BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Monday, July 10, 2006
CALL TO ORDER LATE START DUE TO REAP MEETING
Commission Chairman Dan Woydziak called the Butler County Board of Commissioners to order at 10:00 a.m. Present were Commissioner Randy Doll, Commissioner Randy Waldorf, Commissioner Mike Wheeler, Administrator Will Johnson, Jr., and Clerk Recorder Tammy Bridges. Commissioner Will Carpenter arrived at 10:09 a.m.
Commissioner Doll motioned to approve the minutes of
the Butler County Commission Meeting of Monday, July 3, 2006 as written. Commissioner Woydziak seconded the
motion. Motion carried 3-0. Commissioner Waldorf abstained since he was
not present at that meeting.
ITEM #1
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE FY07 AREA PLAN, PRESENTED BY CENTRAL PLAINS AREA
AGENCY ON AGING (CPAAA), AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR OF THE SEDGWICK COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS TO SIGN
Connie Rausch, Department on Aging, came before the Board for approval of the FY07 area plan, presented by Annette Graham, Executive Director of CPAAA. The Kansas Department on Aging requires that each Area Agency on Aging provide to them an Area Plan for each funding year.
Commissioner Waldorf motioned to approve the FY07 area
plan, and authorize the Chair of the Sedgwick County Board of Commission to
sign. Commissioner Doll seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #2 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AN
AGREEMENT FOR SIGNALIZING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CROSSING AT NW 150TH
STREET LOCATED SOUTH OF ELBING
Darryl Lutz, P.E., Director of Public Works, came before the Board for approval of an agreement for signalizing the Union Pacific railroad crossing at NW 150th St. located south of Elbing. Staff conducted a field review of this location with KDOT and the Union Pacific Railroad, and KDOT has approved project funding. The cost of this work will be paid 100% with KDOT federal funds.
Commissioner Waldorf motioned
to approve the agreement between Butler County, KDOT, and the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for installing automatic gates and signals at the crossing of
the Union Pacific Railroad and NW 150th St. known as Proj. No. 8
X-2515-01 and authorize the Chair to sign.
Commissioner Doll seconded the motion.
Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #3 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A
CONTRACT WITH LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA FOR THE NW 34TH STREET
SUBDIVISION ROAD-PAVING PROJECT IN WEST RIVER SECOND ADDITION
Darryl Lutz, P.E., Director of Public Works, came before the Board for approval of a contract with LaFarge North America for the NW 34th St. subdivision road-paving project in West River Second Addition. Bids were received and opened by the Board on June 19, and the project was awarded to LaFarge on June 20. The cost of this project will be paid for 100% by the benefit district.
Commissioner Carpenter motioned
to approve the contract for Project No. BC-NW34TH-06, the paving of NW 34th
St. in West River 2nd Addition with LaFarge North America, Inc.,
Wichita, KS in the amount of $93,110.05 and authorize the Chair to sign. Commissioner Wheeler seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5-0.
ITEM #4 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF A
CONTRACT WITH LMK CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION FOR CULVERT LETTING NO. 61 FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF 11 REINFORCED CONCRETE BOXES THROUGHOUT BUTLER COUNTY
Darryl Lutz, P.E., Director of Public Works, came before the Board for approval of a contract with LMK Concrete Construction for Culvert Letting No. 61 for the construction of 11 reinforced concrete boxes throughout Butler County. All work is budgeted for in the 2006 Bridge Building Budget.
Commissioner Doll motioned to
approve the contracts for Culvert Letting No. 61, Bridges 1 through 11, for the
construction of reinforced concrete boxes throughout Butler County with LMK
Concrete Construction, Lindsborg, KS in the amount of $267,464.00 and authorize
the Chair to sign. Commissioner Waldorf
seconded the motion. Motion carried
5-0.
ITEM #5 CONSIDER APPROVAL OF
PLEDGE FOR FAIR FARES FUNDING
Will Johnson, Administrator, came before the Board for approval of an annual pledge over five years in the amount of $2,500 for the Fair Fares funding campaign sponsored by REAP. These funds will be utilized to support and reduce affordable air price programs already in place.
Commissioner Carpenter motioned
to approve funding in the amount of $2,500 annually over five years to REAP for
Butler Countys participation in the fair fares program with the funding coming
from the Economic Development portion of the wind farm money. Commissioner Woydziak seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.
APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS
Commissioner Wheeler motioned
to approve the vouchers dated July 10, 2006 in the amount of $315,880.71. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the
motion. Motion carried 5-0.
APPROVAL OF ADDS AND ABATES
Commissioner Carpenter motioned
to approve Adds & Abates #2267 dated July 10, 2006. Adds in the amount of $0.00 and Abates in
the amount of $9,353.56. Commissioner
Waldorf seconded the motion. Motion
carried 5-0.
OTHER ITEMS OF
BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Commissioner Wheeler and
the Board discussed the Pandemic Influenza Tabletop exercise some of the
commissioners would be attending at the 4-H building tomorrow.
Commissioner Waldorf
stated that he would be attending a meeting in Augusta on Thursday to
reorganize Augusta Progress, Inc.
Commissioner Doll met
with the Andover Historical Society and David Alfaro, Economic Development
Director, regarding the railroad property in Augusta and Andover. Administrator Johnson said we could explore
offering the property within the city limits to the cities or abandon it. Commissioner Waldorf suggested finding out
if we could abandon some of the property without abandoning all of it.
Commissioner Woydziak
talked about coming up with standardized fees for maps.
Ruth Fechter, Treasurer,
and Elysa Lovelady, Appraiser, came before the Board regarding the procedures
of abating back taxes. Commissioner
Waldorf said he was concerned about the overall procedure and wants to protect
all of the parties involved.
Commissioner Waldorf asked the Appraiser and Treasurer to discuss
procedures with other counties and report back to the Board.
RECESS
Commissioner Woydziak recessed the Board meeting at 11:25 a.m.
RECONVENE
Commissioner Woydziak reconvened the Board meeting at 11:30 a.m.
ITEM #6 WORK SESSION 2007 BUTLER COUNTY BUDGET
Administrator Johnson and the Board discussed the 2007 Butler County Budget.
Jon Walker, Heartland Towing, Inc., came before the Board to ask about the rotation criteria for towing services responding to 9-1-1 emergency calls; putting in a fireworks stand at Towanda Rd. and Haverhill Rd.; and asked who is responsible for putting gravel on the road at his property located at Northcrest and 4th Street.
The Board continued discussing the 2007 Budget.
Will Johnson, Administrator, Chris Davis, 9-1-1, Scott Stoskopf and Dan McCoy, Computer Services, went to Kearney, Nebraska to discuss the HTE program. Administrator Johnson said it was a good learning experience.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Doll motioned to
adjourn the meeting of the Board at 12:40 p.m.
Commissioner Waldorf seconded the motion. Motion carried 5-0.