenda.

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Are there any members who would

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like to speak?

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Good morning commissioners.

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Good morning Rosemary, my

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Salina, Kansas. And I just

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wanted to let everyone know the

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granny brigade is very busy

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this month. We are setting out

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on Thursday evenings in front

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of the radio station from 4 to

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6. Uh, collecting water for our

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Salina residents that have bad

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water. And also, we've got a

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booth set up for voter

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information. We have sample

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ballots and information on the

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candidates, that of the

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candidates that have provided

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us with that. And then we're

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also out on Saturday mornings

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from 9 to 12 over on 2100 South

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ninth Street. And if you can't

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find us, you'll see our flags

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are flying. And also on the

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16th we have a meet and greet

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with, uh, governor elect Philip

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Saanich from 1130 to 1 at

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Perkins Restaurant at 3015. Um

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riffle drive or 1825 Riffle

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Drive. And that will be from

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1130 to 1. And also on July the

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21st, we will be celebrating

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the sixth year of the Granny

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Brigade of birthday, along with

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our nation's 250th birthday,

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and everyone is invited and we

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will be providing pull pork and

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brisket and trimmings to go

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with it. So we're all invited.

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Thank you.

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Very much. You are busy. Good

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morning Norman.

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Good morning Annie. Normal.

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Salina, Kansas. What is the

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international distress signal

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for the flag? Do any of you

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know you don't? Do you?

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Hung upside down.

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Right. Well, then

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we better start flying it,

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because this flag's in trouble.

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So is this country. Uh,

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somebody owes any apology.

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She's not a madam. You know who

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you are? You call her madam. Do

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you not have madam? Your code

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of conduct. Won't you take your

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job seriously? Planning zoning

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board. Look at the problems you

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cause when you approve landfill

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issues at 1/40 and State

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Street. That's the federal

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issue. We've got water

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contamination at the air base,

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and now we're putting the

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landfill out there at 114 State

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Street. Calcium chloride. It

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causes chemical burns. It'll go

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down into the underground

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aquifer. I've been involved

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with water since 1941. No,

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can't be that long. Water. Been

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here. Why is the private

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business allowed to put a

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construct, a private drive on a

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county road right of way. Not

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acceptable liability issues

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that permit should cost him

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$1,000. And it's still there.

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It's been there for a week. The

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county should be installed on

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that permit. That plug. Still,

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they're going to plug up the

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water at a meet and greet for

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him. Some candidates did not

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show up. Why? I guess the job's

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not important to you, is it?

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That was mentioned to me? On

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our budget issue, if you bring

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back the system that worked

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from 1492 to 1760, it would

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work. Money was not an issue.

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We wouldn't be here if it

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wasn't for cycles. We, uh.

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She's a Native American. If she

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hadn't been involved in that

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trip. Lewis and Clark, Lewis

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and Clark wouldn't have made it

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to the West Coast.

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Thank you, Norm, any other

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citizens wanting to speak? If

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not, we'll close that. Uh,

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citizen's Forum and move on to

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the consent agenda that

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pertains to the following

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approval of tax roll

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adjustments. Approval of June

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18th. Accounts payable.

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Approval of public forum

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agenda. Approval of payroll.

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Approval of disposition of

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property. Approval of July

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10th. Accounts payable.

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Approval of County Commission

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meeting minutes for June 16th,

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2026. Approval of County

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Commission meeting minutes for

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June 23rd, 2026 and authorize

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the chair to sign the property

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damage release. Is there

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anything the Commission would

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like to remove or add to this

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consent agenda at this time? If

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not, I'd entertain a motion.

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Make a motion. We approve the

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consent agenda is written.

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Second, the motion.

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It's been moved and seconded.

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We approve the consent agenda

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as provided. All those in favor

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say aye.

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aye.

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All opposed. Same sign. Motion

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carries. Thank you. We'll move

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into the action. Items of the

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clerk would call the first

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action item.

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Approval of Saline County

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Health Department is the fiscal

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agent for the North Central

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Health Care Coalition for

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preparedness with Jason Tyler,

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health department director.

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Good morning, Jason.

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Good morning commissioners. So

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a little background, the North

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for preparedness exists to help

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health care agencies in the

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north Central region work

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toward improving disaster

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efforts, increase situational

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awareness amongst the region,

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and mutual support and

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assistance during disaster.

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I've been the chair of that

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coalition for more years than I

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can remember now. Um, in April

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of 2026, the organization that

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had been acting as the fiscal

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agent in connection with CDBG

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was lost. And Katie, CDBG has

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subsequently sought out new

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agencies within the regions to

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be fiscal agents for the

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region's funding. Um, after

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discussion with the Health Care

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Coalition's Executive committee

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and CDBG, Slane County Health

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Department is requesting to be

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named the fiscal agent for the

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region. Um, this action has

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been discussed and approved

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both with the Health Care

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Coalition Executive Committee,

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I should say also the full

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membership and CDBG

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preparedness, um, given our

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long commitment to the work of

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the health care coalition's, my

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position as chair, um,

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involvement of other Linn

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County folks, um, including

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Michelle Weiss from Emergency

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Management, um, and the

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position of Saline County is a

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leader within the region. And

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our longstanding experience

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serving as the fiscal agent for

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the Central Kansas Public

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Health Emergency Preparedness

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Region. We feel best suited to

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take on this role.

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Responsibilities include

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overseeing the grant funds,

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making the purchases, paying

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the bills as approved by the

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coalition. And then for this

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administrative effort, we also

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receive a minimum of 6% of the

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grant for that time. Um, this

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will go into effect actually

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July 1st when the new grant

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year started. Um, and this

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action today will allow to move

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forward with the contracting

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process and if approved, then a

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grant contract will follow

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along, which will then just

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have to go on consent agenda

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after review by county council.

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Um, of course, alternatives for

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action. Uh, we hope that you

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approve this action. Um, you

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can deny it or send me back

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more info. Like I said, staff

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recommends approving the action

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for the county health

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department to be the fiscal

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agent for the North Central HCC

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budget. Excuse me? Budget

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impact. So the estimated a

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grant amount from CDBG that

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would be managing is $150,000.

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So other than expenditure

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authority, you know, we make we

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pay the bills, we get

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reimbursed. Um, that will have

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minimal impact to the budget

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other than the addition of the

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fiscal agent fee that we

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receive for doing that.

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So thank you. Uh, so it's a situation where a Kansas

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Department CDA was doing this

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fiscal management.

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There was a different, um,

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private company. They were

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contracted with who was acting

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as the fiscal agent for all

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seven regions across the state.

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those two, um, is no longer

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existing. And so each region

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then now has to have a fiscal

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agent in order to be able to

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draw down those funds, to be

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able to do the work of the

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region..

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And your agency, the Saline

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County Health Department, and

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yourself, um, will be that

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fiscal agent for those

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counties.

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And are you being you said 6%.

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Is that the same compensation

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that the private company

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received?

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Uh, I don't know what the

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private company, what their

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percentage was. And I say that

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6%, that's a minimum. When we

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do the the full budget as a

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coalition, um, after we receive

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the contract, that can always

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be negotiated higher, but at a

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minimum at 6%. 6% is what we

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receive for the central Kansas

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region for doing for being the

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fiscal agent for that one.

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And you're anticipating no new

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staff needed or anything like

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that. You're just going.

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To know any.

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Without existing.

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Right? Any staff that's a part

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of this is contracted through

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the coalition. So like, um, as

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a comparison for the central

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Kansas region, we are the

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fiscal agent, the regional

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coordinator who does the work,

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you know, for the region as a

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contractor. And so he submits

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an invoice. We pay that

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invoice. He does the grant

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reporting. Um, we do the fiscal

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reporting, um, if there's a

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purchase that needs to be made,

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um, for the region, um, he

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brings the, the like the

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meeting minutes or whatever to

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show that the region, uh,

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viewed and approved this

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purchase. And then we make the

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purchase, submit reimbursements

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to CDBG, and then they pay us

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back for that. Now, this like

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FEP and most of the other ones

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as well, there's usually a 25%

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front of the grant funds. And

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so we kind of start out with

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spending that 25%, and then it

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goes into reimbursement for the

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rest of the year. But we've

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never had any issues.

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Thank you.

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I'm good there.

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Any other questions comments.

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No.

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Is there any public comment? If

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not, I'll bring it back to the

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commission for a motion.

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Madam chairman, make a motion.

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We approve RFA 2026-75 is

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presented second.

347
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It's been moved and seconded.

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We approve RFA 2020 675 as

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presented. All in favor, say

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aye. Aye aye. All opposed. Same

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sign. Motion carries. Action

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item two.

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2027 budget proposal and

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notification with Matt Stiles,

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County Administrator.

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Good morning.

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Commission.

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So I've got a little

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presentation set up for you. Of

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course, we sent out that

361
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information so that you have a

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kind of a background on this.

363
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It's obviously.

364
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Uh, a.

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Kind of a beast. When you talk

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about the budget, uh, here in

367
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Saline County. And we're very

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dependent, as we talked about

369
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it, our last study session on

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property taxes. And so I think

371
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you'll see kind of that as we

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evolve and discuss what's in

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this budget. Um, yeah. So we'll

374
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kind of dive in. So overall,

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the, uh, economic conditions in

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Saline County are actually

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pretty good. Uh, we've had

378
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positive growth in business

379
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industry that helped drive the

380
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economy, helps drive consumer

381
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spending. Um, sales tax

382
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collections. So is a good

383
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marker for us, particularly

384
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with the jail. Um, it continues

385
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to surpass what the

386
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expectations were with that.

387
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Uh, the expectation, at least

388
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the projection when we adopted

389
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the jail bonds back in 2020 was

390
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that we would have about $4.5

391
00:13:21,466 --> 00:13:23,802
million per year to at least

392
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cover the debt service for

393
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that. And it's been coming in

394
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closer to eight and a half or

395
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eight and almost $9 million a

396
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year. So that's been excellent.

397
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Um, what happens with that

398
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money? And just in case

399
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anyone's wondering, is that

400
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money gets collected into a

401
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fund specifically for the debt

402
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payment of the jail. Uh, and so

403
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that money sits there, uh, it's

404
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collecting. It's got about

405
00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:46,558
12.12 point $6 million in there

406
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right now. And we'll be able to

407
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refund those bonds earlier than

408
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the original term. Um, they're

409
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kind of a Cinderella unicorn

410
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issue. Anyway, they were issued

411
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at 2% interest, and so they

412
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great timing on that. Whatever

413
00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,207
happened there, it all worked

414
00:14:02,207 --> 00:14:03,708
out for you. So, uh, but you

415
00:14:03,708 --> 00:14:04,676
should be able to retire that

416
00:14:04,676 --> 00:14:06,645
sales tax, uh, much sooner than

417
00:14:06,645 --> 00:14:07,913
was originally anticipated,

418
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because things have been going

419
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pretty well within the economic

420
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area. Uh, we've had some new

421
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housing projects that have led

422
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to population stability. I'd be

423
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hesitant to say growth. Uh,

424
00:14:18,156 --> 00:14:19,591
there's been minimal growth,

425
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but I think it's at least

426
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stable and heading in the right

427
00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:24,529
direction. And so we'll

428
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hopefully see some more of that

429
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as we collect more census data

430
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that the population has

431
00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:31,203
increased a little bit, and

432
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everything seems to be moving

433
00:14:32,437 --> 00:14:33,672
well in that direction. You can

434
00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:34,673
tell by all the new housing

435
00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:35,707
starts that we've had in the

436
00:14:35,707 --> 00:14:37,709
past a couple of years, so

437
00:14:37,709 --> 00:14:38,910
everything seems to be moving

438
00:14:38,910 --> 00:14:39,745
well there. And if you're

439
00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:41,446
trying to purchase a house in

440
00:14:41,446 --> 00:14:42,814
Saline and Saline County or

441
00:14:42,814 --> 00:14:44,816
Salina, it's not easy. There's

442
00:14:44,816 --> 00:14:46,084
not a lot of stock right now.

443
00:14:46,084 --> 00:14:47,152
Uh, I can tell you that. So

444
00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:48,887
from firsthand experience, not

445
00:14:48,887 --> 00:14:50,555
super easy. Um, the

446
00:14:50,555 --> 00:14:52,157
unemployment rate in Saline

447
00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:55,360
County is at 3.3%. Statistical

448
00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,828
full employment. When we talk

449
00:14:56,828 --> 00:14:58,663
about it from a macro economic

450
00:14:58,663 --> 00:15:01,967
level is about 4%. So what that

451
00:15:01,967 --> 00:15:03,869
means to me is that we anyone

452
00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,804
who wants a job, should and can

453
00:15:05,804 --> 00:15:07,239
be able to find a job within

454
00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,074
Saline County. Um, so you don't

455
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:10,442
have an unemployment issue, you

456
00:15:10,442 --> 00:15:12,677
have a people issue. Um, and so

457
00:15:12,677 --> 00:15:14,679
that's one of the things that

458
00:15:14,679 --> 00:15:15,847
as we work through this,

459
00:15:15,847 --> 00:15:17,049
hopefully we can adjust some

460
00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,450
things and maybe help with

461
00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:19,684
that. It's not really our

462
00:15:19,684 --> 00:15:21,820
mission, but, um.

463
00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:22,621
It's something.

464
00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:23,955
That lifts all ships. If we can

465
00:15:23,955 --> 00:15:26,224
help assist with that. So, uh,

466
00:15:26,224 --> 00:15:27,559
the current consumer price

467
00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:28,927
index, that's sort of the model

468
00:15:28,927 --> 00:15:30,128
or the, the marker for

469
00:15:30,128 --> 00:15:32,330
inflation is 4.2% year over

470
00:15:32,330 --> 00:15:34,232
year. Um, whenever I look at

471
00:15:34,232 --> 00:15:35,400
that, I look at the municipal

472
00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,003
cost index. Uh, so that is an

473
00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:39,471
index that takes out some of

474
00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:40,505
the things that you and I

475
00:15:40,505 --> 00:15:43,108
purchase as individuals, like

476
00:15:43,108 --> 00:15:46,445
milk and bread. Uh, cities,

477
00:15:46,445 --> 00:15:47,612
counties don't purchase those

478
00:15:47,612 --> 00:15:48,880
things. We, patch, we purchase

479
00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,115
asphalt and pipe and things

480
00:15:50,115 --> 00:15:51,950
like that. Uh, and so when we

481
00:15:51,950 --> 00:15:54,152
look at kind of what that index

482
00:15:54,152 --> 00:15:56,154
is, it's about 5.5%. It always

483
00:15:56,154 --> 00:15:57,322
trends a little higher than the

484
00:15:57,322 --> 00:15:59,324
consumer price index. So the

485
00:15:59,324 --> 00:16:00,625
things that we buy as an

486
00:16:00,625 --> 00:16:02,360
organization are more expensive

487
00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:03,695
now than they were at least one

488
00:16:03,695 --> 00:16:06,598
year ago. So that all said, the

489
00:16:06,598 --> 00:16:08,333
outlook for Saline County and

490
00:16:08,333 --> 00:16:09,468
the economy remains pretty

491
00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,504
positive. I think we're pretty well in a good shape,

492
00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:13,772
and I think the numbers sort of

493
00:16:13,772 --> 00:16:16,408
bear that out, see if I can

494
00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:17,643
make this work.

495
00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:23,615
It's a.

496
00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:25,016
There we go. All right.

497
00:16:25,016 --> 00:16:27,052
Valuation growth. Uh, just to

498
00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:28,987
kind of take take the time

499
00:16:28,987 --> 00:16:30,288
machine back so you can see

500
00:16:30,288 --> 00:16:32,124
where we've been. Uh, assessed

501
00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:33,191
valuation growth has been

502
00:16:33,191 --> 00:16:34,292
pretty consistent, averaging

503
00:16:34,292 --> 00:16:37,028
about 3% per year, uh, annual

504
00:16:37,028 --> 00:16:38,563
growth. And I pulled it back

505
00:16:38,563 --> 00:16:40,966
five years to 23. Uh, new

506
00:16:40,966 --> 00:16:42,734
improvements for this year. 27

507
00:16:42,734 --> 00:16:46,438
is about 12 million. 368 um, we

508
00:16:46,438 --> 00:16:48,573
have right now 12,000,012.5

509
00:16:48,573 --> 00:16:51,076
million and a little bit, uh,

510
00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:53,011
exempted in valuation currently

511
00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:55,480
within RH id TIF district or an

512
00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,450
NRP district. So there's some things built into

513
00:16:58,450 --> 00:16:59,718
that that are exempted right

514
00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:01,553
now. Total exempt property is

515
00:17:01,553 --> 00:17:03,688
about 30 million. I know that

516
00:17:03,688 --> 00:17:04,556
came up at our last

517
00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:06,791
conversation. Our last meeting.

518
00:17:06,791 --> 00:17:08,226
Um, so that includes things

519
00:17:08,226 --> 00:17:09,327
like, you know, government

520
00:17:09,327 --> 00:17:10,595
buildings, churches, those

521
00:17:10,595 --> 00:17:12,330
things. And that's a little bit

522
00:17:12,330 --> 00:17:13,799
above our pay grade. We can't

523
00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,667
really can't change much with

524
00:17:15,667 --> 00:17:16,935
regard to what that looks like.

525
00:17:16,935 --> 00:17:18,436
But we can see that the trend

526
00:17:18,436 --> 00:17:20,238
is moving upward. And so that's

527
00:17:20,238 --> 00:17:21,873
uh, that helps with, you know,

528
00:17:21,873 --> 00:17:23,107
covering those costs as they

529
00:17:23,107 --> 00:17:25,944
increase for us, property

530
00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,746
taxes. Um, I just wanted to

531
00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:29,481
give you an overview of how

532
00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:31,349
things look within the property

533
00:17:31,349 --> 00:17:32,584
tax funds and kind of the

534
00:17:32,584 --> 00:17:34,052
breakout of how that money gets

535
00:17:34,052 --> 00:17:36,254
spent. 57% goes into the

536
00:17:36,254 --> 00:17:37,956
general fund, and then you can

537
00:17:37,956 --> 00:17:39,491
kind of see from there, our

538
00:17:39,491 --> 00:17:40,892
next biggest fund is road and

539
00:17:40,892 --> 00:17:43,028
bridge employee benefits. And

540
00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:44,162
then we have some smaller ones.

541
00:17:44,162 --> 00:17:46,198
Public health, uh, special road

542
00:17:46,198 --> 00:17:48,233
and bridge construction. Uh, we

543
00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:51,803
also have another special highway fund, our

544
00:17:51,803 --> 00:17:54,105
special road fund. And then uh,

545
00:17:54,105 --> 00:17:55,807
mental health, which is a new,

546
00:17:55,807 --> 00:17:58,476
relatively new tax levy for us.

547
00:17:58,476 --> 00:17:59,811
We've set aside that starting

548
00:17:59,811 --> 00:18:01,713
this year, it's a half a mill

549
00:18:01,713 --> 00:18:02,947
for mental health, which is

550
00:18:02,947 --> 00:18:03,915
something that we're required

551
00:18:03,915 --> 00:18:06,518
to provide. Um, by state

552
00:18:06,518 --> 00:18:09,087
statute. So, uh, we have

553
00:18:09,087 --> 00:18:11,690
primarily tax, property tax in

554
00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:13,425
these eight funds. Uh, the debt

555
00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:14,793
service receives no property

556
00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:16,361
tax. We don't pay any of that.

