BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Monday, August 8, 2005
CALL TO ORDER
Commission Chairman Mike Wheeler called the Butler County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were Commissioner Randy Doll, Commissioner Randy Waldorf, Commissioner Dan Woydziak, Administrator Will Johnson Jr., and Clerk Recorder Tammy Bridges. Commissioner Will Carpenter arrived at 9:05 a.m.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Waldorf motioned to approve the minutes of the
Butler County Commission Meetings of Monday, August 1, 2005 as written and
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 as amended.
Commissioner Woydziak seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. Commissioner
Doll abstained since he was not present at the meeting on August 2, 2005.
ITEM #1 – PRESENT JENNIFER DEERE AND
SAMANTHA BYERS, EMS, WITH THE SPOTLIGHT AWARD AND GIFT CERTIFICATES
Will Johnson, Administrator, came before the Board to present Spotlight Awards to Jennifer Deere and Samantha Byers, both of the EMS Department. Grant Helferich, EMS Director, nominated Jennifer and Samantha after receiving a letter from Sharon J. Bentz. Ms. Bentz commented that these two young ladies were very professional and reassuring as they transported her from Dr. Stephan Lemon’s office to St. Joseph Hospital in April.
Commissioner Wheeler presented Jennifer Deere and Samantha Byers, EMS, with the Spotlight Award along with a gift certificate.
ITEM #2 – CONSIDER ALLOWING THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT TO SEEK BIDS FOR ELEVEN (11) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES
Craig Murphy, Sheriff, came before the Board for approval to seek bids
for 11 vehicles to be used as patrol vehicles.
The Sheriff’s Department has a fleet of 45 vehicles, which includes
staff cars, detective cars, and road control cars. As a general rule, the Sheriff’s Department attempts to replace
as many vehicles as needed yearly. In
an attempt to get away from purchasing used vehicles, the Sheriff’s Department
would like to purchase 12 new cars each year and go to a 4-year rotation. In January of 2005, we purchased vehicles
with money encumbered from 2004. The
Sheriff budgeted $312,944 in Capital Outlay for 2005. As of July 25, 2005, the Capital Outlay line shows $266,931
remaining. To purchase 11 vehicles and
transfer equipment, the cost would be approximately $245,850. The 11 vehicles would bring the total
purchase for 2005 to 12, including the Ford F-150 purchased in July.
Commissioner Woydziak motioned to approve the Sheriff’s Department to
seek bids for 11 replacement vehicles.
Commissioner Doll seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #3 – CONSIDER APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FY2006 KDOC BUDGETS
Chuck McGuire, Community Corrections, came before the Board for approval
of Community Corrections FY2006 KDOC Budgets.
This process is an accounting of the total amount of reimbursed offender
fees collected and available to the Community Corrections Department and how
they are anticipated to be expended in FY2006.
Commissioner Waldorf motioned to approve the 13th Judicial
District FY2006 KDOC Reimbursed Carryover Budget Plan and authorize the Chair
to sign for submission to KDOC.
Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #4 – REVIEW AND APPROVE THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY OJJDP (OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE DELINQUENCY PREVENTION) NOTIFICATION OF GRANT AWARD TO 13TH DISTRICT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS
Chuck McGuire, Community Corrections, came before the Board for approval
of Acceptance of JJA Juvenile Accountability Block Grant. The Board approved the request for this
grant on June 7, 2005. It will pay for
juvenile offender drug testing supplies and four desktop computer stations for
juvenile supervision officers. The
total amount of this grant is $5,815, of which $2,657 will be used for onsite
drug testing supplies. The Community
Corrections cash match for this grant is $582.
Commissioner Woydziak motioned to approve the FY2004 Juvenile
Accountability Block Grant Award to 13th District Community
Corrections in the amount of $5,815 and allow the chair to sign. Commissioner Waldorf seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #5 – CONSIDER AN ORDER TO GATE A PORTION OF CAVALCADE LANE IN BRIDLEWOOD ADDITION
Darryl Lutz, P.E., Director of Public Works, came before the Board for
approval of an order to place a gate across Cavalcade Lane in Bridlewood
Addition. Butler County owns most of
the lots in Bridlewood Addition as a result of a FEMA Mitigation project to
remove homes from the floodplain. The
vacant lots owned by Butler County have since been leased to local property
owners. Ed and Charlotte Bass own one
of the remaining houses in Bridlewood Addition which is on Lot 10 at the west
end of Cavalcade Lane. The section of
Cavalcade Lane beyond Cavalcade Circle provides access to only the Bass property.
