BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Monday, January 31, 2005
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 was absent.
ITEM #1 – WORK
SESSION – DISCUSSION ON SENATE BILL 93
Will Johnson,
Administrator, came before the Board with discussion on Senate Bill 93, introduced
by the Committee on Utilities. This
Bill is an amendment to K.S.A. 17-618 concerning eminent domain relating to
wind energy development projects.
Will Johnson, Administrator, came before the Board with discussion regarding the Commission Retreat. Items of discussion include long and short term strategic planning, effective board relationships, and roles between the Administrator and the Commissioners. It was decided that the meeting would be held at Terradyne County Club in Andover on March 14, 2005.
ITEM #3 – WORK SESSION – DISCUSSION ON DEPARTMENT HEAD
STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT
Will Johnson, Administrator, came before the Board with discussion on the Department Head Strategic Planning Retreat. Prairie Rose was discussed as the site of this retreat and the date is to be determined.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Doll motioned to approve the minutes of the Butler County Commission Meetings of Monday, January 24, 2005 and Tuesday, January 25, 2005 as written. Commissioner Woydziak seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
Commissioner Waldorf motioned to approve the vouchers for January 31, 2005 in the amount of $276,657.78. Commissioner Woydziak seconded the motion. Motion carried
4-0.
OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS
Commissioner Waldorf stated that he and Commissioner Woydziak attended the KAC training conference. Both Commissioners stated they learned a lot and it was beneficial to network and mingle with other commissioners.
Commissioner Woydziak commended Darryl Lutz and the Department of Public Works on the excellent job they did in cleaning the roads during the recent snowstorm.
Commissioner Wheeler stated that there is a Joint Board Meeting with the Butler Community College on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.
Administrator Johnson stated that there was an error on the resolution numbers. Two resolutions were labeled 05-02. One was the Allocation of SenIor Center Facility Improvement Projects and the other was a Proclamation of a State of Local Disaster Emergency for Butler County. He stated that he would like to modify the resolution number for the Senior Center Facility Improvement projects from 05-02 to 05-04.
Commissioner Woydziak motioned to modify the resolution number for the Senior Center Facility Improvement projects from Resolution No. 05-02 to 05-04. Commissioner Waldorf seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.
RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION
Commissioner Doll motioned to recess the Board to Executive Session at 10:10 a.m. for 30 minutes to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel. Commissioner Waldorf seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0. Those in attendance were Commissioners Doll, Waldorf, Wheeler, Woydziak, and Administrator Johnson.
RECONVENE
Commissioner Wheeler reconvened the Board meeting at 10:40 a.m.
Administrator Will Johnson came before the Board with information on the letter of credit and escrow account for decommissioning the Elk River Wind Farm.
RECESS
Commissioner Wheeler recessed the Board at 11:15 a.m. for 5 minutes.
RECONVENE
Commissioner Wheeler reconvened the Board at 11:20 a.m.
Discussion continued regarding the letter of credit and escrow account for decommissioning the Elk River Wind Farm.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Wheeler motioned to adjourn the meeting of the Board at 11:45 a.m. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0.