557
00:18:16,361 --> 00:18:17,562
That's all sales tax. And

558
00:18:17,562 --> 00:18:18,797
that's related primarily to the

559
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:19,731
jail. But there's a couple

560
00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:21,433
other projects within that that

561
00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,834
receive special assessments. So

562
00:18:22,834 --> 00:18:24,469
they're not property tax driven

563
00:18:24,469 --> 00:18:25,570
per se. They're special

564
00:18:25,570 --> 00:18:27,572
assessment driven. Uh, we have

565
00:18:27,572 --> 00:18:29,107
eight additional budgeted funds

566
00:18:29,107 --> 00:18:30,208
that have very specific

567
00:18:30,208 --> 00:18:32,143
functions. And then we have 40,

568
00:18:32,143 --> 00:18:35,647
44, zero additional non

569
00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:37,616
budgeted funds. Those are all

570
00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:39,117
very specific funds that have

571
00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:40,452
very specific statutory

572
00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:43,355
limitations. So they they work

573
00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:44,956
on cash basis and not budget

574
00:18:44,956 --> 00:18:46,224
basis. And so we don't have to

575
00:18:46,224 --> 00:18:47,392
adopt a budget for them. We

576
00:18:47,392 --> 00:18:48,994
just report what we spent in

577
00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:51,162
them in the previous year. Uh,

578
00:18:51,162 --> 00:18:53,465
so total spending authority as

579
00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:56,468
projected is 6767 million

580
00:18:56,468 --> 00:19:03,875
122896. So let's look at what

581
00:19:03,875 --> 00:19:07,279
that means for people. Um, as

582
00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:10,315
proposed, what we have in the proposal that you looked

583
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:11,950
at at the last meeting. And

584
00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:13,385
then what we're proposing today

585
00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:14,686
is a mill levy that would

586
00:19:14,686 --> 00:19:15,754
actually have a mill levy of

587
00:19:15,754 --> 00:19:19,691
42.142. That's a 2% increase

588
00:19:19,691 --> 00:19:20,992
over what was levied this

589
00:19:20,992 --> 00:19:22,727
current year. Um, so the

590
00:19:22,727 --> 00:19:25,330
revenue neutral rate, um, was

591
00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:29,034
38.724 mills. So in order to

592
00:19:29,034 --> 00:19:30,402
reach revenue neutral, you

593
00:19:30,402 --> 00:19:32,203
would need to reduce or add

594
00:19:32,203 --> 00:19:33,805
additional revenue to those

595
00:19:33,805 --> 00:19:35,974
funds of about three and a half

596
00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:39,244
mills, $2.6 million. Um, that

597
00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:40,245
would that would get you to the

598
00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:42,247
revenue neutral rate. But as

599
00:19:42,247 --> 00:19:43,448
it's written right here, as

600
00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:45,317
presented, the median

601
00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:46,484
homeowner, which is about a

602
00:19:46,484 --> 00:19:48,453
$200,000 house, would pay about

603
00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:52,090
$969.27. That would be an

604
00:19:52,090 --> 00:19:53,491
increase from this current

605
00:19:53,491 --> 00:19:57,929
present year of $13.13. So

606
00:19:57,929 --> 00:19:59,197
that's kind of what it looks

607
00:19:59,197 --> 00:20:01,666
like right now. So let's talk

608
00:20:01,666 --> 00:20:03,201
about what's actually in that

609
00:20:03,201 --> 00:20:06,471
budget. Uh, for employees, of

610
00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:07,806
course we have the work group,

611
00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:11,309
which is um, sort of a quasi.

612
00:20:11,309 --> 00:20:12,677
It's a, you know, it's our

613
00:20:12,677 --> 00:20:14,279
interactive group that we, we

614
00:20:14,279 --> 00:20:15,480
negotiate with our employees

615
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,749
with, uh, we have proposed,

616
00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:19,684
projected, uh, increase in

617
00:20:19,684 --> 00:20:21,453
health insurance of 10% that's

618
00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:22,721
baked into the budget. We think

619
00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:23,755
it's going to be less than

620
00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:25,824
that, but we don't know yet.

621
00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,759
Uh, and so that will probably

622
00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:29,127
be able to be maneuvered down,

623
00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:30,328
but we're not comfortable doing

624
00:20:30,328 --> 00:20:31,496
that at this point. So we

625
00:20:31,496 --> 00:20:32,964
looked at the 10% and left it

626
00:20:32,964 --> 00:20:35,533
in there. Uh, there's a 2% cost

627
00:20:35,533 --> 00:20:36,935
of living adjustment in there.

628
00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:39,804
And then step increases. Uh, so

629
00:20:39,804 --> 00:20:41,206
as you move forward, we have

630
00:20:41,206 --> 00:20:43,875
about 50, between 50 and 60% of

631
00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:45,243
our employees are eligible for

632
00:20:45,243 --> 00:20:46,644
step increases. We have a step

633
00:20:46,644 --> 00:20:49,647
in grade system. Uh, and so as

634
00:20:49,647 --> 00:20:50,715
you move up, you know,

635
00:20:50,715 --> 00:20:52,083
complete, successfully complete

636
00:20:52,083 --> 00:20:53,184
a year of employment, you may

637
00:20:53,184 --> 00:20:55,553
be eligible for a step increase.

638
00:20:55,553 --> 00:20:57,455
And a little over half of our

639
00:20:57,455 --> 00:20:58,990
people are eligible for that.

640
00:20:58,990 --> 00:21:00,091
You hit a certain point and

641
00:21:00,091 --> 00:21:01,426
then you're you're frozen there

642
00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:02,927
until you hit the next

643
00:21:02,927 --> 00:21:06,364
milestone. So, uh, we retain

644
00:21:06,364 --> 00:21:08,433
the the thousand dollars HSA

645
00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:09,634
contribution for the high

646
00:21:09,634 --> 00:21:11,369
deductible plan users. That's

647
00:21:11,369 --> 00:21:12,504
saves us money, believe it or

648
00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:14,472
not. Uh, as we have more people

649
00:21:14,472 --> 00:21:16,408
in the high deductible plan,

650
00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:17,809
even with that contribution, we

651
00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:19,344
end up saving money as a county

652
00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,079
specifically. And another thing

653
00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:22,280
that we included in there was a

654
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,149
chunk of change, about $50,000

655
00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:25,717
for salary study that was

656
00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:27,118
requested by the work group. We

657
00:21:27,118 --> 00:21:28,653
actually agreed to that about

658
00:21:28,653 --> 00:21:30,088
three years ago, but we never

659
00:21:30,088 --> 00:21:32,357
did it. Um, and so what it

660
00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:33,725
would do is put that into the

661
00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,360
27 budget and then it would

662
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:36,628
take effect. Whatever

663
00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:37,896
recommendations came out of

664
00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:39,164
that that you agreed with would

665
00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:40,732
take effect in the 28 budget.

666
00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:42,967
So we'd be having a different

667
00:21:42,967 --> 00:21:44,369
kind of conversation about that

668
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:46,905
next year. Um, infrastructure.

669
00:21:46,905 --> 00:21:48,706
We added back in the half mill

670
00:21:48,706 --> 00:21:50,208
for special road construction

671
00:21:50,208 --> 00:21:51,409
fund that has been cut out for

672
00:21:51,409 --> 00:21:53,478
the last two years. So that was

673
00:21:53,478 --> 00:21:54,879
something that I gathered from

674
00:21:54,879 --> 00:21:56,214
our conversations that you'd

675
00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:58,283
want to look at that at least.

676
00:21:58,283 --> 00:22:00,151
Um, that's this is included in

677
00:22:00,151 --> 00:22:02,320
that. And then we added back in

678
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:04,522
$400,000 for road construction

679
00:22:04,522 --> 00:22:05,690
in the road and bridge fund

680
00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:06,991
that had previously been taken

681
00:22:06,991 --> 00:22:09,394
out as well. So we've added

682
00:22:09,394 --> 00:22:11,396
back in more road, uh, road

683
00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:15,033
construction dollars. Um, of

684
00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:16,267
course, that's that's a policy

685
00:22:16,267 --> 00:22:18,002
decision for you. But as you

686
00:22:18,002 --> 00:22:19,804
take out road and bridge

687
00:22:19,804 --> 00:22:21,506
dollars, that's just miles of

688
00:22:21,506 --> 00:22:22,640
road that we're not able to

689
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,209
maintain, and we just continue

690
00:22:24,209 --> 00:22:25,310
to shrink that as we go

691
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,511
forward, which has a

692
00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:27,812
multiplying effect down the

693
00:22:27,812 --> 00:22:29,914
road. If you, you know, if you,

694
00:22:29,914 --> 00:22:31,749
uh, decide not to make those

695
00:22:31,749 --> 00:22:40,124
investments now. We'll get to

696
00:22:40,124 --> 00:22:43,027
the next slide maybe. Okay. Uh,

697
00:22:43,027 --> 00:22:44,028
what else is in the budget?

698
00:22:44,028 --> 00:22:45,797
Capital improvements. Uh, I put

699
00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:47,232
in funding in there for $3

700
00:22:47,232 --> 00:22:48,199
million with capital

701
00:22:48,199 --> 00:22:49,467
improvement projects. There

702
00:22:49,467 --> 00:22:51,603
were requests for 5 million

703
00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:52,804
that included all the carryover

704
00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:54,839
projects. And we'll get to a

705
00:22:54,839 --> 00:22:56,074
little bit of what what didn't

706
00:22:56,074 --> 00:22:57,275
make the cut a little bit

707
00:22:57,275 --> 00:22:59,277
later? Uh, projects with

708
00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:00,545
external funding are also

709
00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:01,679
included in that. And I

710
00:23:01,679 --> 00:23:02,747
specifically think about the

711
00:23:02,747 --> 00:23:04,082
CDBG funding that we have for

712
00:23:04,082 --> 00:23:05,250
the senior center projects.

713
00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:06,351
Those are included in that as

714
00:23:06,351 --> 00:23:08,353
well, uh, includes the purchase

715
00:23:08,353 --> 00:23:10,455
of the Family Salina Family

716
00:23:10,455 --> 00:23:11,523
Health building at the end of

717
00:23:11,523 --> 00:23:13,491
27. So we're scheduled to to

718
00:23:13,491 --> 00:23:14,692
take possession of that at the

719
00:23:14,692 --> 00:23:16,427
end of 2027. So we had to

720
00:23:16,427 --> 00:23:18,196
factor that in as a as a cash

721
00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:19,998
purchase there. Uh, and

722
00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:21,799
included moving court services

723
00:23:21,799 --> 00:23:22,934
into the city county building,

724
00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:23,801
which is something we have

725
00:23:23,801 --> 00:23:25,603
talked about at our last

726
00:23:25,603 --> 00:23:27,906
meeting, moving them from here.

727
00:23:27,906 --> 00:23:29,474
Uh, there was a $25,000

728
00:23:29,474 --> 00:23:30,842
estimate for remodeling this

729
00:23:30,842 --> 00:23:31,643
space. We, of course, would

730
00:23:31,643 --> 00:23:32,744
have to work that out with the

731
00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:34,045
city, but we would avoid

732
00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:36,414
$100,000 in HVAC costs if we

733
00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:38,283
were to do that. So we we kept

734
00:23:38,283 --> 00:23:39,484
that in there. Is that that

735
00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:41,586
particular thing? Uh, equipment

736
00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,321
and technology improvements,

737
00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:45,189
uh, included funding for five,

738
00:23:45,189 --> 00:23:47,892
$550,000 in projects or

739
00:23:47,892 --> 00:23:50,328
requests for almost 800,000,

740
00:23:50,328 --> 00:23:52,664
um, kind of the key pieces with

741
00:23:52,664 --> 00:23:54,566
that equipment and technology

742
00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,034
was a transition to a leasing

743
00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:57,435
structure for vehicles. We put

744
00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:59,804
in $150,000 placeholder for

745
00:23:59,804 --> 00:24:01,105
that. There would have to be

746
00:24:01,105 --> 00:24:02,373
some more discussion and some

747
00:24:02,373 --> 00:24:03,775
obvious action with that in

748
00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,310
order to get into at lease

749
00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,712
program. Uh, but that would

750
00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:09,647
reduce the cost, uh, at least

751
00:24:09,647 --> 00:24:10,882
initially the first year. And

752
00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:12,083
of course, that as you go

753
00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:13,251
forward, you're basically

754
00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:14,318
managing payments at that

755
00:24:14,318 --> 00:24:16,688
point. So, um, that's included

756
00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:18,756
in here. And then we also put a

757
00:24:18,756 --> 00:24:20,625
focus on IT infrastructure. I

758
00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,393
just want to underline circle

759
00:24:22,393 --> 00:24:25,330
this, uh, IT infrastructure is

760
00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:27,198
critical infrastructure for us.

761
00:24:27,198 --> 00:24:30,001
Literally everything we do runs

762
00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,536
through the IT infrastructure.

763
00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:33,972
And so we have to make very

764
00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:35,773
conscious, consistent

765
00:24:35,773 --> 00:24:37,075
investments in IT

766
00:24:37,075 --> 00:24:39,277
infrastructure in order for all

767
00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,813
of this to work. Uh, it's, you

768
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:42,747
know, it's gotten to the point

769
00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:45,483
where it's it's like electric,

770
00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:46,517
you know, your electricity

771
00:24:46,517 --> 00:24:48,252
coming through or your water

772
00:24:48,252 --> 00:24:49,454
coming through. You have to

773
00:24:49,454 --> 00:24:52,156
have it. And so if we short

774
00:24:52,156 --> 00:24:53,591
those investments, we

775
00:24:53,591 --> 00:24:55,093
ultimately short ourselves and

776
00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:56,227
our ability to do it, it's a

777
00:24:56,227 --> 00:24:58,196
force multiplier. So what we

778
00:24:58,196 --> 00:24:59,864
can do with technology, you

779
00:24:59,864 --> 00:25:01,366
know, with five people's, what

780
00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:02,367
we would have had to had ten

781
00:25:02,367 --> 00:25:04,669
people to do ten years ago. Um,

782
00:25:04,669 --> 00:25:05,803
so it's important that we make

783
00:25:05,803 --> 00:25:06,904
those investments. And I want

784
00:25:06,904 --> 00:25:08,072
to make sure that we underscore

785
00:25:08,072 --> 00:25:09,207
the importance of the IT

786
00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:12,476
investments. Now that we've

787
00:25:12,476 --> 00:25:14,479
seen what's in it, let's talk

788
00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:15,613
about what's not in this

789
00:25:15,613 --> 00:25:17,215
budget. If I can get it to

790
00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:19,384
move, see the it it you should

791
00:25:19,384 --> 00:25:21,319
invest in a new clicker. Need a

792
00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:24,322
new clicker Aaron I'm out of

793
00:25:24,322 --> 00:25:25,957
range. I'm too close. All

794
00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:27,892
right, so as we talk about

795
00:25:27,892 --> 00:25:29,794
what's not in this budget, so

796
00:25:29,794 --> 00:25:31,596
what we removed from the 2027

797
00:25:31,596 --> 00:25:33,731
budget that was requested. Uh,

798
00:25:33,731 --> 00:25:35,333
I denied all the requested

799
00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:37,335
positions. So there were four

800
00:25:37,335 --> 00:25:40,705
positions total, uh, 312,000. I

801
00:25:40,705 --> 00:25:43,107
said not this year. I'm sorry.

802
00:25:43,107 --> 00:25:44,642
Can't really get to that this

803
00:25:44,642 --> 00:25:46,878
year. Uh, four positions, the

804
00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:47,845
biggest one being the county

805
00:25:47,845 --> 00:25:49,481
attorney. Um, they wanted to

806
00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:50,748
add back in attorney position,

807
00:25:50,748 --> 00:25:51,816
and they also wanted to add an

808
00:25:51,816 --> 00:25:53,685
intern program. I think there

809
00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:55,153
may be some opportunities as we

810
00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:56,788
look at outside agency funding

811
00:25:56,788 --> 00:25:58,322
for the senior services, there

812
00:25:58,322 --> 00:25:59,524
may be something we can do with

813
00:25:59,524 --> 00:26:00,992
that to add that position. If

814
00:26:00,992 --> 00:26:02,093
that's something you wanted to

815
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:05,096
address. I flat just took the

816
00:26:05,096 --> 00:26:07,198
rest of them out. Um, I know

817
00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:08,399
the sheriff had two positions

818
00:26:08,399 --> 00:26:09,434
in there. I think there's some

819
00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:10,868
ways that maybe we can address

820
00:26:10,868 --> 00:26:12,770
their needs without adding a

821
00:26:12,770 --> 00:26:15,773
position. Um, and so we're

822
00:26:15,773 --> 00:26:16,908
looking at some alternatives

823
00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,509
there. I did not transfer.

824
00:26:18,509 --> 00:26:20,845
There's no transfers of CIP

825
00:26:20,845 --> 00:26:22,413
funds into the general fund for

826
00:26:22,413 --> 00:26:23,748
this year. There was $1 million

827
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:25,650
transfer that you guys approved

828
00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:27,885
to move from the CIP into the

829
00:26:27,885 --> 00:26:29,353
general fund to kind of offset

830
00:26:29,353 --> 00:26:30,588
the cost and balance out the

831
00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:32,824
budget that is not in here, uh,

832
00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:34,892
does not exist. Uh, what it

833
00:26:34,892 --> 00:26:36,627
also does is we pause the CIP

834
00:26:36,627 --> 00:26:38,129
projects for the Expo Center.

835
00:26:38,129 --> 00:26:40,264
There's $2.9 million on the

836
00:26:40,264 --> 00:26:41,933
Expo Center projects, uh,

837
00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:44,936
scheduled from 26 to 2030. Um,

838
00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:46,437
I think we need to give a

839
00:26:46,437 --> 00:26:47,772
little bit of additional time

840
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:49,707
to discuss the public, public

841
00:26:49,707 --> 00:26:50,641
private partnership

842
00:26:50,641 --> 00:26:52,009
opportunities that we've got

843
00:26:52,009 --> 00:26:54,412
there. Uh, and so making those

844
00:26:54,412 --> 00:26:56,547
investments at this point

845
00:26:56,547 --> 00:26:58,015
doesn't need to happen, but we

846
00:26:58,015 --> 00:26:59,450
can look at maybe doing that at

847
00:26:59,450 --> 00:27:00,351
some point in the future. We

848
00:27:00,351 --> 00:27:02,320
may have to, who knows. And

849
00:27:02,320 --> 00:27:03,588
that's kind of a complicated

850
00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:05,123
relationship we have there and

851
00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,324
a complicated set of factors.

852
00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:07,225
And we're going to talk about

853
00:27:07,225 --> 00:27:09,026
that here in a second. But what

854
00:27:09,026 --> 00:27:10,928
I want to talk about next is

855
00:27:10,928 --> 00:27:14,132
outside agency funding. Um, it

856
00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,000
is included in this budget. So

857
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,569
we have requests. I listed out

858
00:27:18,569 --> 00:27:19,904
everything that was in there,

859
00:27:19,904 --> 00:27:21,072
uh, the requested and then the

860
00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:22,640
recommendation of the, of the

861
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:23,875
group that we put together to

862
00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:25,843
review those. So, uh, there

863
00:27:25,843 --> 00:27:27,145
were two agencies that didn't

864
00:27:27,145 --> 00:27:27,946
make the cut from the

865
00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:29,447
recommendation standpoint. The

866
00:27:29,447 --> 00:27:31,349
United Way's $10,000 didn't

867
00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:32,950
make the cut. And the safe

868
00:27:32,950 --> 00:27:34,485
families also did not make the

869
00:27:34,485 --> 00:27:37,054
$10,000 cut. Uh, they requested

870
00:27:37,054 --> 00:27:39,323
10,000 there. So, uh, you can

871
00:27:39,323 --> 00:27:41,192
kind of see all those things in

872
00:27:41,192 --> 00:27:43,294
there. What they lined up with,

873
00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:45,229
uh, the things that I think

874
00:27:45,229 --> 00:27:46,430
there needs to be some changes

875
00:27:46,430 --> 00:27:47,999
to this process. We've changed

876
00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:49,167
it this year, but I think there

877
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:49,967
still needs to be some

878
00:27:49,967 --> 00:27:52,436
refinement for next year. Uh,

879
00:27:52,436 --> 00:27:54,705
there are no there are no

880
00:27:54,705 --> 00:27:56,440
requirements on any of these

881
00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:57,508
things. These are these are

882
00:27:57,508 --> 00:27:58,976
monies that we're giving, uh,

883
00:27:58,976 --> 00:28:00,211
to these organizations to

884
00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:01,946
fulfill their mission with the

885
00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:03,481
understanding that that impacts

886
00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:04,916
the county and reduces our cost

887
00:28:04,916 --> 00:28:06,751
of service. So it's the theory

888
00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:08,319
is it's upstream prevention.

889
00:28:08,319 --> 00:28:10,555
Like if we give money to to

890
00:28:10,555 --> 00:28:11,956
caps, that we're not going to

891
00:28:11,956 --> 00:28:13,491
see as many kids in our, our

892
00:28:13,491 --> 00:28:15,293
juvenile justice system. That's

893
00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:18,830
sort of the thinking, um, I

894
00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:19,830
think that if you're going to

895
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:21,532
continue with this process,

896
00:28:21,532 --> 00:28:23,201
that we need to have some sort

897
00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:26,404
of requirements, uh, just

898
00:28:26,404 --> 00:28:27,705
agreements with these people,

899
00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:28,673
that we're going to do these

900
00:28:28,673 --> 00:28:30,474
things and some sort of, some

901
00:28:30,474 --> 00:28:31,609
sort of way to measure the

902
00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:32,944
success of these things. Right

903
00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:33,878
now, we don't really have

904
00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:35,913
anything. Uh, and so this is

905
00:28:35,913 --> 00:28:37,215
just we're giving this money

906
00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:38,116
and I'm sure that most of them

907
00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:39,016
will be more than happy to

908
00:28:39,016 --> 00:28:40,284
provide those, those that

909
00:28:40,284 --> 00:28:42,520
information. Uh, I would put an

910
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:43,855
asterisk by the north central

911
00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:45,556
Flint Hills Area Agency on

912
00:28:45,556 --> 00:28:47,124
Aging, which is a mouthful,

913
00:28:47,124 --> 00:28:48,426
that that ought to be something

914
00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:50,561
in itself. But, uh, we've

915
00:28:50,561 --> 00:28:52,330
requested a ton of information

916
00:28:52,330 --> 00:28:54,065
back from them. They they

917
00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:57,134
requested 47,954, which if you

918
00:28:57,134 --> 00:28:58,436
think that's an odd number, it

919
00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:01,272
is. Uh, but they said it had to

920
00:29:01,272 --> 00:29:02,607
do with the formula that they

921
00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:04,442
use, but they didn't share with

922
00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:06,210
us what that formula was, of

923
00:29:06,210 --> 00:29:07,411
course. Um, and so we've asked

924
00:29:07,411 --> 00:29:08,713
for the formula and a lot of

925
00:29:08,713 --> 00:29:09,847
other information. And I

926
00:29:09,847 --> 00:29:10,748
actually did speak with the

927
00:29:10,748 --> 00:29:12,717
executive director last week.