The Bass’ additionally lease and otherwise control all the surrounding lots to
their property. Due to security
concerns and a desire to reduce trespassing, dumping, and loitering, the Bass’
have requested permission to place a security gate across Cavalcade Land at a
location just west of Cavalcade Circle.
Commissioner Carpenter motioned to Table an Order to gate West Cavalcade
Lane immediately west of South Cavalcade Circle in Bridlewood Addition as
requested by Mr. & Mrs. Ed Bass (Oral E. and Charlotte S. Bass) until we
receive a letter regarding fire service from Fire Chief Shaver in Andover. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #6 – WORK SESSION – DISCUSS CLEARING WORK AT THE SITE OF THE BAKER HOUSE ON LANDFILL PROPERTY
Darryl Lutz, P.E., Director of Public Works, came before the Board to
discuss the clearing and removal of the Baker house at the landfill. The Butler County Landfill is situated
partially on property formerly owned by Clyde Baker. Mr. Baker had a life estate to live in the house until he moved
off the premises or until he passed away.
Mr. Baker passed away in 2004 and Butler County now has full control of
the house. Landfill staff is in the
process of cleaning up the property and removing old buildings. The house is a 1920 era wood frame bungalow
type house and is in poor condition.
Recently, Paul Hull, Jr., the son of the neighboring property owner to
the East contacted the County Engineer.
He is interested in purchasing the house and wants to move it off of the
property. Legal Counsel has advised
that since the house has no value to the County, that we can give the house
away for a token amount.
It was the consensus of the Board to direct the Director of Public Works
to put an ad in the newspaper for request for proposals for the former Clyde
Baker house sitting on landfill property with stipulations including a time
line, deposit, and liability insurance.
Commissioner Woydziak inquired of Darryl Lutz about the 170th
Street project in Rose Hill. Mr.
Woydziak stated that the storm sewer pipe was installed incorrectly and asked
if there was a resolution to the problem.
Mr. Lutz stated that he would follow-up with the contact on this project
from Ritchie Construction.
RECESS
Commissioner Wheeler recessed the Board at 10:00 a.m. for 5 minutes.
Commissioner Wheeler reconvened the Board at 10:05 a.m.
ITEM #7 – WORK SESSION – CODES COURT
John Kirk, Intern, came before the Board with information on Codes
Court. The Board discussed Codes Court,
which is a division of District Court.
Codes Court enforces issues such as county resolutions, noise
ordinances, sanitary codes, abandoned vehicles, and animal control.
Harold Cooper came before the Board and stated that the Codes Court is an
issue of the legislature giving us permission to have a codes court. Mr. Cooper doesn’t think it will be very
popular with constituents and doesn’t like the idea of setting up a system to
take money from the citizens to pay for it.
Mr. Cooper stated that he is not in favor of Codes Court.
ITEM #8 – WORK SESSION – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Will Johnson, Administrator, and the Board discussed Economic Development
and how to proceed with developing Butler County. The Board discussed meeting with the Economic Development Board
on August 25 to discuss the parameters of the budget and how other counties
handle this issue.
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
Commissioner Carpenter motioned to approve the vouchers for August 8, 2005 in the amount of $173,403.42. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Carpenter
inquired about the truck traffic on Haverhill Road and asked if signs could be
put up to restrict truck traffic.
Darryl Lutz, Director of Public Works, stated that he has received
information from Cowley County, Sumner County, and Sedgwick County regarding
developing regulations.
Administrator Johnson
stated that the County Attorney is ready to move forward with the HTE software.
Commissioner Carpenter
stated that Schneider Grain is interested in buying more railroad right-of-way
property in Augusta.
Commissioner Doll asked
Administrator Johnson to talk with Rod Compton, Director of Planning &
Development, regarding the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) violation on the
Williams Farms’ property East of Leon.
Commissioner Doll stated
that a land owner in the City of Andover, Jack Brouhard, inquired about who can
clean up the trees and limbs from the ice damage by the old high school
football field.
Commissioner Waldorf
stated that he would be representing the Board on Friday, August 12, 2005 at
the National Guard tour in Augusta.
Commissioner Woydziak
inquired about the new computers. Scott
Stoskopf, Computer Services Director, said that we have received eight
computers. Mr. Stoskopf also said that
all of them had to be rebuilt because they didn’t meet the specs.
Commissioner Wheeler
stated that he received an invitation from Raimund Grube, PPM Energy, for the
Board to take a trip to the wind farm site for a tour at 4:00 p.m. on August
23, 2005. The invitation also includes
dinner at the Beaumont Hotel at 6:00 p.m.
Commissioner Doll stated that he would not be attending.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Woydziak motioned to adjourn the meeting of the Board at 11:40 a.m. Commissioner Waldorf seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.