928
00:29:12,717 --> 00:29:15,086
Um, and so they promised me

929
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:16,053
that they would have some of

930
00:29:16,053 --> 00:29:17,455
that information for us before

931
00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:21,158
our next meeting. Um, I don't

932
00:29:21,158 --> 00:29:23,294
know. I based on history, from

933
00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:24,429
what I've heard, I don't know

934
00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:25,296
that that's going to be the

935
00:29:25,296 --> 00:29:26,197
case, that we'll get that

936
00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,432
information. Um, and if that is

937
00:29:28,432 --> 00:29:29,633
the case, then, you know, you

938
00:29:29,633 --> 00:29:30,935
may have some flexibility there

939
00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:32,003
with what you want to do with

940
00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:35,106
that. Um, the position that

941
00:29:35,106 --> 00:29:37,008
Rosie requested is roughly the

942
00:29:37,008 --> 00:29:38,209
same amount of money. So you

943
00:29:38,209 --> 00:29:39,943
could theoretically push that

944
00:29:39,943 --> 00:29:41,312
money over into the fund in

945
00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:42,813
that position. And that may be

946
00:29:42,813 --> 00:29:44,782
a better, maybe a better.

947
00:29:44,782 --> 00:29:46,984
Use or split it out in some of

948
00:29:46,984 --> 00:29:47,752
the.

949
00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:48,253
, some kind.

950
00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:49,887
Of that didn't get some

951
00:29:49,887 --> 00:29:50,622
funding.

952
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,189
Yeah, you could do that too.

953
00:29:52,189 --> 00:29:53,524
You have some flexibility there

954
00:29:53,524 --> 00:29:55,994
potentially. Um, and so that's

955
00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:57,295
an opportunity to think

956
00:29:57,295 --> 00:29:58,595
something to think about there.

957
00:29:58,595 --> 00:30:00,831
I know okay. Came in uh, they

958
00:30:00,831 --> 00:30:02,033
obviously requested almost

959
00:30:02,033 --> 00:30:03,868
$200,000. And based on our

960
00:30:03,868 --> 00:30:05,002
history, I can see why they

961
00:30:05,002 --> 00:30:06,604
would do that, because we have

962
00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:08,306
granted them up to that amount

963
00:30:08,306 --> 00:30:11,108
before, um, I know that there

964
00:30:11,108 --> 00:30:12,243
was some conversation about

965
00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:13,478
what does that look like? You

966
00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:14,445
know, is that something we need

967
00:30:14,445 --> 00:30:17,214
to continue funding? Um,

968
00:30:17,214 --> 00:30:18,349
totally up to you. I'm just

969
00:30:18,349 --> 00:30:19,016
providing you the

970
00:30:19,016 --> 00:30:20,451
recommendations and all of that

971
00:30:20,451 --> 00:30:22,253
information is is there those

972
00:30:22,253 --> 00:30:23,388
are the recommendations of the

973
00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:24,956
group that you appointed to do

974
00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,091
that and all that information

975
00:30:27,091 --> 00:30:28,559
or all that funding is within

976
00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:30,594
this budget. So if you want to

977
00:30:30,594 --> 00:30:32,163
make changes to that, that is

978
00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:34,532
completely up to you. We'll deal with whatever you

979
00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:35,633
want to do with that.

980
00:30:35,633 --> 00:30:37,602
Can I say something that. Yeah.

981
00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,203
You know, the group that we put

982
00:30:39,203 --> 00:30:39,870
together, the.

983
00:30:39,870 --> 00:30:41,172
Asked to go out and take a look

984
00:30:41,172 --> 00:30:43,708
at this, they were fantastic. I

985
00:30:43,708 --> 00:30:46,043
mean, they they really did dig

986
00:30:46,043 --> 00:30:47,478
into it, look into it hard and

987
00:30:47,478 --> 00:30:49,413
everything. I still think this

988
00:30:49,413 --> 00:30:52,550
system is flawed. I, I as some

989
00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:55,653
of the asking and some of the

990
00:30:55,653 --> 00:30:57,455
recommendations, I still don't

991
00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:59,290
agree with some of the ones

992
00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:00,491
that were not funded. I don't

993
00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:02,193
agree with. Sure. And I you

994
00:31:02,193 --> 00:31:03,294
know, I think that's something

995
00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:04,628
as a commission that we really

996
00:31:04,628 --> 00:31:06,163
need to take a closer look at

997
00:31:06,163 --> 00:31:08,132
and see, not taking anything

998
00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:09,333
away from the people that we

999
00:31:09,333 --> 00:31:11,068
asked to, uh, you know, to

1000
00:31:11,068 --> 00:31:12,870
review the applications and

1001
00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:14,071
everything because they did an

1002
00:31:14,071 --> 00:31:15,806
excellent job and they did what

1003
00:31:15,806 --> 00:31:18,075
they we asked them to do. But I

1004
00:31:18,075 --> 00:31:19,510
do think that we need to really

1005
00:31:19,510 --> 00:31:20,878
take a closer look at this.

1006
00:31:20,878 --> 00:31:24,415
And, and, uh, you know, uh, you

1007
00:31:24,415 --> 00:31:25,483
know, I'll say right now,

1008
00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,251
especially the north central

1009
00:31:27,251 --> 00:31:29,854
Flint Hills, I mean, I, I just

1010
00:31:29,854 --> 00:31:32,256
got a real bad feeling about

1011
00:31:32,256 --> 00:31:33,924
that. So that's something that

1012
00:31:33,924 --> 00:31:39,130
we need to really look into.

1013
00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:42,300
Okay.

1014
00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:44,235
So moving on. So we want

1015
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:45,236
to talk a little bit about some

1016
00:31:45,236 --> 00:31:47,672
budget options as far as you

1017
00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:52,576
know I know that there there's always the pressure to reduce the budget and look

1018
00:31:52,576 --> 00:31:53,811
at services. And one of the

1019
00:31:53,811 --> 00:31:54,845
things that when you brought me

1020
00:31:54,845 --> 00:31:56,013
on was that you wanted me to

1021
00:31:56,013 --> 00:31:57,148
look at these things. We talked

1022
00:31:57,148 --> 00:31:59,784
about a lot of these options in

1023
00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:02,286
January at our retreat. Uh, and

1024
00:32:02,286 --> 00:32:03,387
so I'm bringing those forward

1025
00:32:03,387 --> 00:32:04,889
to you right now so we can have

1026
00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:06,824
this conversation if you want

1027
00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:07,925
to change these, obviously

1028
00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:08,993
we'll have some time. The

1029
00:32:08,993 --> 00:32:10,294
recommendation today will just

1030
00:32:10,294 --> 00:32:11,595
be to set the revenue neutral

1031
00:32:11,595 --> 00:32:12,963
rate hearing. And then you can

1032
00:32:12,963 --> 00:32:14,198
evaluate these. You'll have at

1033
00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:15,733
least a month, almost two

1034
00:32:15,733 --> 00:32:17,969
months, uh, to evaluate some of

1035
00:32:17,969 --> 00:32:18,936
these things, get more

1036
00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:20,071
information. And that will be

1037
00:32:20,071 --> 00:32:21,872
kind of what our budget, uh,

1038
00:32:21,872 --> 00:32:23,607
workshop will be about later in

1039
00:32:23,607 --> 00:32:25,409
the month. So, uh, the first

1040
00:32:25,409 --> 00:32:26,677
thing that comes out is home

1041
00:32:26,677 --> 00:32:28,879
health services. Um, so the

1042
00:32:28,879 --> 00:32:30,481
city or. Excuse me, the county

1043
00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:31,682
has provided home health

1044
00:32:31,682 --> 00:32:34,718
services for 60 plus years. Uh,

1045
00:32:34,718 --> 00:32:35,986
in the proposed budget, which

1046
00:32:35,986 --> 00:32:37,521
is included in the budget, uh,

1047
00:32:37,521 --> 00:32:41,025
it does require a 413, uh,

1048
00:32:41,025 --> 00:32:43,561
413,530. An additional

1049
00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:46,230
investment to to to fund the

1050
00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:48,232
full health services budget,

1051
00:32:48,232 --> 00:32:49,733
uh, versus the amount of money

1052
00:32:49,733 --> 00:32:51,135
that we receive in from

1053
00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:53,270
reimbursement for service. Uh,

1054
00:32:53,270 --> 00:32:55,039
we serve up to about 60 people.

1055
00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,207
That kind of flow ebbs and

1056
00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:57,842
flows depending on what it is.

1057
00:32:57,842 --> 00:32:59,210
Uh, we have 11 budgeted

1058
00:32:59,210 --> 00:33:00,444
positions in that, but we've

1059
00:33:00,444 --> 00:33:02,112
got two are in positions that

1060
00:33:02,112 --> 00:33:03,848
we've had vacant for almost for

1061
00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:05,950
over a year. Uh, we had almost

1062
00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:07,151
nine months since we've had a

1063
00:33:07,151 --> 00:33:08,919
last application for those

1064
00:33:08,919 --> 00:33:10,154
positions. So there's clearly

1065
00:33:10,154 --> 00:33:11,755
something that we're we're not

1066
00:33:11,755 --> 00:33:12,723
we're either not paying them

1067
00:33:12,723 --> 00:33:14,525
enough or that that position is

1068
00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:16,293
not attractive enough to to get

1069
00:33:16,293 --> 00:33:18,496
applicants into that position.

1070
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:20,164
Uh, so I talked with Jason and

1071
00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:21,765
he provided me some options

1072
00:33:21,765 --> 00:33:22,833
for, you know, there's some

1073
00:33:22,833 --> 00:33:24,201
ways that we could reduce that

1074
00:33:24,201 --> 00:33:26,137
service, reduce kind of shrink

1075
00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:27,838
that delta a little bit. How

1076
00:33:27,838 --> 00:33:29,173
much of additional investment

1077
00:33:29,173 --> 00:33:31,675
we would need. Um, you know,

1078
00:33:31,675 --> 00:33:32,710
there's there's just a bunch of

1079
00:33:32,710 --> 00:33:34,011
different options potentially

1080
00:33:34,011 --> 00:33:36,046
for that that we could look at

1081
00:33:36,046 --> 00:33:37,414
to maybe shrink that that

1082
00:33:37,414 --> 00:33:38,415
amount of money that's

1083
00:33:38,415 --> 00:33:42,153
additionally needed. So, um,

1084
00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:43,921
there's currently between 8 to

1085
00:33:43,921 --> 00:33:45,723
12 other home health agencies

1086
00:33:45,723 --> 00:33:47,124
serving in Saline County. So

1087
00:33:47,124 --> 00:33:48,626
there are other public private

1088
00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:50,127
sector options that could be

1089
00:33:50,127 --> 00:33:52,997
used. Um, so what I did here is

1090
00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:54,331
I laid out some of your options

1091
00:33:54,331 --> 00:33:55,533
as far as what you could do.

1092
00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,734
You can continue at current

1093
00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:58,035
levels. You could absolutely

1094
00:33:58,035 --> 00:33:59,069
just keep it in there. It's in

1095
00:33:59,069 --> 00:34:01,005
there now. It can stay there.

1096
00:34:01,005 --> 00:34:02,573
Uh, you could reduce the level

1097
00:34:02,573 --> 00:34:03,574
of service, which is some of

1098
00:34:03,574 --> 00:34:05,009
the options that Jason will lay

1099
00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:08,012
out for you at the meeting. Um,

1100
00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:09,513
so you can kind of reduce the

1101
00:34:09,513 --> 00:34:10,547
amount of money that you would

1102
00:34:10,547 --> 00:34:12,116
need there, or you could exit

1103
00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:13,651
the service. Totally. There are

1104
00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:15,052
other options within the

1105
00:34:15,052 --> 00:34:16,487
community for people to do

1106
00:34:16,487 --> 00:34:18,255
that. But let me just warn you

1107
00:34:18,255 --> 00:34:19,823
that if you choose to exit home

1108
00:34:19,823 --> 00:34:21,025
Health, that is a permanent

1109
00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:22,927
decision. It's one way, uh,

1110
00:34:22,927 --> 00:34:24,094
we're not getting back into

1111
00:34:24,094 --> 00:34:25,596
home health. If if you decide

1112
00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:27,665
to leave it. Um, and the fact

1113
00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:28,866
of the matter is, is that it's

1114
00:34:28,866 --> 00:34:31,602
not a 27 decision. That's a decision that's going

1115
00:34:31,602 --> 00:34:33,604
to happen now, um, because it's

1116
00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:35,439
going to take about 120 days to

1117
00:34:35,439 --> 00:34:38,042
wind that down. And once people

1118
00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:39,376
start understanding that we're

1119
00:34:39,376 --> 00:34:40,244
getting out of that business,

1120
00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:42,112
we make that decision. We're

1121
00:34:42,112 --> 00:34:43,247
going to start to lose staff

1122
00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:44,415
people. We're going to start to

1123
00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:46,851
lose clients. And so it's a

1124
00:34:46,851 --> 00:34:48,552
decision that gets made now,

1125
00:34:48,552 --> 00:34:50,321
uh, and it will have impacts on

1126
00:34:50,321 --> 00:34:51,889
the budget for this year.

1127
00:34:51,889 --> 00:34:54,091
Pretty minimal. Uh, but it

1128
00:34:54,091 --> 00:34:55,292
would take effect next year

1129
00:34:55,292 --> 00:34:56,560
fully. We would be out of that

1130
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:58,929
business. So that is one

1131
00:34:58,929 --> 00:34:59,797
option. I know that was

1132
00:34:59,797 --> 00:35:00,998
something we talked about back

1133
00:35:00,998 --> 00:35:02,933
in January. I know it's been

1134
00:35:02,933 --> 00:35:04,468
we've from what I understand,

1135
00:35:04,468 --> 00:35:05,569
that's been discussed multiple

1136
00:35:05,569 --> 00:35:07,238
times at the commission level.

1137
00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:09,040
Um, so this is this is one of

1138
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:09,973
those things that we wanted to

1139
00:35:09,973 --> 00:35:14,111
bring up to your attention. Uh,

1140
00:35:14,111 --> 00:35:15,079
the other thing that kind of

1141
00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:17,147
comes up a lot is the Oxbow

1142
00:35:17,147 --> 00:35:20,284
Center. Um, so last year we

1143
00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:22,920
collected 120,000 in revenue.

1144
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,455
Uh, the budget that you have in

1145
00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,656
front of you would projecting

1146
00:35:25,656 --> 00:35:27,491
90,000. It could be higher than

1147
00:35:27,491 --> 00:35:28,993
that. I tend to project pretty

1148
00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:30,327
low on the revenues. Be pretty

1149
00:35:30,327 --> 00:35:31,395
conservative on that. I'd

1150
00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:33,597
rather have more come in than

1151
00:35:33,597 --> 00:35:35,866
end up less. Uh, required

1152
00:35:35,866 --> 00:35:37,001
investment there from the

1153
00:35:37,001 --> 00:35:38,469
county and additional funds to

1154
00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:39,470
cover the difference between

1155
00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:40,771
what we bring in and what we

1156
00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:44,508
spend on that is 397,000. Um,

1157
00:35:44,508 --> 00:35:46,277
so the things that we do there,

1158
00:35:46,277 --> 00:35:48,012
we, we host the Tri River's

1159
00:35:48,012 --> 00:35:49,680
Fair and a lot of other ag

1160
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:50,915
related events, and a lot of

1161
00:35:50,915 --> 00:35:52,049
those have multi-year

1162
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:53,284
commitments. And so there's

1163
00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:54,852
things that we have to take

1164
00:35:54,852 --> 00:35:56,053
into consideration if you want

1165
00:35:56,053 --> 00:35:57,688
to make a change within the,

1166
00:35:57,688 --> 00:35:59,723
uh, the Expo Center, uh, the

1167
00:35:59,723 --> 00:36:00,891
lease with the city runs until

1168
00:36:00,891 --> 00:36:02,960
2050. It does require a one

1169
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:03,961
year notification for

1170
00:36:03,961 --> 00:36:06,230
termination. It's December 31st

1171
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:08,265
notification. So even if you

1172
00:36:08,265 --> 00:36:09,433
decided, hey, we don't want to

1173
00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:10,434
do this anymore, we want to

1174
00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:11,568
toss you the keys back. You

1175
00:36:11,568 --> 00:36:12,569
have to give them a year's

1176
00:36:12,569 --> 00:36:14,972
notice. So, uh, if you wanted

1177
00:36:14,972 --> 00:36:17,007
to do it. Well, you missed your

1178
00:36:17,007 --> 00:36:18,842
opportunity for this year. Uh,

1179
00:36:18,842 --> 00:36:20,477
so it would be, you know, if

1180
00:36:20,477 --> 00:36:22,045
you gave them the notice at the

1181
00:36:22,045 --> 00:36:23,247
end of this year, then it would

1182
00:36:23,247 --> 00:36:24,948
be the end of 27 when that

1183
00:36:24,948 --> 00:36:27,751
would, would expire. So, um,

1184
00:36:27,751 --> 00:36:29,486
there's a no harm, no foul kind

1185
00:36:29,486 --> 00:36:31,889
of clause within that so that would be something you

1186
00:36:31,889 --> 00:36:33,090
could do. We've met the

1187
00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,892
obligations of the agreement as

1188
00:36:34,892 --> 00:36:35,993
far as what we needed to do

1189
00:36:35,993 --> 00:36:38,095
from capital investments. Um,

1190
00:36:38,095 --> 00:36:41,632
in the initial term. And so you

1191
00:36:41,632 --> 00:36:42,833
would have that flexibility to

1192
00:36:42,833 --> 00:36:44,368
do that if you wanted to. I

1193
00:36:44,368 --> 00:36:45,035
would say that we're

1194
00:36:45,035 --> 00:36:46,036
investigating some public

1195
00:36:46,036 --> 00:36:46,904
private partnership

1196
00:36:46,904 --> 00:36:48,038
opportunities. I know that

1197
00:36:48,038 --> 00:36:48,772
there's been a lot of

1198
00:36:48,772 --> 00:36:50,374
discussion over the years about

1199
00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:52,242
building a whole new expo

1200
00:36:52,242 --> 00:36:53,844
center. I think there might be

1201
00:36:53,844 --> 00:36:55,245
some potential to partner with

1202
00:36:55,245 --> 00:36:56,313
some of our private sector

1203
00:36:56,313 --> 00:36:58,015
individuals to do something

1204
00:36:58,015 --> 00:37:00,718
similar. Uh, at least meet

1205
00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:02,386
where, you know, meet the

1206
00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:04,054
objectives of providing the for

1207
00:37:04,054 --> 00:37:05,790
age kids at home. Um, you know,

1208
00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,324
providing some of those

1209
00:37:07,324 --> 00:37:09,093
livestock shows, a home, a

1210
00:37:09,093 --> 00:37:10,894
place to do those things. And

1211
00:37:10,894 --> 00:37:12,329
it may not be within the

1212
00:37:12,329 --> 00:37:14,365
current footprint. It may be in

1213
00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:16,166
someplace totally different.

1214
00:37:16,166 --> 00:37:17,968
Um, and then we've also spoken

1215
00:37:17,968 --> 00:37:21,004
with the private operators, Oak

1216
00:37:21,004 --> 00:37:22,573
View Group, that operate the

1217
00:37:22,573 --> 00:37:25,275
TPC, uh, and they may be an

1218
00:37:25,275 --> 00:37:27,143
option as well. Um, you know,

1219
00:37:27,143 --> 00:37:28,345
maybe, maybe there's some good

1220
00:37:28,345 --> 00:37:29,813
energy to be had there in

1221
00:37:29,813 --> 00:37:31,115
partnership. If they're running

1222
00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:32,750
both the TPC and the livestock

1223
00:37:32,750 --> 00:37:35,119
center, what would happen with

1224
00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:36,553
regard to that? You can

1225
00:37:36,553 --> 00:37:37,654
continue doing this at the

1226
00:37:37,654 --> 00:37:38,989
current level of service. It is

1227
00:37:38,989 --> 00:37:40,557
in the budget right now. You

1228
00:37:40,557 --> 00:37:41,759
don't have to do anything and

1229
00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:43,994
it will continue as is. Uh, you

1230
00:37:43,994 --> 00:37:45,229
could look at reducing levels

1231
00:37:45,229 --> 00:37:46,563
of service. You could increase

1232
00:37:46,563 --> 00:37:47,531
the fees. There's a couple

1233
00:37:47,531 --> 00:37:49,366
different options there. Uh,

1234
00:37:49,366 --> 00:37:50,634
you got to be pretty sensitive

1235
00:37:50,634 --> 00:37:52,202
with the fee increases because

1236
00:37:52,202 --> 00:37:53,404
you don't want to price out

1237
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,038
certain groups. Um, that gets

1238
00:37:55,038 --> 00:37:56,607
to be a little bit tricky. You

1239
00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:58,275
could exit the service totally.

1240
00:37:58,275 --> 00:37:59,843
Again, that's that's probably a

1241
00:37:59,843 --> 00:38:02,112
multi-year stage, multi-stage,

1242
00:38:02,112 --> 00:38:04,515
multi-year process. So that's

1243
00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:06,417
something to consider. I know

1244
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:07,851
that was on the list of things

1245
00:38:07,851 --> 00:38:09,052
that was talked about in

1246
00:38:09,052 --> 00:38:10,587
January. I wanted to bring that

1247
00:38:10,587 --> 00:38:11,688
forward to you. Those are the

1248
00:38:11,688 --> 00:38:13,624
one that's an area where we

1249
00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:14,491
have to have a pretty

1250
00:38:14,491 --> 00:38:20,230
consistent investment. Uh, the

1251
00:38:20,230 --> 00:38:22,065
next one is, uh, with regard to

1252
00:38:22,065 --> 00:38:25,135
employees, uh, the Cola. So

1253
00:38:25,135 --> 00:38:27,171
what you have in here is a 2%

1254
00:38:27,171 --> 00:38:28,305
Cola and eligible step

1255
00:38:28,305 --> 00:38:32,309
increases. Um, the overall

1256
00:38:32,309 --> 00:38:33,544
impact of that is about

1257
00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:36,814
$686,000. The step increases

1258
00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:38,348
are about 200 of that. And the

1259
00:38:38,348 --> 00:38:42,853
2% Cola is 479,000. Uh, the

1260
00:38:42,853 --> 00:38:44,555
current CPI, which is of

1261
00:38:44,555 --> 00:38:45,655
course, the inflation rate that

1262
00:38:45,655 --> 00:38:48,125
we talk about is 4.2% year to

1263
00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,694
date. So for our employees,

1264
00:38:50,694 --> 00:38:51,929
everything has gotten more

1265
00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:56,066
expensive. Uh, and so making that investment

1266
00:38:56,066 --> 00:38:57,935
employees I'll always go to

1267
00:38:57,935 --> 00:38:59,636
the, the board for employees as

1268
00:38:59,636 --> 00:39:01,705
far as what that gets. Because

1269
00:39:01,705 --> 00:39:04,441
good employees make this work.

1270
00:39:04,441 --> 00:39:05,476
Uh, we are in the people

1271
00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:07,044
business. And if we don't have

1272
00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:09,279
good people, we can't we cannot

1273
00:39:09,279 --> 00:39:12,249
do this job. Um, just for

1274
00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:13,484
reference, the state of Kansas

1275
00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:15,552
for fiscal year 27, that's July

1276
00:39:15,552 --> 00:39:17,321
of this year to June of next

1277
00:39:17,321 --> 00:39:19,123
year, included a 1% cost of

1278
00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:20,357
living for employees. So

1279
00:39:20,357 --> 00:39:21,625
there's, you know, there's some

1280
00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:24,328
precedent within the 1%. Uh,

1281
00:39:24,328 --> 00:39:26,230
and then I would just reiterate

1282
00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:27,230
that employees are likely to

1283
00:39:27,230 --> 00:39:28,599
see a health insurance increase

1284
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:30,567
this year and costs. So

1285
00:39:30,567 --> 00:39:32,135
figuring out something to help

1286
00:39:32,135 --> 00:39:34,037
offset that would be my

1287
00:39:34,037 --> 00:39:35,472
recommendation. It's baked in

1288
00:39:35,472 --> 00:39:38,375
here at 2%. Um, we can continue

1289
00:39:38,375 --> 00:39:40,244
this at the recommendation. So

1290
00:39:40,244 --> 00:39:42,112
you do nothing. 2% step

1291
00:39:42,112 --> 00:39:44,114
increases. Uh, you could look

1292
00:39:44,114 --> 00:39:45,749
at adjusting the Cola or even

1293
00:39:45,749 --> 00:39:46,917
the steps, but I would highly

1294
00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:48,719
recommend not messing with the

1295
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:50,988
steps because that is part of

1296
00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:52,923
the classification and pay

1297
00:39:52,923 --> 00:39:56,026
plan. Uh, that gets into a

1298
00:39:56,026 --> 00:39:58,362
whole can of worms as far as if

1299
00:39:58,362 --> 00:39:59,796
you want to start messing with

1300
00:39:59,796 --> 00:40:00,797
that, because then we're

1301
00:40:00,797 --> 00:40:02,266
rewriting the step in grade

1302
00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:05,002
plan. If you're going to make

1303
00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:06,036
any adjustments, just make it

1304
00:40:06,036 --> 00:40:07,237
to the Cola and not the steps.

1305
00:40:07,237 --> 00:40:09,239
So I guess is what I'm saying.

1306
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:10,641
Uh, and then, you know, you can

1307
00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:11,709
make some adjustments to the

1308
00:40:11,709 --> 00:40:13,544
cola and then or you could

1309
00:40:13,544 --> 00:40:15,679
provide no increase for 27.

1310
00:40:15,679 --> 00:40:16,847
Those are kind of your options

1311
00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:25,589
with regard to that. There we

1312
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:27,324
go. And then there's a couple

1313
00:40:27,324 --> 00:40:28,892
of financial options for you.

1314
00:40:28,892 --> 00:40:31,962
So uh, you could continue with

1315
00:40:31,962 --> 00:40:33,530
the five mill allocation for

1316
00:40:33,530 --> 00:40:35,332
road construction. That's kind

1317
00:40:35,332 --> 00:40:36,733
of a precedent that you've had

1318
00:40:36,733 --> 00:40:38,602
for the last few years. So I

1319
00:40:38,602 --> 00:40:40,237
put I put the mill half a mill

1320
00:40:40,237 --> 00:40:41,238
back in there. You could take

1321
00:40:41,238 --> 00:40:43,073
it back out. Um, so that would

1322
00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:44,308
automatically save you half a

1323
00:40:44,308 --> 00:40:46,510
mill. Um, you could reduce the

1324
00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,111
road and bridge capital spend.

1325
00:40:48,111 --> 00:40:50,714
I put it up $400,000 closer to

1326
00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:53,050
what it has been in the past.

1327
00:40:53,050 --> 00:40:54,384
Uh, you could reduce that if

1328
00:40:54,384 --> 00:40:55,586
you wanted to. But again,

1329
00:40:55,586 --> 00:40:57,354
anytime you make a reduction to

1330
00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:59,189
the road and bridge, those are

1331
00:40:59,189 --> 00:41:01,091
just less road miles that we're

1332
00:41:01,091 --> 00:41:03,894
able to maintain or pave. Uh,

1333
00:41:03,894 --> 00:41:06,763
chip seal. Um, so there's a

1334
00:41:06,763 --> 00:41:07,965
trade off there. Something to

1335
00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:09,833
think about. Uh, reduce the

1336
00:41:09,833 --> 00:41:11,468
budget contingency. So we we

1337
00:41:11,468 --> 00:41:12,536
always factor in a budget

1338
00:41:12,536 --> 00:41:14,271
contingency that really

1339
00:41:14,271 --> 00:41:16,106
reflects our fund balance and

1340
00:41:16,106 --> 00:41:17,808
kind of where we want to be at,

1341
00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:19,476
uh, right now, it's at 1.8

1342
00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:21,511
million. You could reduce that.

1343
00:41:21,511 --> 00:41:22,879
I probably wouldn't go any

1344
00:41:22,879 --> 00:41:24,547
further than 1.5 million. That

1345
00:41:24,547 --> 00:41:26,450
gets me a little nervous. Um,

1346
00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:28,251
but there's 300,000 potentially

1347
00:41:28,251 --> 00:41:30,253
there. Uh, this year, you

1348
00:41:30,253 --> 00:41:31,655
transferred $1 million in from

1349
00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:34,791
the CIP, uh, for general fund

1350
00:41:34,791 --> 00:41:36,727
operations. The balance in the

1351
00:41:36,727 --> 00:41:39,296
CIP right now is $8.9 million.

1352
00:41:39,296 --> 00:41:40,464
I would just say that you're

1353
00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:41,965
basically borrowing money from

1354
00:41:41,965 --> 00:41:44,134
yourself, uh, for operations

1355
00:41:44,134 --> 00:41:46,236
versus your capital. Anytime

1356
00:41:46,236 --> 00:41:47,437
you remove capital money,

1357
00:41:47,437 --> 00:41:48,772
you're just sort of deferring

1358
00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:50,374
maintenance out into the future

1359
00:41:50,374 --> 00:41:51,475
and reducing the amounts you

1360
00:41:51,475 --> 00:41:52,843
can do on capital projects as

1361
00:41:52,843 --> 00:41:55,345
you move forward. Uh, you could

1362
00:41:55,345 --> 00:41:56,880
reduce or reject outside agency

1363
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,849
funding. That's an option. Two

1364
00:41:58,849 --> 00:42:00,651
as Commissioner Hay had

1365
00:42:00,651 --> 00:42:02,052
suggested that, you know, maybe

1366
00:42:02,052 --> 00:42:03,186
there's there's definitely some

1367
00:42:03,186 --> 00:42:04,254
things that need to be changed

1368
00:42:04,254 --> 00:42:06,990
about that. Um, you could opt

1369
00:42:06,990 --> 00:42:07,991
not to do it. I mean, that's a

1370
00:42:07,991 --> 00:42:11,428
100% year option. So, um, you

1371
00:42:11,428 --> 00:42:12,596
the options are laid out for

1372
00:42:12,596 --> 00:42:13,363
that. You can keep all the

1373
00:42:13,363 --> 00:42:14,531
recommendations, make no

1374
00:42:14,531 --> 00:42:17,034
adjustments. There. I will make

1375
00:42:17,034 --> 00:42:18,201
adjustments at your direction,

1376
00:42:18,201 --> 00:42:19,469
whatever that looks like. You

1377
00:42:19,469 --> 00:42:20,503
could limp in all those

1378
00:42:20,503 --> 00:42:22,806
reductions. Um, and that would

1379
00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:24,908
save you about 3.11 mills or

1380
00:42:24,908 --> 00:42:27,678
$2.36 million. But I would say

1381
00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,413
that that's a short term one

1382
00:42:29,413 --> 00:42:32,616
year savings. So I wouldn't

1383
00:42:32,616 --> 00:42:33,950
expect to see that next year.

1384
00:42:33,950 --> 00:42:34,951
If you want to come back and

1385
00:42:34,951 --> 00:42:40,157
have that conversation. So. Uh,

1386
00:42:40,157 --> 00:42:43,293
recommended action. So today,

1387
00:42:43,293 --> 00:42:44,528
really all you have to do today

1388
00:42:44,528 --> 00:42:45,729
is decide what you want to do

1389
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:46,963
with the revenue neutral rate

1390
00:42:46,963 --> 00:42:48,965
notification. If you come to me

1391
00:42:48,965 --> 00:42:50,133
and say, Matt, we don't want to

1392
00:42:50,133 --> 00:42:51,134
exceed the revenue neutral

1393
00:42:51,134 --> 00:42:52,169
rate, then I go back with my

1394
00:42:52,169 --> 00:42:53,470
pencil and get to work trying

1395
00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:56,173
to get it down to 38 mils. Uh,

1396
00:42:56,173 --> 00:42:58,442
that's going to be pretty hard.

1397
00:42:58,442 --> 00:43:00,010
Um, what I would suggest when

1398
00:43:00,010 --> 00:43:01,211
I'm recommending is that we

1399
00:43:01,211 --> 00:43:05,015
publish it at the 42.142 rate,

1400
00:43:05,015 --> 00:43:06,083
uh, because once you publish

1401
00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:07,116
it, you can't exceed that

1402
00:43:07,116 --> 00:43:08,185
amount, but you can always back

1403
00:43:08,185 --> 00:43:09,786
down. Um, and so that would be

1404
00:43:09,786 --> 00:43:10,887
the one that gives you the most

1405
00:43:10,887 --> 00:43:12,556
flexibility. We're going to

1406
00:43:12,556 --> 00:43:14,424
have future meetings regarding

1407
00:43:14,424 --> 00:43:15,726
the budget. And we'll have we

1408
00:43:15,726 --> 00:43:16,927
can hash out, you know, where

1409
00:43:16,927 --> 00:43:17,594
you want to make some

1410
00:43:17,594 --> 00:43:18,795
adjustments if you want to make

1411
00:43:18,795 --> 00:43:20,030
that a lower tax rate for

1412
00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:23,166
folks. Um, that would be my

1413
00:43:23,166 --> 00:43:24,935
recommendation. I would set the

1414
00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:26,336
combined revenue neutral and

1415
00:43:26,336 --> 00:43:27,304
budget rate hearing for

1416
00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:30,774
September 1st, uh, at 9 a.m..

1417
00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:32,008
It's our regular meeting date

1418
00:43:32,008 --> 00:43:35,345
and time. Uh, you have to you

1419
00:43:35,345 --> 00:43:36,413
have to approve that by

1420
00:43:36,413 --> 00:43:37,914
September 20th. So you would

1421
00:43:37,914 --> 00:43:39,283
have an additional meeting if

1422
00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:40,183
you wanted to set it one

1423
00:43:40,183 --> 00:43:41,385
meeting in the future. Or you

1424
00:43:41,385 --> 00:43:42,452
could set a special meeting

1425
00:43:42,452 --> 00:43:45,522
anytime you want to. So, uh, I

1426
00:43:45,522 --> 00:43:46,856
would also recommend, you know,

1427
00:43:46,856 --> 00:43:47,958
having further discussion about

1428
00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,392
the potential options regarding

1429
00:43:49,392 --> 00:43:51,428
services before your hearing

1430
00:43:51,428 --> 00:43:53,864
date, reductions in services,

1431
00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:55,332
other financial actions would

1432
00:43:55,332 --> 00:43:56,466
be required by a majority

1433
00:43:56,466 --> 00:43:57,567
action. Obviously, you know

1434
00:43:57,567 --> 00:43:58,802
that it's like I'm not going to

1435
00:43:58,802 --> 00:44:00,437
just make it because

1436
00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:01,905
Commissioner Grievous wants me

1437
00:44:01,905 --> 00:44:03,540
to maybe.

1438
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:04,541
work.

1439
00:44:04,541 --> 00:44:05,709
But if you can find three

1440
00:44:05,709 --> 00:44:06,843
friends, two friends, then

1441
00:44:06,843 --> 00:44:09,079
we'll make it work. Um, and

1442
00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:10,514
then, of course, as I

1443
00:44:10,514 --> 00:44:12,482
mentioned, every year. But you

1444
00:44:12,482 --> 00:44:13,350
don't know that you've only

1445
00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:14,150
seen it. This is the first time

1446
00:44:14,150 --> 00:44:15,318
you've had this with me. I

1447
00:44:15,318 --> 00:44:16,686
mentioned this every year we're

1448
00:44:16,686 --> 00:44:17,788
going to continue to monitor

1449
00:44:17,788 --> 00:44:19,089
financial conditions for the

1450
00:44:19,089 --> 00:44:20,156
remainder of this year, and

1451
00:44:20,156 --> 00:44:21,224
we'll make adjustments as we

1452
00:44:21,224 --> 00:44:23,093
need to as, as we get closer to

1453
00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:25,228
the end of the year. So that is

1454
00:44:25,228 --> 00:44:27,230
my presentation on the

1455
00:44:27,230 --> 00:44:32,369
recommended budget. Um, I would

1456
00:44:32,369 --> 00:44:33,570
stand for any questions you may

1457
00:44:33,570 --> 00:44:34,938
have at this point.

1458
00:44:34,938 --> 00:44:36,006
I'll bring it back to the

1459
00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:37,874
commission. I will say well

1460
00:44:37,874 --> 00:44:40,443
done. It's a well written

1461
00:44:40,443 --> 00:44:42,746
report and easy to read, and I

1462
00:44:42,746 --> 00:44:46,149
appreciate that. So check and

1463
00:44:46,149 --> 00:44:49,052
check first. You're doing okay.

1464
00:44:49,052 --> 00:44:51,788
Um, any other comments or

1465
00:44:51,788 --> 00:44:54,157
questions from the commission?

1466
00:44:54,157 --> 00:44:57,794
Well, I, uh, I like the, um,

1467
00:44:57,794 --> 00:44:59,930
the suggestion of, of, uh,

1468
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:04,234
setting the the, um, mill levy

1469
00:45:04,234 --> 00:45:06,536
has, has proposed we did the

1470
00:45:06,536 --> 00:45:07,838
same thing last year and was

1471
00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:10,841
able to work after the fact and

1472
00:45:10,841 --> 00:45:13,510
to reduce that down some more,

1473
00:45:13,510 --> 00:45:16,947
but it just gives us that

1474
00:45:16,947 --> 00:45:18,849
safety blanket that, that we

1475
00:45:18,849 --> 00:45:20,284
have set an amount.

1476
00:45:20,284 --> 00:45:22,485
I agree, I think we have after

1477
00:45:22,485 --> 00:45:25,088
earlier and today, we know that

1478
00:45:25,088 --> 00:45:26,690
we have a lot of discussion on

1479
00:45:26,690 --> 00:45:27,958
pieces. So I think it does.

1480
00:45:27,958 --> 00:45:29,426
That safety blanket feels

1481
00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:32,296
comfortable.

1482
00:45:32,296 --> 00:45:35,798
That the the $8.9 million that

1483
00:45:35,798 --> 00:45:38,602
we have in the, uh, general

1484
00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:41,071
fund, I think you said it was

1485
00:45:41,071 --> 00:45:42,472
8.9. We have in the general.

1486
00:45:42,472 --> 00:45:43,673
fund improvement or capital

1487
00:45:43,673 --> 00:45:45,575
improvement. Okay. Every year,

1488
00:45:45,575 --> 00:45:50,547
I mean. Do we have any idea

1489
00:45:50,547 --> 00:45:55,118
what we've been I mean, in the, past, how much of that

1490
00:45:55,118 --> 00:45:58,588
we've been using? I mean, is it

1491
00:45:58,588 --> 00:46:01,291
a significant amount or are we just keep building it

1492
00:46:01,291 --> 00:46:02,159
or.

1493
00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:04,294
No, no, it's a significant

1494
00:46:04,294 --> 00:46:05,528
amount. We've we've approved

1495
00:46:05,528 --> 00:46:07,097
quite a few projects within

1496
00:46:07,097 --> 00:46:09,199
that. Um, and so I actually

1497
00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:11,401
think we're projected to be out

1498
00:46:11,401 --> 00:46:13,203
of those funds if we did

1499
00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:14,804
everything within the the

1500
00:46:14,804 --> 00:46:16,072
current capital improvement

1501
00:46:16,072 --> 00:46:19,509
plan by 2030 or before that,

1502
00:46:19,509 --> 00:46:20,443
actually, I believe, yeah,

1503
00:46:20,443 --> 00:46:24,114
2030. Um, so if you did nothing

1504
00:46:24,114 --> 00:46:26,116
as far as moving extra money

1505
00:46:26,116 --> 00:46:27,651
like we have been in the past

1506
00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:29,052
into that fund, you would have

1507
00:46:29,052 --> 00:46:31,922
nothing in it by 2030. And

1508
00:46:31,922 --> 00:46:33,056
that's just the projects that

1509
00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:35,792
have been listed out. So not

1510
00:46:35,792 --> 00:46:36,827
all those are firms. Some of

1511
00:46:36,827 --> 00:46:37,894
those have been approved and

1512
00:46:37,894 --> 00:46:40,030
are just waiting in the queue.

1513
00:46:40,030 --> 00:46:43,066
Um, but yeah, you don't. It's

1514
00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:44,968
just a it's a limited, limited

1515
00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:45,602
resource.

1516
00:46:45,602 --> 00:46:48,338
It's a health department. Uh,

1517
00:46:48,338 --> 00:46:50,507
purchase going to be coming out

1518
00:46:50,507 --> 00:46:52,276
of that capital improvement.

1519
00:46:52,276 --> 00:46:53,443
That was the plan as I

1520
00:46:53,443 --> 00:46:54,278
understood it. Yeah.

1521
00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:55,045
And that's was.

1522
00:46:55,045 --> 00:46:56,947
That any building improvements

1523
00:46:56,947 --> 00:47:00,016
or to make it ready and usable

1524
00:47:00,016 --> 00:47:01,551
would also come out of that.

1525
00:47:01,551 --> 00:47:02,953
Correct. So there would be no

1526
00:47:02,953 --> 00:47:04,354
bond.

1527
00:47:04,354 --> 00:47:05,588
Yeah. No debt. The way I

1528
00:47:05,588 --> 00:47:06,990
understood it, you wanted no

1529
00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:08,692
debt with that. So that's what

1530
00:47:08,692 --> 00:47:10,527
it's structured as okay.

1531
00:47:10,527 --> 00:47:11,461
Mhm.

1532
00:47:11,461 --> 00:47:14,064
Okay. Thank you.

1533
00:47:14,064 --> 00:47:15,632
Anybody else questions or

1534
00:47:15,632 --> 00:47:19,436
comments at this time. Then I

1535
00:47:19,436 --> 00:47:21,805
will bring it to the public for

1536
00:47:21,805 --> 00:47:23,573
any questions or comments that

1537
00:47:23,573 --> 00:47:28,278
they would like to share.

1538
00:47:28,278 --> 00:47:29,512
Seeing none I'll bring it back

1539
00:47:29,512 --> 00:47:32,649
to the Commission for a motion.

1540
00:47:32,649 --> 00:47:33,716
Would you mind if I call you

1541
00:47:33,716 --> 00:47:36,152
Madam Chairman?

1542
00:47:36,152 --> 00:47:37,854
I do adore.

1543
00:47:37,854 --> 00:47:40,090
Norm and. Oh, you

1544
00:47:40,090 --> 00:47:41,124
guys will call me whatever I

1545
00:47:41,124 --> 00:47:42,392
want, remember? Because I did

1546
00:47:42,392 --> 00:47:44,594
suggest clean at one time. But

1547
00:47:44,594 --> 00:47:45,929
I think that might take it a

1548
00:47:45,929 --> 00:47:48,331
little far. So I'll move away

1549
00:47:48,331 --> 00:47:49,333
from that.

1550
00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:50,133
And move.

1551
00:47:50,133 --> 00:47:52,936
I move that we approve. Um,

1552
00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:53,837
make sure I get the right

1553
00:47:53,837 --> 00:47:57,107
budget. Approve RFA 2026-80 is

1554
00:47:57,107 --> 00:47:58,075
presented.

1555
00:47:58,075 --> 00:47:59,042
Second.

1556
00:47:59,042 --> 00:48:00,377
It's been moved, and second, we

1557
00:48:00,377 --> 00:48:02,812
approve RFA 20 2680 as

1558
00:48:02,812 --> 00:48:04,114
presented. All in favor, say

1559
00:48:04,114 --> 00:48:04,381
aye.

1560
00:48:04,381 --> 00:48:06,483
I.

1561
00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:08,351
Motion passes. Move on to the

1562
00:48:08,351 --> 00:48:13,090
next action item.

1563
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:15,558
2027 Special District Budget

1564
00:48:15,558 --> 00:48:17,293
Review and R&R publication with

1565
00:48:17,293 --> 00:48:18,194
Matt Stiles, County

1566
00:48:18,194 --> 00:48:19,963
Administrator.

1567
00:48:19,963 --> 00:48:21,064
We'll make this one a little

1568
00:48:21,064 --> 00:48:22,966
bit quicker. Yeah. Uh, as far

1569
00:48:22,966 --> 00:48:25,635
as you have, uh, authority over

1570
00:48:25,635 --> 00:48:27,070
the Rural Fire District budget

1571
00:48:27,070 --> 00:48:28,772
setting. Um, and so you have

1572
00:48:28,772 --> 00:48:30,306
seven rural fire districts.

1573
00:48:30,306 --> 00:48:31,908
They've submitted their budgets

1574
00:48:31,908 --> 00:48:33,810
with regard to what they're

1575
00:48:33,810 --> 00:48:35,412
suggesting. Spends would be for

1576
00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:37,747
this year. Uh, and of those

1577
00:48:37,747 --> 00:48:39,949
seven, five are. suggesting

1578
00:48:39,949 --> 00:48:41,851
mill levy, uh, mill levies that

1579
00:48:41,851 --> 00:48:43,386
would exceed the revenue

1580
00:48:43,386 --> 00:48:45,955
neutral rate. Uh, and so what

1581
00:48:45,955 --> 00:48:49,225
we're asking for today is, um,

1582
00:48:49,225 --> 00:48:50,727
for you to do the notification

1583
00:48:50,727 --> 00:48:53,096
and publication of the Rural

1584
00:48:53,096 --> 00:48:54,397
Fire districts is listed there.

1585
00:48:54,397 --> 00:48:56,366
Rural Fire District one, two,

1586
00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:59,335
three, five and seven, uh, to

1587
00:48:59,335 --> 00:49:00,703
exceed those revenue neutral

1588
00:49:00,703 --> 00:49:02,105
rates, I would say that some of

1589
00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:03,707
those, because of the way the

1590
00:49:03,707 --> 00:49:05,375
valuation goes, they may be

1591
00:49:05,375 --> 00:49:06,443
exceeding the revenue neutral

1592
00:49:06,443 --> 00:49:07,343
rate, but they're not actually

1593
00:49:07,343 --> 00:49:09,946
levying more dollars. Um, and

1594
00:49:09,946 --> 00:49:11,114
so that's just kind of one of

1595
00:49:11,114 --> 00:49:13,349
the quirks of revenue neutral.

1596
00:49:13,349 --> 00:49:15,685
It it's just the number on a

1597
00:49:15,685 --> 00:49:17,554
page that it reflects, like

1598
00:49:17,554 --> 00:49:19,289
the, the, the revenue that

1599
00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:21,391
you're collecting. So if your

1600
00:49:21,391 --> 00:49:23,626
valuation goes down then it can

1601
00:49:23,626 --> 00:49:25,028
create these weird situations

1602
00:49:25,028 --> 00:49:25,895
where you're not actually

1603
00:49:25,895 --> 00:49:27,430
loving as much, but you have to

1604
00:49:27,430 --> 00:49:29,365
make a notification. So, uh,

1605
00:49:29,365 --> 00:49:30,733
what we would do is recommend

1606
00:49:30,733 --> 00:49:33,336
that you approve the

1607
00:49:33,336 --> 00:49:34,704
notification and publication of

1608
00:49:34,704 --> 00:49:36,272
those to exceed those revenue

1609
00:49:36,272 --> 00:49:38,575
neutral rates as listed on the

1610
00:49:38,575 --> 00:49:40,410
notification sheet, and set

1611
00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:41,778
those hearings for September

1612
00:49:41,778 --> 00:49:45,482
1st, uh, 20, 2026 at 9 a.m..

1613
00:49:45,482 --> 00:49:47,083
We'll hold those in in

1614
00:49:47,083 --> 00:49:48,751
conjunction with our county

1615
00:49:48,751 --> 00:49:52,956
wide, one countywide hearings.

1616
00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:54,090
Right back to the Commission

1617
00:49:54,090 --> 00:49:55,759
for comments or questions.

1618
00:49:55,759 --> 00:49:58,328
I think I mentioned it earlier.

1619
00:49:58,328 --> 00:50:01,631
I would really like to see I

1620
00:50:01,631 --> 00:50:03,433
want to see these budgets. I

1621
00:50:03,433 --> 00:50:04,968
mean, you know, we we look and

1622
00:50:04,968 --> 00:50:06,002
said that, you know, we look on

1623
00:50:06,002 --> 00:50:07,036
there, we said we're going to

1624
00:50:07,036 --> 00:50:08,571
exceed the revenue neutral rate

1625
00:50:08,571 --> 00:50:11,441
by so and so. I have no idea

1626
00:50:11,441 --> 00:50:13,476
why are they exceeding that

1627
00:50:13,476 --> 00:50:15,511
number. Why? I mean, I want to

1628
00:50:15,511 --> 00:50:16,880
see why they're exceeding that

1629
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,615
number. So if, you know, if the

1630
00:50:18,615 --> 00:50:20,483
public comes out and says, hey,

1631
00:50:20,483 --> 00:50:22,051
you know, how come or such a

1632
00:50:22,051 --> 00:50:23,353
jump or how come our taxes is

1633
00:50:23,353 --> 00:50:25,255
going up this much I can at

1634
00:50:25,255 --> 00:50:26,923
least say, hey, I looked at it.

1635
00:50:26,923 --> 00:50:28,525
I can see what exactly what the

1636
00:50:28,525 --> 00:50:30,326
budget is. And I think that,

1637
00:50:30,326 --> 00:50:32,095
uh, you know, from now on, any

1638
00:50:32,095 --> 00:50:34,430
of these fire districts, I

1639
00:50:34,430 --> 00:50:37,834
mean, you know, they had they have a budget. I want

1640
00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:39,135
to see that budget and see and

1641
00:50:39,135 --> 00:50:40,470
they have an explanation why

1642
00:50:40,470 --> 00:50:43,006
that they're exceeding or or

1643
00:50:43,006 --> 00:50:44,374
not.

1644
00:50:44,374 --> 00:50:45,375
Would you like them to come in

1645
00:50:45,375 --> 00:50:47,043
and do a presentation of that

1646
00:50:47,043 --> 00:50:47,377
budget?

1647
00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:48,444
I don't know if it has to

1648
00:50:48,444 --> 00:50:50,079
exactly be a presentation. I

1649
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:51,314
said if I just seen, you know,

1650
00:50:51,314 --> 00:50:53,483
if if we got, well, at the same

1651
00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:54,484
time, if they said they're

1652
00:50:54,484 --> 00:50:56,352
going to exceed, I mean, we

1653
00:50:56,352 --> 00:50:57,553
would have the budget sheet.

1654
00:50:57,553 --> 00:50:59,589
They're explaining to us why

1655
00:50:59,589 --> 00:51:02,792
they're exceeding that, that.

1656
00:51:02,792 --> 00:51:03,826
They're yeah, we can we can

1657
00:51:03,826 --> 00:51:05,528
provide you as much information

1658
00:51:05,528 --> 00:51:08,331
as they give us. I mean, that's pretty straightforward

1659
00:51:08,331 --> 00:51:09,299
for us. Yeah.

1660
00:51:09,299 --> 00:51:10,400
Well, like I said, you know, I

1661
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:11,601
think it's only it's only

1662
00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:13,836
right. You know, we we're we're

1663
00:51:13,836 --> 00:51:15,205
transparent with our budget and

1664
00:51:15,205 --> 00:51:16,406
everything like that. So I

1665
00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:17,173
think they need to be

1666
00:51:17,173 --> 00:51:18,208
transparent with their budget

1667
00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:20,743
so we can see it. And uh, you

1668
00:51:20,743 --> 00:51:22,345
know, you know, make some

1669
00:51:22,345 --> 00:51:24,614
informed decisions. Sure.

1670
00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:26,883
Would it expedite your wishes

1671
00:51:26,883 --> 00:51:28,751
to have them present? So if you

1672
00:51:28,751 --> 00:51:30,587
have a question, it's not a

1673
00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:31,988
another two weeks back and

1674
00:51:31,988 --> 00:51:33,023
forth.

1675
00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:34,490
Yeah. I mean that might not be

1676
00:51:34,490 --> 00:51:39,529
a bad idea okay. I mean that would work. Whatever's the

1677
00:51:39,529 --> 00:51:41,698
easiest in there to be.

1678
00:51:41,698 --> 00:51:43,833
Could that occur? I know I'm

1679
00:51:43,833 --> 00:51:45,635
just adding time to that

1680
00:51:45,635 --> 00:51:47,170
meeting on the 28th. We are

1681
00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:48,304
going to have to order pizza. I

1682
00:51:48,304 --> 00:51:51,074
don't know, but, um, uh, could

1683
00:51:51,074 --> 00:51:52,675
that occur then? Because I'm

1684
00:51:52,675 --> 00:51:56,646
afraid might get well either

1685
00:51:56,646 --> 00:51:57,880
way. I mean, if you want to

1686
00:51:57,880 --> 00:51:59,682
bring it out during a regular

1687
00:51:59,682 --> 00:52:01,517
meeting to either way, their

1688
00:52:01,517 --> 00:52:02,652
public meetings. So.

1689
00:52:02,652 --> 00:52:03,353
Yeah.

1690
00:52:03,353 --> 00:52:08,691
Uh, I would suggest. So the

1691
00:52:08,691 --> 00:52:11,694
rule fire districts don't

1692
00:52:11,694 --> 00:52:14,030
typically meet at this time.

1693
00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:15,431
Um, they have full time jobs,

1694
00:52:15,431 --> 00:52:18,067
and a lot of them are. If you

1695
00:52:18,067 --> 00:52:20,136
have flexibility to meet at an

1696
00:52:20,136 --> 00:52:21,271
like an evening meeting or hold

1697
00:52:21,271 --> 00:52:22,672
a special session that would be

1698
00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:23,906
more accommodating to their

1699
00:52:23,906 --> 00:52:25,442
schedules, I think we could

1700
00:52:25,442 --> 00:52:28,144
probably arrange that. Um, I

1701
00:52:28,144 --> 00:52:28,344
would.

1702
00:52:28,344 --> 00:52:30,280
Defer to.

1703
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,115
Michelle, who disappeared.

1704
00:52:32,115 --> 00:52:33,016
Yeah.

1705
00:52:33,016 --> 00:52:33,850
Uh.

1706
00:52:33,850 --> 00:52:36,252
So with enough time, right, we

1707
00:52:36,252 --> 00:52:38,388
could get at least someone from

1708
00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:40,790
their board to present. Um, it

1709
00:52:40,790 --> 00:52:41,958
might not be the fire chief. It

1710
00:52:41,958 --> 00:52:45,861
might be the treasurer. Um,

1711
00:52:45,861 --> 00:52:47,163
but, yes, I would just say

1712
00:52:47,163 --> 00:52:48,798
ample time. And unfortunately,

1713
00:52:48,798 --> 00:52:52,068
right now, harvest is a little,

1714
00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:54,036
um. So it would just kind of

1715
00:52:54,036 --> 00:52:55,471
depend. But at the most part, I

1716
00:52:55,471 --> 00:52:56,606
could guarantee they'd probably,

1717
00:52:56,606 --> 00:53:00,877
for the board members, that is.

1718
00:53:00,877 --> 00:53:02,045
Like I said, I think they could

1719
00:53:02,045 --> 00:53:03,112
help all together. I mean, you

1720
00:53:03,112 --> 00:53:04,947
know, if if we tell the people

1721
00:53:04,947 --> 00:53:05,848
out there we're going to raise

1722
00:53:05,848 --> 00:53:07,249
their taxes, you know, they

1723
00:53:07,249 --> 00:53:08,418
want to know why.

1724
00:53:08,418 --> 00:53:10,487
Fair. Yeah.

1725
00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:13,956
Great question. If if we do, we

1726
00:53:13,956 --> 00:53:15,625
have the same flexibility with

1727
00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:18,027
this. If we approve it then we

1728
00:53:18,027 --> 00:53:22,198
can later, uh, have a sit down

1729
00:53:22,198 --> 00:53:25,601
for, for Joe and. Yeah. And,

1730
00:53:25,601 --> 00:53:27,370
uh, reduce their amounts or

1731
00:53:27,370 --> 00:53:28,004
whatever.

1732
00:53:28,004 --> 00:53:29,339
You absolutely do. Yes.

1733
00:53:29,339 --> 00:53:32,442
Okay. Okay.

1734
00:53:32,442 --> 00:53:33,509
Yeah. The questions or

1735
00:53:33,509 --> 00:53:36,446
comments. I'll open it up to

1736
00:53:36,446 --> 00:53:37,680
the public for questions or

1737
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:48,091
comments.

1738
00:53:48,091 --> 00:53:50,226
Tony's pizza has a retail piece

1739
00:53:50,226 --> 00:53:51,427
of it. You get there on

1740
00:53:51,427 --> 00:53:53,296
shilling. Make a left. You can

1741
00:53:53,296 --> 00:53:55,031
buy whole case. It comes down

1742
00:53:55,031 --> 00:53:57,567
to about $0.50 a pizza. That's

1743
00:53:57,567 --> 00:53:58,001
a budget.

1744
00:53:58,001 --> 00:54:00,837
Thank you. That's something I

1745
00:54:00,837 --> 00:54:01,671
could get myself.

1746
00:54:01,671 --> 00:54:02,405
Thank you.

1747
00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:04,574
God, I have a debit card. They

1748
00:54:04,574 --> 00:54:05,809
won't take cash.

1749
00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:07,276
Check and check. I got that

1750
00:54:07,276 --> 00:54:09,112
too. Thank you. Great idea.

1751
00:54:09,112 --> 00:54:10,013
For a volunteer.

1752
00:54:10,013 --> 00:54:11,448
I know I'm not asking you to go

1753
00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:12,448
out and get it for me. Thank

1754
00:54:12,448 --> 00:54:15,918
you. Norm, any other public

1755
00:54:15,918 --> 00:54:19,155
comment? We'll close that and

1756
00:54:19,155 --> 00:54:20,456
bring it back to the commission

1757
00:54:20,456 --> 00:54:24,026
for a motion.

1758
00:54:24,026 --> 00:54:25,595
I. I want to.

1759
00:54:25,595 --> 00:54:27,297
Move that. We approve RFA.

1760
00:54:27,297 --> 00:54:30,600
2020 681 as presented..

1761
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:31,701
Second to motion.

1762
00:54:31,701 --> 00:54:33,469
It's been moved and seconded

1763
00:54:33,469 --> 00:54:36,038
that we approve RFA 2020 681 is

1764
00:54:36,038 --> 00:54:37,373
presented. All those in favor

1765
00:54:37,373 --> 00:54:39,242
say aye. Aye aye. All opposed.

1766
00:54:39,242 --> 00:54:41,077
Same sign. Motion carries.

1767
00:54:41,077 --> 00:54:48,151
Thank you. Action item for.

1768
00:54:48,151 --> 00:54:50,286
Wholesale fireworks 2026

1769
00:54:50,286 --> 00:54:51,788
display with Michelle Weiss.

1770
00:54:51,788 --> 00:54:53,456
Emergency management director.

1771
00:54:53,456 --> 00:54:54,357
Good morning Michelle.

1772
00:54:54,357 --> 00:54:56,893
Good morning. Commission.

1773
00:54:56,893 --> 00:55:00,430
Um, so we had our new firework

1774
00:55:00,430 --> 00:55:02,398
regulation for discharge in the

1775
00:55:02,398 --> 00:55:04,534
county, uh, last year that

1776
00:55:04,534 --> 00:55:06,002
moved this year to the third

1777
00:55:06,002 --> 00:55:08,037
and fourth, um, wholesale

1778
00:55:08,037 --> 00:55:09,872
fireworks, typically on the

1779
00:55:09,872 --> 00:55:12,642
fifth after sales would do a

1780
00:55:12,642 --> 00:55:14,544
their 4th of July celebration

1781
00:55:14,544 --> 00:55:18,114
for their, uh, tent staff. They

1782
00:55:18,114 --> 00:55:19,749
are requesting a private

1783
00:55:19,749 --> 00:55:22,318
display to basically make up

1784
00:55:22,318 --> 00:55:24,320
that fifth experience on the

1785
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:26,756
11th. Uh, so that will be in

1786
00:55:26,756 --> 00:55:28,724
District Six's boundary. It

1787
00:55:28,724 --> 00:55:30,860
will be at the location of

1788
00:55:30,860 --> 00:55:32,995
four, seven, three seven West

1789
00:55:32,995 --> 00:55:35,364
Schilling Road. Uh, there is

1790
00:55:35,364 --> 00:55:37,900
it's not. It is consumer grade.

1791
00:55:37,900 --> 00:55:39,902
So it is what they sell in the

1792
00:55:39,902 --> 00:55:41,537
tent that was typically fired

1793
00:55:41,537 --> 00:55:42,672
off on the third and fourth,

1794
00:55:42,672 --> 00:55:44,207
just with the new regulations.

1795
00:55:44,207 --> 00:55:45,241
They're going through this

1796
00:55:45,241 --> 00:55:47,543
permitting process now. Um, do

1797
00:55:47,543 --> 00:55:48,845
you have any questions

1798
00:55:48,845 --> 00:55:51,581
regarding this?

1799
00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:53,650
is a private residence.

1800
00:55:53,650 --> 00:55:56,453
Yes.

1801
00:55:56,453 --> 00:55:58,754
I've received a couple of

1802
00:55:58,754 --> 00:56:02,225
comments. Why are they wanting

1803
00:56:02,225 --> 00:56:04,026
to shoot fireworks for four

1804
00:56:04,026 --> 00:56:05,562
hours?

1805
00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:06,429
It's not.

1806
00:56:06,429 --> 00:56:07,330
Four hours.

1807
00:56:07,330 --> 00:56:09,966
It's I thought it's from eight

1808
00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:12,501
to midnight. Time of display.

1809
00:56:12,501 --> 00:56:14,037
808 to midnight.

1810
00:56:14,037 --> 00:56:15,304
We just couldn't determine

1811
00:56:15,304 --> 00:56:17,139
whether, like, wind speed and

1812
00:56:17,139 --> 00:56:19,509
or like sun setting. We were

1813
00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:21,911
trying to give them a window to

1814
00:56:21,911 --> 00:56:24,180
work within.

1815
00:56:24,180 --> 00:56:25,548
Wouldn't this be a permit

1816
00:56:25,548 --> 00:56:26,449
situation?

1817
00:56:26,449 --> 00:56:27,483
Incorrect. That's why we're

1818
00:56:27,483 --> 00:56:29,952
here. They've paid the $75 fee

1819
00:56:29,952 --> 00:56:31,855
for the display.

1820
00:56:31,855 --> 00:56:33,089
They just didn't. We're just

1821
00:56:33,089 --> 00:56:34,190
not getting to it instead of

1822
00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:35,157
those because you did a couple

1823
00:56:35,157 --> 00:56:36,359
other ones earlier this year.

1824
00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:37,660
Correct. So what came from?

1825
00:56:37,660 --> 00:56:39,195
They started doing firework

1826
00:56:39,195 --> 00:56:41,030
tent sales. And when Chief

1827
00:56:41,030 --> 00:56:42,765
Turner did the inspection of

1828
00:56:42,765 --> 00:56:44,467
their tent, he had also

1829
00:56:44,467 --> 00:56:46,035
mentioned that the discharge

1830
00:56:46,035 --> 00:56:47,437
dates had changed in the

1831
00:56:47,437 --> 00:56:49,639
county. And so it was just when

1832
00:56:49,639 --> 00:56:50,907
they started selling on the

1833
00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:52,542
28th of June that they realized

1834
00:56:52,542 --> 00:56:53,309
that they would have to go

1835
00:56:53,309 --> 00:56:56,946
through this process to do that

1836
00:56:56,946 --> 00:57:03,753
event for their staff.

1837
00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:07,490
And if I you have all the the

1838
00:57:07,490 --> 00:57:10,026
paperwork, I apologize. I

1839
00:57:10,026 --> 00:57:11,427
wasn't up to speed on this one,

1840
00:57:11,427 --> 00:57:13,329
but the fire chief has signed

1841
00:57:13,329 --> 00:57:13,897
off on it.

1842
00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:16,198
And yes, Allen is aware and

1843
00:57:16,198 --> 00:57:17,200
careful with it.

1844
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,834
Different than any other you

1845
00:57:18,834 --> 00:57:22,038
brought to us.

1846
00:57:22,038 --> 00:57:23,072
Any other questions or

1847
00:57:23,072 --> 00:57:25,207
comments? Open it up to the

1848
00:57:25,207 --> 00:57:28,511
public for comments. Seeing

1849
00:57:28,511 --> 00:57:29,479
none, I'll bring it back to the

1850
00:57:29,479 --> 00:57:31,848
commission for a motion.

1851
00:57:31,848 --> 00:57:33,249
And chair. I'd like to move

1852
00:57:33,249 --> 00:57:34,450
that. We accept RFA.

1853
00:57:34,450 --> 00:57:37,854
2026 De 77 as presented.

1854
00:57:37,854 --> 00:57:38,788
Second.

1855
00:57:38,788 --> 00:57:39,956
It's been moved and seconded.

1856
00:57:39,956 --> 00:57:42,825
We approve RFA 2020 677 as

1857
00:57:42,825 --> 00:57:44,060
presented. All in favor, say

1858
00:57:44,060 --> 00:57:44,227
aye.

1859
00:57:44,227 --> 00:57:45,395
aye aye.

1860
00:57:45,395 --> 00:57:47,196
Opposed. Same sign. Motion

1861
00:57:47,196 --> 00:57:48,731
carries. Thanks, Michel.

1862
00:57:48,731 --> 00:57:49,465
I could just wing.

1863
00:57:49,465 --> 00:57:51,701
It also.

1864
00:57:51,701 --> 00:57:53,436
Okay.

1865
00:57:53,436 --> 00:57:55,705
Oh, you're gonna say I get it.

1866
00:57:55,705 --> 00:57:58,541
I got that little extra talk.

1867
00:57:58,541 --> 00:58:01,477
Thank you. Informational items.

1868
00:58:01,477 --> 00:58:03,446
Emergency management quarter,

1869
00:58:03,446 --> 00:58:05,114
two updates. Michelle Weiss,

1870
00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:07,150
emergency management director.

1871
00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:07,750
Good morning.

1872
00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:10,519
Again. Um, this one is a little

1873
00:58:10,519 --> 00:58:12,488
short only because most of the

1874
00:58:12,488 --> 00:58:14,991
discussion will be on April and

1875
00:58:14,991 --> 00:58:19,996
June. So. Matt was not the only

1876
00:58:19,996 --> 00:58:21,564
one who struggled with said

1877
00:58:21,564 --> 00:58:22,798
there we go. Patience is a

1878
00:58:22,798 --> 00:58:26,836
virtue. Um, so the April 27th,

1879
00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:29,038
we went ahead and we declared

1880
00:58:29,038 --> 00:58:30,840
for the hailstorm that we

1881
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,842
experienced with the two inch

1882
00:58:32,842 --> 00:58:35,044
plus hail. There are five

1883
00:58:35,044 --> 00:58:36,712
counties included in that state

1884
00:58:36,712 --> 00:58:39,582
declaration that totaled about

1885
00:58:39,582 --> 00:58:42,785
$7.3 million in damages for the

1886
00:58:42,785 --> 00:58:44,720
state of Kansas. For Saline

1887
00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,156
County, our biggest impacted

1888
00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:50,026
disciplines were the airport

1889
00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:53,996
305 and, um, the city and

1890
00:58:53,996 --> 00:58:55,965
county did carry a portion of

1891
00:58:55,965 --> 00:58:58,300
that with our deductibles. So

1892
00:58:58,300 --> 00:58:59,835
as I was writing this, Trump

1893
00:58:59,835 --> 00:59:02,204
did approve a declaration

1894
00:59:02,204 --> 00:59:04,206
federally. So actually, we have

1895
00:59:04,206 --> 00:59:05,141
reached out and we will be

1896
00:59:05,141 --> 00:59:07,443
doing our preliminary damage

1897
00:59:07,443 --> 00:59:09,311
assessment and applicant

1898
00:59:09,311 --> 00:59:11,681
briefing with those listed in

1899
00:59:11,681 --> 00:59:13,683
that assessment. There are

1900
00:59:13,683 --> 00:59:15,551
eight entities with Insulin

1901
00:59:15,551 --> 00:59:16,585
County that are included in

1902
00:59:16,585 --> 00:59:23,960
this disaster declaration.

1903
00:59:23,960 --> 00:59:24,627
Uh.

1904
00:59:24,627 --> 00:59:27,229
For June 8th. So that was a

1905
00:59:27,229 --> 00:59:30,099
little bit of a experience for

1906
00:59:30,099 --> 00:59:31,434
the past month that we are

1907
00:59:31,434 --> 00:59:33,269
still working through. So one

1908
00:59:33,269 --> 00:59:34,804
of the big areas that we

1909
00:59:34,804 --> 00:59:36,205
focused on most was feeding,

1910
00:59:36,205 --> 00:59:37,840
sheltering, hygiene and

1911
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,443
chainsaw crews. So listed are

1912
00:59:40,443 --> 00:59:42,845
the organizations, what they

1913
00:59:42,845 --> 00:59:45,548
provided. Um, and kind of what

1914
00:59:45,548 --> 00:59:47,450
their goals were. So feeding we

1915
00:59:47,450 --> 00:59:48,884
had quite a few entities that

1916
00:59:48,884 --> 00:59:51,120
provided meals for the county

1917
00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:53,289
and the community. Hot meals

1918
00:59:53,289 --> 00:59:55,257
USA, which by the way, this

1919
00:59:55,257 --> 00:59:56,726
organization typically does

1920
00:59:56,726 --> 00:59:58,227
hurricane response. So I'm not

1921
00:59:58,227 --> 00:59:59,428
sure how I really feel about

1922
00:59:59,428 --> 01:00:00,429
the fact that they came to

1923
01:00:00,429 --> 01:00:01,964
Saline County, provided

1924
01:00:01,964 --> 01:00:04,166
community meals. Red cross is a

1925
01:00:04,166 --> 01:00:05,501
community partner that we work

1926
01:00:05,501 --> 01:00:07,203
with quite frequently. They

1927
01:00:07,203 --> 01:00:08,537
provided community meals and

1928
01:00:08,537 --> 01:00:10,206
they fed our shelter. Salvation

1929
01:00:10,206 --> 01:00:12,541
Army, who is very active with

1930
01:00:12,541 --> 01:00:14,543
our organization, did community

1931
01:00:14,543 --> 01:00:19,348
meals, uh, did provide us 1700

1932
01:00:19,348 --> 01:00:21,484
pizzas for rural communities.

1933
01:00:21,484 --> 01:00:22,718
So that is also an option.

1934
01:00:22,718 --> 01:00:24,620
Annie, uh, Southern Baptist

1935
01:00:24,620 --> 01:00:27,423
Disaster Relief did chainsaw

1936
01:00:27,423 --> 01:00:29,458
crews feeding and sheltering

1937
01:00:29,458 --> 01:00:31,026
and then Eight days of Hope did

1938
01:00:31,026 --> 01:00:33,062
provide some community feeding

1939
01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:36,432
as well. Sheltering was a

1940
01:00:36,432 --> 01:00:39,368
experience. It always is. And I

1941
01:00:39,368 --> 01:00:41,270
will forever have a little PTSD

1942
01:00:41,270 --> 01:00:42,805
just from doing sheltering

1943
01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:44,940
during Covid 19. So Kansas

1944
01:00:44,940 --> 01:00:46,342
Wesleyan stepped up and we were

1945
01:00:46,342 --> 01:00:47,943
an overnight shelter there. We

1946
01:00:47,943 --> 01:00:50,112
did exceed capacity for that

1947
01:00:50,112 --> 01:00:51,180
just due to the fact that we

1948
01:00:51,180 --> 01:00:53,983
lost power for 72 hours. For

1949
01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:56,618
most residents. We then

1950
01:00:56,618 --> 01:00:58,120
provided and opened up an

1951
01:00:58,120 --> 01:00:59,588
additional shelter at the

1952
01:00:59,588 --> 01:01:01,590
University United Methodist

1953
01:01:01,590 --> 01:01:02,758
Church, which was also a

1954
01:01:02,758 --> 01:01:04,627
cooling and overnight shelter.

1955
01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:07,329
Uh Grand Avenue was a shelter

1956
01:01:07,329 --> 01:01:09,565
just for chainsaw crews. So we

1957
01:01:09,565 --> 01:01:10,866
also partnered with the Grand

1958
01:01:10,866 --> 01:01:12,368
Alliance that had two showers

1959
01:01:12,368 --> 01:01:14,036
and a laundry trailer that was

1960
01:01:14,036 --> 01:01:14,771
open to the

1961
01:01:14,771 --> 01:01:16,038
He chainsaw crews because after

1962
01:01:16,038 --> 01:01:17,673
a day's work, those individuals

1963
01:01:17,673 --> 01:01:19,875
definitely deserved a shower.

1964
01:01:19,875 --> 01:01:21,544
And it was also opened up to

1965
01:01:21,544 --> 01:01:22,311
the community, which was

1966
01:01:22,311 --> 01:01:23,512
incredible because they tracked

1967
01:01:23,512 --> 01:01:25,447
that. So over a thousand

1968
01:01:25,447 --> 01:01:26,749
showers were given to residents

1969
01:01:26,749 --> 01:01:28,317
while they were here in that

1970
01:01:28,317 --> 01:01:30,553
time frame, and 100 families

1971
01:01:30,553 --> 01:01:32,288
did multiple loads of laundry.

1972
01:01:32,288 --> 01:01:34,223
So that was a neat addition

1973
01:01:34,223 --> 01:01:35,424
that we could provide to the

1974
01:01:35,424 --> 01:01:37,426
community. No matter what your

1975
01:01:37,426 --> 01:01:39,461
circumstances were. Chainsaw

1976
01:01:39,461 --> 01:01:41,897
crews. We had roughly nine of

1977
01:01:41,897 --> 01:01:43,699
them come in and provide

1978
01:01:43,699 --> 01:01:45,367
assistance and help with all

1979
01:01:45,367 --> 01:01:46,368
different ranges of

1980
01:01:46,368 --> 01:01:50,005
capabilities. It was really

1981
01:01:50,005 --> 01:01:52,308
great to see homeowners and

1982
01:01:52,308 --> 01:01:54,076
individual step up, but also to

1983
01:01:54,076 --> 01:01:55,344
have these organizations come

1984
01:01:55,344 --> 01:01:56,645
in and provide assistance.

1985
01:01:56,645 --> 01:01:58,647
Another huge shout out to drew

1986
01:01:58,647 --> 01:02:00,115
with GIS. He created work

1987
01:02:00,115 --> 01:02:01,417
orders for every single one of

1988
01:02:01,417 --> 01:02:02,952
these chainsaw crews. That was

1989
01:02:02,952 --> 01:02:05,721
over 650 jobs that he created.

1990
01:02:05,721 --> 01:02:07,422
A map, detailed assignment that

1991
01:02:07,422 --> 01:02:08,624
we could then provide the crews

1992
01:02:08,624 --> 01:02:10,192
to maximize not only their

1993
01:02:10,192 --> 01:02:11,360
time, but their equipment as

1994
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:13,128
they shared that amongst teams.

1995
01:02:13,128 --> 01:02:14,597
We are still working through

1996
01:02:14,597 --> 01:02:18,234
roughly 55 of those remaining

1997
01:02:18,234 --> 01:02:20,202
chainsaw work orders. Some of

1998
01:02:20,202 --> 01:02:22,071
them, it's just trying to

1999
01:02:22,071 --> 01:02:24,306
coordinate with energy, as well

2000
01:02:24,306 --> 01:02:25,407
as getting homeowners

2001
01:02:25,407 --> 01:02:26,742
permission to enter properties.

2002
01:02:26,742 --> 01:02:27,543
But that is something that

2003
01:02:27,543 --> 01:02:28,677
we're going to continue to work

2004
01:02:28,677 --> 01:02:30,980
on. A special shout out for the

2005
01:02:30,980 --> 01:02:33,849
rural communities. Some of the

2006
01:02:33,849 --> 01:02:36,685
private entities within Salina

2007
01:02:36,685 --> 01:02:37,753
had gone out and helped the

2008
01:02:37,753 --> 01:02:39,021
rural communities with their

2009
01:02:39,021 --> 01:02:41,724
cleanup. But on top of that,

2010
01:02:41,724 --> 01:02:43,225
not only did the council and

2011
01:02:43,225 --> 01:02:44,793
staff and neighbors really step

2012
01:02:44,793 --> 01:02:48,030
up to get them back to hole in

2013
01:02:48,030 --> 01:02:49,832
both like this area and Gypsum

2014
01:02:49,832 --> 01:02:51,166
and Brookville area, so that

2015
01:02:51,166 --> 01:02:56,305
was really great to see. In

2016
01:02:56,305 --> 01:02:58,274
between all of the disaster

2017
01:02:58,274 --> 01:03:00,442
response, we did complete three

2018
01:03:00,442 --> 01:03:02,578
plans for the county. We've

2019
01:03:02,578 --> 01:03:04,246
completed and submitted our

2020
01:03:04,246 --> 01:03:06,348
emergency operations plan, our

2021
01:03:06,348 --> 01:03:08,050
mass casualty plan, and our

2022
01:03:08,050 --> 01:03:10,019
recovery plan. All of those

2023
01:03:10,019 --> 01:03:13,489
include the 6 or 6 cities

2024
01:03:13,489 --> 01:03:15,157
within Saline County and other

2025
01:03:15,157 --> 01:03:16,191
organizations that are

2026
01:03:16,191 --> 01:03:17,526
identified within our hazard

2027
01:03:17,526 --> 01:03:18,794
Mitigation plan are also

2028
01:03:18,794 --> 01:03:21,130
included in the Local Emergency

2029
01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:23,766
Operations Plan. This is a plan

2030
01:03:23,766 --> 01:03:25,634
that exists for five years.

2031
01:03:25,634 --> 01:03:27,302
There is a transition that the

2032
01:03:27,302 --> 01:03:29,305
state will go through. Our plan

2033
01:03:29,305 --> 01:03:30,839
expires at the end of August,

2034
01:03:30,839 --> 01:03:32,307
but in September, the state is

2035
01:03:32,307 --> 01:03:33,742
moving to a new platform. So

2036
01:03:33,742 --> 01:03:35,444
basically we are sliding it in

2037
01:03:35,444 --> 01:03:37,079
at the end and then we will

2038
01:03:37,079 --> 01:03:38,847
rewrite it again at the end of

2039
01:03:38,847 --> 01:03:42,217
the year due to the World Cup.

2040
01:03:42,217 --> 01:03:43,385
The time on that approval

2041
01:03:43,385 --> 01:03:44,954
process is just a little

2042
01:03:44,954 --> 01:03:47,790
delayed. So hopefully we will

2043
01:03:47,790 --> 01:03:49,258
be writing it fairly close to

2044
01:03:49,258 --> 01:03:50,526
when the state approves it to

2045
01:03:50,526 --> 01:03:51,527
when it needs to be passed on

2046
01:03:51,527 --> 01:03:54,363
to FEMA. One thing that did not

2047
01:03:54,363 --> 01:03:56,231
make the cut, and will be

2048
01:03:56,231 --> 01:03:58,033
pushed later on to this year,

2049
01:03:58,033 --> 01:04:00,669
is our reunification plan. Just

2050
01:04:00,669 --> 01:04:03,072
with my June being taken up

2051
01:04:03,072 --> 01:04:04,840
with trees, there was no time

2052
01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:06,542
to write that plan. So my hope

2053
01:04:06,542 --> 01:04:08,110
is to get that finalized in the

2054
01:04:08,110 --> 01:04:10,079
third or fourth quarter. I will

2055
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:11,480
continue to push. We have a new

2056
01:04:11,480 --> 01:04:13,349
mass notification system in the

2057
01:04:13,349 --> 01:04:15,317
county encouraging residents to

2058
01:04:15,317 --> 01:04:17,453
sign up. You can do that on the

2059
01:04:17,453 --> 01:04:19,121
emergency management website or

2060
01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:24,927
on the sheriff's site as well.

2061
01:04:24,927 --> 01:04:26,628
Rural fire did wrap up grant

2062
01:04:26,628 --> 01:04:28,764
season, so several of them put

2063
01:04:28,764 --> 01:04:30,399
in for the Volunteer Fire

2064
01:04:30,399 --> 01:04:31,667
Assistance Grant through the

2065
01:04:31,667 --> 01:04:33,635
Forestry Department, as well as

2066
01:04:33,635 --> 01:04:35,104
the Assistance to Firefighters

2067
01:04:35,104 --> 01:04:38,173
Grant through FEMA for calls

2068
01:04:38,173 --> 01:04:40,042
for service. As a total, they

2069
01:04:40,042 --> 01:04:44,046
all had 131 in the last period

2070
01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:46,682
between late April and the end

2071
01:04:46,682 --> 01:04:48,751
of June. Most of them

2072
01:04:48,751 --> 01:04:51,286
fluctuated, with an average of

2073
01:04:51,286 --> 01:04:53,455
15 calls, give or take, and had

2074
01:04:53,455 --> 01:04:55,090
a decent split between both

2075
01:04:55,090 --> 01:04:59,795
medical and fire calls. But

2076
01:04:59,795 --> 01:05:00,996
that is all I have. Are there

2077
01:05:00,996 --> 01:05:02,898
any questions?

2078
01:05:02,898 --> 01:05:05,067
No, just so impressed with

2079
01:05:05,067 --> 01:05:06,435
everything you've got done. I

2080
01:05:06,435 --> 01:05:07,469
can't believe even three

2081
01:05:07,469 --> 01:05:09,405
reports got done during June.

2082
01:05:09,405 --> 01:05:11,407
So you know, that's impressive.

2083
01:05:11,407 --> 01:05:12,441
So thank you.

2084
01:05:12,441 --> 01:05:20,683
Do you need.

2085
01:05:20,683 --> 01:05:23,686
Information on item number two.

2086
01:05:23,686 --> 01:05:25,120
Road and bridge bi monthly

2087
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:26,655
update with Darren Fisher, road

2088
01:05:26,655 --> 01:05:28,457
and bridge administrator.

2089
01:05:28,457 --> 01:05:29,592
Good morning.

2090
01:05:29,592 --> 01:05:30,659
This is.

2091
01:05:30,659 --> 01:05:32,361
Our bi monthly update for May

2092
01:05:32,361 --> 01:05:37,566
and June.

2093
01:05:37,566 --> 01:05:42,271
Waiting for.

2094
01:05:42,271 --> 01:05:46,408
There we go. So prior to the

2095
01:05:46,408 --> 01:05:48,911
storm event, we had in our

2096
01:05:48,911 --> 01:05:51,280
equipment IP to purchase

2097
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:53,482
another grapple for our

2098
01:05:53,482 --> 01:05:55,517
loaders. This came in handy

2099
01:05:55,517 --> 01:05:57,586
because it showed up just right

2100
01:05:57,586 --> 01:05:59,088
after the storm event. We were

2101
01:05:59,088 --> 01:06:00,589
able to go out and pick up some

2102
01:06:00,589 --> 01:06:02,491
tree limbs and debris, and we

2103
01:06:02,491 --> 01:06:04,293
used these in the winter to do

2104
01:06:04,293 --> 01:06:08,864
our tree removal. Uh, this is a

2105
01:06:08,864 --> 01:06:10,833
picture of some tires, and this

2106
01:06:10,833 --> 01:06:11,834
is a trash.

2107
01:06:11,834 --> 01:06:15,571
Pickup. And I.

2108
01:06:15,571 --> 01:06:17,473
Only put this up there because,

2109
01:06:17,473 --> 01:06:18,874
you know, when I first came to

2110
01:06:18,874 --> 01:06:20,209
work for Saline County, this

2111
01:06:20,209 --> 01:06:22,444
was a regular occurrence. And

2112
01:06:22,444 --> 01:06:23,879
with the the commissioner's

2113
01:06:23,879 --> 01:06:25,314
approval and the things that

2114
01:06:25,314 --> 01:06:28,050
State Farm or with the Farm

2115
01:06:28,050 --> 01:06:30,285
Bureau, this is less and less,

2116
01:06:30,285 --> 01:06:32,354
you know, so the the $10,000

2117
01:06:32,354 --> 01:06:35,991
that that we do with the Farm

2118
01:06:35,991 --> 01:06:37,526
Bureau really keeps us from

2119
01:06:37,526 --> 01:06:38,360
happening a lot.

2120
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:39,495
So that's a lot of tires,

2121
01:06:39,495 --> 01:06:39,795
though.

2122
01:06:39,795 --> 01:06:41,597
It is. It was a couple dump

2123
01:06:41,597 --> 01:06:41,997
trucks.

2124
01:06:41,997 --> 01:06:43,132
Were you able to find out who

2125
01:06:43,132 --> 01:06:43,632
did this?

2126
01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:44,600
No.

2127
01:06:44,600 --> 01:06:47,936
this was a out of brown

2128
01:06:47,936 --> 01:06:49,771
here on Cloud Street. There's

2129
01:06:49,771 --> 01:06:51,874
it's pretty much no man's land

2130
01:06:51,874 --> 01:06:53,041
out there. If you get out in

2131
01:06:53,041 --> 01:06:54,943
there. Uh, this is where these

2132
01:06:54,943 --> 01:06:55,978
things end up.

2133
01:06:55,978 --> 01:06:57,713
Wherever it was. Took some time

2134
01:06:57,713 --> 01:06:59,114
to get those all dumped in

2135
01:06:59,114 --> 01:06:59,314
there.

2136
01:06:59,314 --> 01:07:00,349
They did. They probably had a

2137
01:07:00,349 --> 01:07:01,684
dump truck because it took us a

2138
01:07:01,684 --> 01:07:02,784
dump truck to get them out of

2139
01:07:02,784 --> 01:07:04,854
there. And.

2140
01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:05,521
Uh.

2141
01:07:05,521 --> 01:07:07,456
So we sent seven employees to

2142
01:07:07,456 --> 01:07:09,158
three different trainings. Um,

2143
01:07:09,158 --> 01:07:10,993
the Kansas Association County's

2144
01:07:10,993 --> 01:07:13,328
new supervisor training, uh,

2145
01:07:13,328 --> 01:07:15,330
the Kansas County Highway

2146
01:07:15,330 --> 01:07:17,466
Association, supervisory skills

2147
01:07:17,466 --> 01:07:20,135
and the l tap legal aspects of

2148
01:07:20,135 --> 01:07:22,171
management. Uh, we had just

2149
01:07:22,171 --> 01:07:23,906
gotten into our culvert

2150
01:07:23,906 --> 01:07:25,974
replacement program. Uh, you

2151
01:07:25,974 --> 01:07:27,009
can see the picture on the

2152
01:07:27,009 --> 01:07:28,410
left. We start looking at these

2153
01:07:28,410 --> 01:07:29,945
things in the winter, start

2154
01:07:29,945 --> 01:07:31,280
planning them out for the the

2155
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:37,719
better weather. This is Ohio

2156
01:07:37,719 --> 01:07:38,954
Street in Hedberg.

2157
01:07:38,954 --> 01:07:43,125
Uh.

2158
01:07:43,125 --> 01:07:44,526
This is, uh, Crawford Street

2159
01:07:44,526 --> 01:07:46,728
south of Leadville. Uh, and

2160
01:07:46,728 --> 01:07:48,163
some ditch cleaning. Also, with

2161
01:07:48,163 --> 01:07:49,364
these things, these culverts go

2162
01:07:49,364 --> 01:07:50,632
bad because they'll silt up

2163
01:07:50,632 --> 01:07:52,201
rust. And when they silt up,

2164
01:07:52,201 --> 01:07:55,070
they they deteriorate faster.

2165
01:07:55,070 --> 01:07:56,405
This is Amos Road south of

2166
01:07:56,405 --> 01:08:02,444
Magnolia. This is Cunningham

2167
01:08:02,444 --> 01:08:03,946
Road south of highway four.

2168
01:08:03,946 --> 01:08:10,085
Some ditch cleaning. This is,

2169
01:08:10,085 --> 01:08:11,586
uh, Farley Road east of

2170
01:08:11,586 --> 01:08:16,225
Whittemore Field. Entrance. Uh,

2171
01:08:16,225 --> 01:08:18,627
this is, um, an interesting

2172
01:08:18,627 --> 01:08:20,362
area here. This is, uh,

2173
01:08:20,362 --> 01:08:22,231
McReynolds road, east of Berman

2174
01:08:22,231 --> 01:08:23,599
Road. If you look in the

2175
01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:25,534
middle, there are two

2176
01:08:25,534 --> 01:08:27,636
structures there. One on the

2177
01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:30,272
west side had been closed, um,

2178
01:08:30,272 --> 01:08:32,507
several years ago. And then the

2179
01:08:32,507 --> 01:08:34,409
one on the east side

2180
01:08:34,409 --> 01:08:35,944
deteriorated to the point where

2181
01:08:35,944 --> 01:08:37,946
the farmer could not access his

2182
01:08:37,946 --> 01:08:39,448
field right there in that

2183
01:08:39,448 --> 01:08:43,051
middle section. Um, so we had

2184
01:08:43,051 --> 01:08:45,387
to go in there and create a low

2185
01:08:45,387 --> 01:08:48,156
water crossing and close the

2186
01:08:48,156 --> 01:08:54,162
other structure. You can see

2187
01:08:54,162 --> 01:08:55,431
the deteriorated one on the

2188
01:08:55,431 --> 01:08:56,431
right. Something heavy went

2189
01:08:56,431 --> 01:08:58,267
over it and, uh, broke the back

2190
01:08:58,267 --> 01:09:00,402
wall. Um, so this structure

2191
01:09:00,402 --> 01:09:02,037
here on the, on the right had

2192
01:09:02,037 --> 01:09:04,106
been closed for probably 2 or 3

2193
01:09:04,106 --> 01:09:09,745
years. So we went in there and

2194
01:09:09,745 --> 01:09:11,046
just blocked the old structure

2195
01:09:11,046 --> 01:09:12,547
off. And then we're the we're

2196
01:09:12,547 --> 01:09:13,849
the one that had been closed.

2197
01:09:13,849 --> 01:09:15,250
We cut down the banks and

2198
01:09:15,250 --> 01:09:16,251
created a little water

2199
01:09:16,251 --> 01:09:18,387
crossing, uh, for access to

2200
01:09:18,387 --> 01:09:21,890
that field. This is a bridge on

2201
01:09:21,890 --> 01:09:24,526
South Highway 81. Uh, the deck

2202
01:09:24,526 --> 01:09:26,695
had started deteriorating. Uh,

2203
01:09:26,695 --> 01:09:27,696
not to the point where it

2204
01:09:27,696 --> 01:09:29,364
wasn't usable, but it was

2205
01:09:29,364 --> 01:09:30,465
getting to the point where it

2206
01:09:30,465 --> 01:09:32,434
was rutted. It was starting to

2207
01:09:32,434 --> 01:09:34,269
break out on the ends. So we

2208
01:09:34,269 --> 01:09:41,209
had to put a new deck on it.

2209
01:09:41,209 --> 01:09:43,111
And I'm not going to I say new

2210
01:09:43,111 --> 01:09:45,414
deck, new to that bridge. Uh,

2211
01:09:45,414 --> 01:09:46,848
the timbers from this bridge

2212
01:09:46,848 --> 01:09:50,852
came from the 20 some bridges

2213
01:09:50,852 --> 01:09:53,922
that Saline County closed 2006,

2214
01:09:53,922 --> 01:09:56,191
2007. When they did that, we

2215
01:09:56,191 --> 01:09:58,627
went out and we recovered all

2216
01:09:58,627 --> 01:10:00,996
the usable decking material and

2217
01:10:00,996 --> 01:10:02,764
wood from those structures. And

2218
01:10:02,764 --> 01:10:04,032
we have that in a pile in our

2219
01:10:04,032 --> 01:10:05,734
yard. So we went out and and

2220
01:10:05,734 --> 01:10:07,169
replaced that with recycled

2221
01:10:07,169 --> 01:10:12,374
materials. Uh, this is Amos

2222
01:10:12,374 --> 01:10:14,810
Road just south of McReynolds.

2223
01:10:14,810 --> 01:10:16,878
Um, this is a bridge that had

2224
01:10:16,878 --> 01:10:18,647
been closed for maybe a couple

2225
01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:19,748
of years. You can see the

2226
01:10:19,748 --> 01:10:22,317
deterioration of the bench. Um,

2227
01:10:22,317 --> 01:10:24,720
it wasn't able to to meet its

2228
01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:26,355
three ton requirement. Every

2229
01:10:26,355 --> 01:10:28,190
time a heavy load would go over

2230
01:10:28,190 --> 01:10:29,991
it, it would push the bench

2231
01:10:29,991 --> 01:10:32,327
down. And so once it gets so

2232
01:10:32,327 --> 01:10:33,495
far down there, something was

2233
01:10:33,495 --> 01:10:34,629
eventually going to go through

2234
01:10:34,629 --> 01:10:37,999
there and it would have broken.

2235
01:10:37,999 --> 01:10:39,801
So since it is a low service

2236
01:10:39,801 --> 01:10:43,171
road, um, if you're there,

2237
01:10:43,171 --> 01:10:44,673
there's only one reason for you

2238
01:10:44,673 --> 01:10:45,807
to be there. And that's either

2239
01:10:45,807 --> 01:10:47,442
to access your field or to

2240
01:10:47,442 --> 01:10:50,912
drive through. We replace that

2241
01:10:50,912 --> 01:10:52,814
structure with one of these

2242
01:10:52,814 --> 01:10:55,917
half round tankers, and then we

2243
01:10:55,917 --> 01:10:58,353
put a low spot in the road just

2244
01:10:58,353 --> 01:11:00,088
north of here where if they do

2245
01:11:00,088 --> 01:11:02,724
get a significant heavy rain or

2246
01:11:02,724 --> 01:11:04,760
flooding event, it will go over

2247
01:11:04,760 --> 01:11:06,094
that low spot in the road.

2248
01:11:06,094 --> 01:11:07,629
Instead of washing the tanker

2249
01:11:07,629 --> 01:11:14,269
out. This is, um, Samson Road

2250
01:11:14,269 --> 01:11:15,804
and Campbell intersection. If

2251
01:11:15,804 --> 01:11:17,773
you remember, we just did a big

2252
01:11:17,773 --> 01:11:19,841
drainage project there where

2253
01:11:19,841 --> 01:11:21,410
they widened it, took the trees

2254
01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:23,445
out and widened the channel.

2255
01:11:23,445 --> 01:11:26,448
Um, for that area, part of the

2256
01:11:26,448 --> 01:11:28,216
negotiation for the right of

2257
01:11:28,216 --> 01:11:31,686
way to do that was to replace

2258
01:11:31,686 --> 01:11:35,023
this entrance. There had been

2259
01:11:35,023 --> 01:11:37,959
an entrance there. Um, many

2260
01:11:37,959 --> 01:11:41,496
years ago. And in 2019, this is

2261
01:11:41,496 --> 01:11:42,631
what it looked like. It had

2262
01:11:42,631 --> 01:11:44,833
been closed. Wasn't usable or

2263
01:11:44,833 --> 01:11:47,035
accessible. So we had closed

2264
01:11:47,035 --> 01:11:48,970
the entrance. And this is, uh,

2265
01:11:48,970 --> 01:11:51,840
2022. Somebody decided it would

2266
01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:55,677
make a good bonfire. And so we

2267
01:11:55,677 --> 01:11:57,078
never replaced this entrance

2268
01:11:57,078 --> 01:11:58,547
because the owner did have

2269
01:11:58,547 --> 01:12:01,950
access to his property, um, off

2270
01:12:01,950 --> 01:12:04,352
of another adjoining road. But

2271
01:12:04,352 --> 01:12:06,054
part of the, uh, negotiation

2272
01:12:06,054 --> 01:12:07,289
for that right away was that

2273
01:12:07,289 --> 01:12:08,757
the owner would like an

2274
01:12:08,757 --> 01:12:15,363
entrance here. So we built a

2275
01:12:15,363 --> 01:12:17,265
what we call Lego box structure

2276
01:12:17,265 --> 01:12:18,800
there. We we went in there and

2277
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:20,268
did some excavation and placed

2278
01:12:20,268 --> 01:12:24,906
Lego blocks in there, and then

2279
01:12:24,906 --> 01:12:26,675
put to the beams that we buy

2280
01:12:26,675 --> 01:12:29,244
used, or we salvaged from

2281
01:12:29,244 --> 01:12:30,645
bridges that have been built

2282
01:12:30,645 --> 01:12:32,514
and, and put an entrance back

2283
01:12:32,514 --> 01:12:35,884
in there for him.

2284
01:12:35,884 --> 01:12:37,419
That's a nice entrance.

2285
01:12:37,419 --> 01:12:38,220
Yes.

2286
01:12:38,220 --> 01:12:42,524
So on the, uh, the 28th of May,

2287
01:12:42,524 --> 01:12:44,092
we had some severe rains in

2288
01:12:44,092 --> 01:12:45,393
Saline County. We, you know, 4

2289
01:12:45,393 --> 01:12:47,329
to 6in in the in the north and

2290
01:12:47,329 --> 01:12:49,164
western part of the country,

2291
01:12:49,164 --> 01:12:50,799
the county. And we had started

2292
01:12:50,799 --> 01:12:53,001
our recovery efforts on that,

2293
01:12:53,001 --> 01:12:54,836
which is to go get the

2294
01:12:54,836 --> 01:12:56,037
aggregate back out of the

2295
01:12:56,037 --> 01:12:58,473
ditch, uh, unplug them and put

2296
01:12:58,473 --> 01:13:00,675
it back on the road. These are

2297
01:13:00,675 --> 01:13:02,143
some of the activities that we

2298
01:13:02,143 --> 01:13:06,547
were doing. And the drift there

2299
01:13:06,547 --> 01:13:10,886
was quite a bit of drift. And

2300
01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:12,654
then on the eighth, Saline

2301
01:13:12,654 --> 01:13:14,089
County experienced a 100 mile

2302
01:13:14,089 --> 01:13:16,525
an hour windstorm. This is a

2303
01:13:16,525 --> 01:13:18,193
picture of my dashboard. And

2304
01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:19,327
this is up there in the top

2305
01:13:19,327 --> 01:13:21,496
left. It shows you to date how

2306
01:13:21,496 --> 01:13:23,665
much we have spent with debris

2307
01:13:23,665 --> 01:13:26,234
removal. All of the dots on

2308
01:13:26,234 --> 01:13:29,437
this map represent where we did

2309
01:13:29,437 --> 01:13:31,239
something. Whether we set a

2310
01:13:31,239 --> 01:13:34,109
barricade, closed the road, or

2311
01:13:34,109 --> 01:13:38,146
picked up a tree. And as you

2312
01:13:38,146 --> 01:13:39,147
can see down there at the

2313
01:13:39,147 --> 01:13:41,349
bottom, we've completed 181 of

2314
01:13:41,349 --> 01:13:42,984
those tasks. And there's

2315
01:13:42,984 --> 01:13:44,719
another 60 left. And that

2316
01:13:44,719 --> 01:13:46,354
that's ongoing. So we're at

2317
01:13:46,354 --> 01:13:55,797
about 250. Um. Okay. This shows

2318
01:13:55,797 --> 01:13:57,399
where we've picked up debris.

2319
01:13:57,399 --> 01:13:59,734
And so as you can see on the

2320
01:13:59,734 --> 01:14:02,003
map here, it kind of looks just

2321
01:14:02,003 --> 01:14:03,972
like every storm that goes

2322
01:14:03,972 --> 01:14:05,707
through Saline County moving

2323
01:14:05,707 --> 01:14:07,776
from southwest to northeast,

2324
01:14:07,776 --> 01:14:09,678
90% of the storm fronts will

2325
01:14:09,678 --> 01:14:11,212
travel that way. And that's

2326
01:14:11,212 --> 01:14:17,552
where most of our damage was.

2327
01:14:17,552 --> 01:14:19,454
And this is the type of damage

2328
01:14:19,454 --> 01:14:21,923
that we were seeing within the

2329
01:14:21,923 --> 01:14:31,733
right of way. This is the

2330
01:14:31,733 --> 01:14:37,305
unincorporated town of Kipp.

2331
01:14:37,305 --> 01:14:39,040
And this is the city of Gypsum.

2332
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,443
We, uh, got a request from

2333
01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:43,011
emergency management. The City

2334
01:14:43,011 --> 01:14:45,513
of Gypsum had requested, um,

2335
01:14:45,513 --> 01:14:47,082
put in a request to emergency

2336
01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:48,917
management that there tree to

2337
01:14:48,917 --> 01:14:51,353
be debris pile was in town

2338
01:14:51,353 --> 01:14:52,854
where it couldn't be burned.

2339
01:14:52,854 --> 01:14:54,055
And I believe where they're

2340
01:14:54,055 --> 01:14:56,424
usually keep it was flooded at

2341
01:14:56,424 --> 01:14:57,692
the time they were doing their

2342
01:14:57,692 --> 01:14:59,728
cleanup, and we had crews down

2343
01:14:59,728 --> 01:15:01,129
in the area working. And

2344
01:15:01,129 --> 01:15:02,664
because of a mutual aid

2345
01:15:02,664 --> 01:15:04,199
agreement, we decided just to

2346
01:15:04,199 --> 01:15:05,467
go ahead and do it. And we

2347
01:15:05,467 --> 01:15:06,935
picked up those trees and moved

2348
01:15:06,935 --> 01:15:08,036
them. And it was about three

2349
01:15:08,036 --> 01:15:09,904
blocks just over the other side

2350
01:15:09,904 --> 01:15:12,474
of the dike. Um, and those tree

2351
01:15:12,474 --> 01:15:14,442
debris piles are a health

2352
01:15:14,442 --> 01:15:16,011
hazard. Critters get to living

2353
01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:18,346
in them. And, and and so we did

2354
01:15:18,346 --> 01:15:20,148
that for them. This is a pile

2355
01:15:20,148 --> 01:15:22,851
of our tree debris in our yard.

2356
01:15:22,851 --> 01:15:25,854
Uh, because of the, uh, the

2357
01:15:25,854 --> 01:15:27,455
widespread nature of this

2358
01:15:27,455 --> 01:15:29,724
event, I had, I had them haul

2359
01:15:29,724 --> 01:15:31,326
all our debris to the yard

2360
01:15:31,326 --> 01:15:32,327
because we'd had to make a

2361
01:15:32,327 --> 01:15:33,628
little pile here, a little pile

2362
01:15:33,628 --> 01:15:34,996
here, and a little pile there,

2363
01:15:34,996 --> 01:15:36,865
and to go out and get those

2364
01:15:36,865 --> 01:15:38,667
burnt would have been really

2365
01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:40,602
inefficient. So I had to bring

2366
01:15:40,602 --> 01:15:41,736
it to the yard. That way we

2367
01:15:41,736 --> 01:15:43,905
could quantify the debris also

2368
01:15:43,905 --> 01:15:46,708
for if FEMA does declare this a

2369
01:15:46,708 --> 01:15:49,144
disaster, we know exactly how

2370
01:15:49,144 --> 01:15:51,713
much we moved. Um, and so it'll

2371
01:15:51,713 --> 01:15:53,915
be real easy to say this is how

2372
01:15:53,915 --> 01:16:02,424
many how many cubic yards we've removed. And to talk

2373
01:16:02,424 --> 01:16:03,792
about that a little bit.

2374
01:16:03,792 --> 01:16:04,593
Um.

2375
01:16:04,593 --> 01:16:06,594
About the debris. You know, I

2376
01:16:06,594 --> 01:16:09,130
instructed our, our folks to,

2377
01:16:09,130 --> 01:16:12,267
uh, clear the brief from the

2378
01:16:12,267 --> 01:16:13,735
easement for which Saline

2379
01:16:13,735 --> 01:16:16,104
County has responsibility. Um,

2380
01:16:16,104 --> 01:16:18,606
our our procedure was if the

2381
01:16:18,606 --> 01:16:20,108
debris originated from the

2382
01:16:20,108 --> 01:16:21,576
right of way, we would remove

2383
01:16:21,576 --> 01:16:24,512
it. If the debris originated

2384
01:16:24,512 --> 01:16:26,114
from what we consider joint

2385
01:16:26,114 --> 01:16:29,150
ownership, which is a tree or

2386
01:16:29,150 --> 01:16:31,119
vegetation planted on the right

2387
01:16:31,119 --> 01:16:32,287
of way. That's that's joint

2388
01:16:32,287 --> 01:16:33,922
ownership between the property

2389
01:16:33,922 --> 01:16:35,323
owner and the counter. We would

2390
01:16:35,323 --> 01:16:37,425
remove that debris if the

2391
01:16:37,425 --> 01:16:39,294
debris originated from outside

2392
01:16:39,294 --> 01:16:40,628
of the right of way, which was

2393
01:16:40,628 --> 01:16:42,630
a tree planted on private

2394
01:16:42,630 --> 01:16:44,532
property, but fell into the

2395
01:16:44,532 --> 01:16:46,167
right of way, we would place

2396
01:16:46,167 --> 01:16:48,269
the debris back on the property

2397
01:16:48,269 --> 01:16:50,972
owners property, and then I

2398
01:16:50,972 --> 01:16:52,607
instructed them not to fix any

2399
01:16:52,607 --> 01:16:54,876
fence and not destroy any more

2400
01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:56,811
fence, putting it back on the

2401
01:16:56,811 --> 01:16:58,947
right of way. Also, uh, so that

2402
01:16:58,947 --> 01:17:02,350
was our, um, operands. That's

2403
01:17:02,350 --> 01:17:03,985
what the way we operated for

2404
01:17:03,985 --> 01:17:05,386
that. And we're still going,

2405
01:17:05,386 --> 01:17:06,688
uh, and talking with the road

2406
01:17:06,688 --> 01:17:08,256
superintendent this morning.

2407
01:17:08,256 --> 01:17:10,225
We're probably going to spend

2408
01:17:10,225 --> 01:17:12,327
the month of July, uh,

2409
01:17:12,327 --> 01:17:13,528
finishing up the tree and

2410
01:17:13,528 --> 01:17:17,565
debris removal. Uh, so this is

2411
01:17:17,565 --> 01:17:18,833
just where our rural operators

2412
01:17:18,833 --> 01:17:20,468
bladed in the last two months,

2413
01:17:20,468 --> 01:17:24,239
there was a 1767 miles. This

2414
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:26,775
picture here shows all the 82

2415
01:17:26,775 --> 01:17:28,877
locations that we hauled

2416
01:17:28,877 --> 01:17:31,246
aggregates to. Um, that

2417
01:17:31,246 --> 01:17:34,115
consisted of 1230 ton of SS

2418
01:17:34,115 --> 01:17:37,685
five road rock, 2720 ton of AB

2419
01:17:37,685 --> 01:17:41,856
three, 825 ton of SSH sand, and

2420
01:17:41,856 --> 01:17:47,529
1005 ton dirt. I think that's

2421
01:17:47,529 --> 01:17:48,563
it. That's the end of my

2422
01:17:48,563 --> 01:17:49,531
pictures. We do have some

2423
01:17:49,531 --> 01:17:54,736
plans. Uh, you know, with the FEMA declared disaster for

2424
01:17:54,736 --> 01:17:57,205
July 17th and 22nd of last

2425
01:17:57,205 --> 01:17:58,640
year. There's still some

2426
01:17:58,640 --> 01:17:59,807
paperwork to be done on the

2427
01:17:59,807 --> 01:18:01,609
flood recovery for those

2428
01:18:01,609 --> 01:18:04,212
disasters. Um, we're going to

2429
01:18:04,212 --> 01:18:05,847
continue our recovery efforts

2430
01:18:05,847 --> 01:18:06,915
from the flood and the high

2431
01:18:06,915 --> 01:18:08,817
winds that we've had the last

2432
01:18:08,817 --> 01:18:10,351
couple of months. Uh, we're

2433
01:18:10,351 --> 01:18:12,654
working on new specifications

2434
01:18:12,654 --> 01:18:13,988
for a new truck bar and our

2435
01:18:13,988 --> 01:18:16,591
pavement replacement. And also,

2436
01:18:16,591 --> 01:18:18,927
I would like to mention, um, we

2437
01:18:18,927 --> 01:18:22,597
applied for a CDBG grant, and

2438
01:18:22,597 --> 01:18:24,566
it's called, uh, Clean Air

2439
01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:27,268
Diesel. Uh, and I believe it

2440
01:18:27,268 --> 01:18:29,404
was March. The commission

2441
01:18:29,404 --> 01:18:30,839
approved a dump truck for

2442
01:18:30,839 --> 01:18:32,640
purchase. Well, the dump truck

2443
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:34,375
that we were replacing was old

2444
01:18:34,375 --> 01:18:36,110
enough that it did not have any

2445
01:18:36,110 --> 01:18:38,279
diesel emissions controls. And

2446
01:18:38,279 --> 01:18:39,948
Ccdc had a grant. Was that if

2447
01:18:39,948 --> 01:18:41,283
you replaced an older piece of

2448
01:18:41,283 --> 01:18:43,051
equipment with a newer piece of

2449
01:18:43,051 --> 01:18:45,320
equipment, they would pay for a

2450
01:18:45,320 --> 01:18:46,888
certain percentage of your new

2451
01:18:46,888 --> 01:18:48,923
vehicle. So we did receive that

2452
01:18:48,923 --> 01:18:51,626
grant. So we're going to now

2453
01:18:51,626 --> 01:18:53,361
it's we're in the re it's a

2454
01:18:53,361 --> 01:18:56,231
reimbursement grant. So we're

2455
01:18:56,231 --> 01:18:57,465
working on getting that

2456
01:18:57,465 --> 01:18:59,000
submitted. And then there'll be

2457
01:18:59,000 --> 01:18:59,668
paperwork for the

2458
01:18:59,668 --> 01:19:01,569
reimbursement. So of the 100 it

2459
01:19:01,569 --> 01:19:05,640
was $154,000 truck and and uh

2460
01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:08,776
Cades is going to give us a re

2461
01:19:08,776 --> 01:19:11,946
reimburse us $110,000. Wow. So

2462
01:19:11,946 --> 01:19:13,281
that money can be moved into

2463
01:19:13,281 --> 01:19:14,749
our equipment fund for next

2464
01:19:14,749 --> 01:19:15,617
year.

2465
01:19:15,617 --> 01:19:16,718
Well, congratulations.

2466
01:19:16,718 --> 01:19:17,752
Thank you.

2467
01:19:17,752 --> 01:19:19,654
And our budget usage is within

2468
01:19:19,654 --> 01:19:21,522
historical averages, which is

2469
01:19:21,522 --> 01:19:22,690
pretty low for right now. But

2470
01:19:22,690 --> 01:19:24,325
we haven't gotten into the

2471
01:19:24,325 --> 01:19:25,693
higher dollar items, which is

2472
01:19:25,693 --> 01:19:27,328
our asphalt overlays, chip

2473
01:19:27,328 --> 01:19:29,130
seals and things like that have

2474
01:19:29,130 --> 01:19:30,431
not come out of our budget yet,

2475
01:19:30,431 --> 01:19:34,736
but we're in pretty good shape.

2476
01:19:34,736 --> 01:19:36,170
I appreciate you applying for

2477
01:19:36,170 --> 01:19:37,705
grants. I know everybody's busy

2478
01:19:37,705 --> 01:19:40,275
and those take time and energy,

2479
01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:42,110
and yet you did it and you got

2480
01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:43,612
it. So good for you.

2481
01:19:43,612 --> 01:19:45,213
This is the third such grant we

2482
01:19:45,213 --> 01:19:46,848
have gotten that way. Uh, I

2483
01:19:46,848 --> 01:19:48,149
believe they paid for part of

2484
01:19:48,149 --> 01:19:50,318
an excavator one time and then

2485
01:19:50,318 --> 01:19:51,920
a tractor the other time. So.

2486
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:52,354
Excellent.

2487
01:19:52,354 --> 01:19:53,755
We keep an eye on those things.

2488
01:19:53,755 --> 01:19:55,323
Thank you. Thank you.

2489
01:19:55,323 --> 01:19:57,892
Any comments or questions? The

2490
01:19:57,892 --> 01:19:58,894
commission.

2491
01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:00,061
Thank you.

2492
01:20:00,061 --> 01:20:01,129
Okay. Thanks, Darren.

2493
01:20:01,129 --> 01:20:02,931
Be back.

2494
01:20:02,931 --> 01:20:04,799
Uh, informational item four.

2495
01:20:04,799 --> 01:20:06,434
No, three.

2496
01:20:06,434 --> 01:20:08,036
County administrator's update

2497
01:20:08,036 --> 01:20:09,271
with Matt Styles. Kenny.

2498
01:20:09,271 --> 01:20:10,905
I kind of I think in my head

2499
01:20:10,905 --> 01:20:12,407
you've talked enough, so I'm

2500
01:20:12,407 --> 01:20:14,075
just breezing right past you

2501
01:20:14,075 --> 01:20:15,176
again. But I'm not.

2502
01:20:15,176 --> 01:20:18,446
I can pass if you want. No, uh,

2503
01:20:18,446 --> 01:20:20,281
just just a handful of things.

2504
01:20:20,281 --> 01:20:22,951
Um, just the July 28th study

2505
01:20:22,951 --> 01:20:24,485
session. Uh, we're hoping to

2506
01:20:24,485 --> 01:20:25,920
have that over at the Salina

2507
01:20:25,920 --> 01:20:27,555
Family building, which will be

2508
01:20:27,555 --> 01:20:28,489
the new health department

2509
01:20:28,489 --> 01:20:30,591
building. I know that a couple

2510
01:20:30,591 --> 01:20:31,960
of us haven't been in there for

2511
01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:32,927
a while, and so I think it

2512
01:20:32,927 --> 01:20:33,628
would be good to have a

2513
01:20:33,628 --> 01:20:34,962
conversation within that. We'll

2514
01:20:34,962 --> 01:20:36,330
talk about facilities and we'll

2515
01:20:36,330 --> 01:20:37,966
extend to budget and then maybe

2516
01:20:37,966 --> 01:20:39,567
whatever else. And Annie is

2517
01:20:39,567 --> 01:20:40,802
hopefully going to be having.

2518
01:20:40,802 --> 01:20:41,436
Pizza.

2519
01:20:41,436 --> 01:20:42,537
brought in.

2520
01:20:42,537 --> 01:20:44,072
Although Norm's not going to.

2521
01:20:44,072 --> 01:20:44,739
provide it.

2522
01:20:44,739 --> 01:20:45,440
So I'll.

2523
01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:46,607
Have to I know where we can

2524
01:20:46,607 --> 01:20:46,774
get.

2525
01:20:46,774 --> 01:20:47,041
It though.

2526
01:20:47,041 --> 01:20:48,243
I'll have to find someone to

2527
01:20:48,243 --> 01:20:49,044
bring us pizza.

2528
01:20:49,044 --> 01:20:50,946
Fair enough. Uh, give you a

2529
01:20:50,946 --> 01:20:52,213
quick update on public private

2530
01:20:52,213 --> 01:20:53,647
partnerships. I mentioned it a

2531
01:20:53,647 --> 01:20:55,016
little bit in the budget

2532
01:20:55,016 --> 01:20:56,150
presentation, but we've been

2533
01:20:56,150 --> 01:20:57,685
talking a little bit about Expo

2534
01:20:57,685 --> 01:20:59,253
Center and some maybe some

2535
01:20:59,253 --> 01:21:01,122
opportunities there. Uh, we've

2536
01:21:01,122 --> 01:21:05,626
spoken with the Oakview Group

2537
01:21:05,626 --> 01:21:07,428
leadership about they run the

2538
01:21:07,428 --> 01:21:09,063
tea pack, and that might be an

2539
01:21:09,063 --> 01:21:10,932
option for us to consider as we

2540
01:21:10,932 --> 01:21:12,033
move forward with the, you

2541
01:21:12,033 --> 01:21:13,001
know, maybe having some kind of

2542
01:21:13,001 --> 01:21:15,003
agreement with them. I've also

2543
01:21:15,003 --> 01:21:17,805
met with J.R., I um, about, you

2544
01:21:17,805 --> 01:21:18,606
know, maybe a potential

2545
01:21:18,606 --> 01:21:19,841
partnership with them. They are

2546
01:21:19,841 --> 01:21:21,009
doing a lot of really

2547
01:21:21,009 --> 01:21:22,744
interesting, cool stuff with,

2548
01:21:22,744 --> 01:21:25,913
um, KW, kW, uh, with, uh,

2549
01:21:25,913 --> 01:21:27,282
restorative agriculture. And I

2550
01:21:27,282 --> 01:21:28,349
think they have a passion for

2551
01:21:28,349 --> 01:21:31,152
agricultural education. And so

2552
01:21:31,152 --> 01:21:32,687
there may be some natural kind

2553
01:21:32,687 --> 01:21:34,455
of natural kind of partnerships

2554
01:21:34,455 --> 01:21:35,523
there that may make some sense

2555
01:21:35,523 --> 01:21:37,358
for us there. Um, so, you know,

2556
01:21:37,358 --> 01:21:38,392
we're we're continuing to

2557
01:21:38,392 --> 01:21:39,761
pursue those partnerships. And

2558
01:21:39,761 --> 01:21:42,163
I think that helps, you know,

2559
01:21:42,163 --> 01:21:44,432
keep us within the within our

2560
01:21:44,432 --> 01:21:46,434
scope, but also to to provide

2561
01:21:46,434 --> 01:21:48,036
the services that we want to as

2562
01:21:48,036 --> 01:21:50,671
a county. Uh, we'll talk about

2563
01:21:50,671 --> 01:21:52,440
Isabel's onboarding. Isabel's

2564
01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:54,275
been out meeting with everybody

2565
01:21:54,275 --> 01:21:55,843
and getting their feet wet and

2566
01:21:55,843 --> 01:21:57,045
talking to everybody in the

2567
01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:59,247
county. Um, and building, uh,

2568
01:21:59,247 --> 01:22:00,815
quite the list of, of grant

2569
01:22:00,815 --> 01:22:02,750
opportunities. So I mentioned

2570
01:22:02,750 --> 01:22:03,718
some grant things. We're going

2571
01:22:03,718 --> 01:22:05,753
to be looking at those, uh, and

2572
01:22:05,753 --> 01:22:06,854
then we're, you know, getting

2573
01:22:06,854 --> 01:22:08,123
on board with some other, uh,

2574
01:22:08,123 --> 01:22:09,524
communication strategy stuff.

2575
01:22:09,524 --> 01:22:10,391
And then I would just mention

2576
01:22:10,391 --> 01:22:11,726
that we've got a new

2577
01:22:11,726 --> 01:22:12,760
administrative assistant, and

2578
01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:14,595
we're at the Arc. Jamie,

2579
01:22:14,595 --> 01:22:17,532
Marcum, she is taking over, uh,

2580
01:22:17,532 --> 01:22:19,066
this week, actually, today is

2581
01:22:19,066 --> 01:22:20,935
her second day, so work her

2582
01:22:20,935 --> 01:22:22,870
out. Get after she was here

2583
01:22:22,870 --> 01:22:25,106
earlier. Um, she's going to be

2584
01:22:25,106 --> 01:22:26,207
a great addition for us. And

2585
01:22:26,207 --> 01:22:27,909
Tanya, she went over to, uh,

2586
01:22:27,909 --> 01:22:29,243
senior services. So if you see

2587
01:22:29,243 --> 01:22:30,311
her over there, give her a hard

2588
01:22:30,311 --> 01:22:32,547
time. And that is everything I

2589
01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:33,681
have today, ma'am.

2590
01:22:33,681 --> 01:22:35,616
Thank you very much. And,

2591
01:22:35,616 --> 01:22:36,918
Isabel, welcome. And I look

2592
01:22:36,918 --> 01:22:38,486
forward to seeing the grants.

2593
01:22:38,486 --> 01:22:43,324
It'll be fun. Informational

2594
01:22:43,324 --> 01:22:45,126
item for commissioners.

2595
01:22:45,126 --> 01:22:48,396
Comments.

2596
01:22:48,396 --> 01:22:49,964
I just want to make sure

2597
01:22:49,964 --> 01:22:51,432
everybody knows that we are

2598
01:22:51,432 --> 01:22:54,035
meeting on the October or.

2599
01:22:54,035 --> 01:22:55,637
Gosh, oh.

2600
01:22:55,637 --> 01:22:57,238
I have not had enough time

2601
01:22:57,238 --> 01:23:00,174
today. Um, I'll change that to

2602
01:23:00,174 --> 01:23:02,510
July 28th for all those

2603
01:23:02,510 --> 01:23:04,946
discussions at the Family

2604
01:23:04,946 --> 01:23:06,714
Health Center. Um, you know,

2605
01:23:06,714 --> 01:23:07,849
it's a it's going to be our

2606
01:23:07,849 --> 01:23:09,417
building soon for our public

2607
01:23:09,417 --> 01:23:10,485
health. So it's going to be

2608
01:23:10,485 --> 01:23:12,453
great. And, um, I look forward

2609
01:23:12,453 --> 01:23:14,255
to I've been in there, but look

2610
01:23:14,255 --> 01:23:15,456
forward to seeing it again. But

2611
01:23:15,456 --> 01:23:17,725
also then discussion on budget

2612
01:23:17,725 --> 01:23:20,161
and facilities, which I know

2613
01:23:20,161 --> 01:23:21,596
there's a lot of anticipation

2614
01:23:21,596 --> 01:23:23,731
around all those. So that'll be

2615
01:23:23,731 --> 01:23:24,932
a public meeting. All are

2616
01:23:24,932 --> 01:23:28,769
welcome to attend. What about

2617
01:23:28,769 --> 01:23:29,537
you?

2618
01:23:29,537 --> 01:23:31,806
I'll mention that I did spend a

2619
01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:35,243
morning with, uh, Darren and a

2620
01:23:35,243 --> 01:23:36,677
private individual out in the

2621
01:23:36,677 --> 01:23:39,614
county who had some concerns on

2622
01:23:39,614 --> 01:23:40,948
different procedures that were

2623
01:23:40,948 --> 01:23:42,917
going on, and and it was

2624
01:23:42,917 --> 01:23:44,986
enlightening. And it was

2625
01:23:44,986 --> 01:23:47,989
productive. And, uh, and I

2626
01:23:47,989 --> 01:23:51,192
think, uh, I think some changes

2627
01:23:51,192 --> 01:23:58,332
will be made internally and, uh, so there were some, validity to some of the

2628
01:23:58,332 --> 01:24:01,402
concerns and, and uh, Darren

2629
01:24:01,402 --> 01:24:02,970
Fish was quite receptive to

2630
01:24:02,970 --> 01:24:03,170
that.

2631
01:24:03,170 --> 01:24:03,438
So.

2632
01:24:03,438 --> 01:24:04,605
Great. Well, thank you for

2633
01:24:04,605 --> 01:24:08,609
doing that. Thank you. Anybody

2634
01:24:08,609 --> 01:24:17,819
else. Okay. Any announcements.

2635
01:24:17,819 --> 01:24:20,455
I'll make a motion. We adjourn.

2636
01:24:20,455 --> 01:24:21,222
Second.

2637
01:24:21,222 --> 01:24:22,190
It's been moved. And second,

2638
01:24:22,190 --> 01:24:23,758
and we adjourn. All in favor

2639
01:24:23,758 --> 01:24:24,192
say aye.

2640
01:24:24,192 --> 01:24:25,059
aye aye.

2641
01:24:25,059 --> 01:24:27,328
All opposed. Same sign. We

2642
01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:34,001
adjourned. Thank you very much.