BUTLER
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Tuesday, June 4, 2002
Commission Chairman Randy Doll called the Butler County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were Commissioner Bill Shriver; Commissioner Will Carpenter; County Administrator, Will Johnson Jr., and County Clerk Deputy, Barbara Day.
Commissioner Doll made a motion to approve Abates dated 6/4/02 in the amount of $1,054.86. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Darryl Whitney, President of South Central Health Center came before the Commission.
Mr. Whitney introduced Kent Taylor as the new director of the South Central Health Center. Mr. Whitney asked the Commissioners if they would like any changes in the
manner in which reports have come to them in the past.
Commissioners advised that the present system is acceptable, and that they would
like to visit the Health Center and look at Mr. Taylor’s objectives and goals for the Center.
Mr. Bailey stated that he had put together folders for all the cities with information on
the Wholesale Water District. Mr. Bailey advised that there is a wide variety of need and issues to be addressed. Mr. Bailey recommends contracting with Hugo Wall Center as the mediator for this issue. Mr. Bailey also stated that the contractual amount would be just their cost approx. $1,500 to $2000. Mr. Bailey also advised if an appraisal were to be done the amount for this issue would be approximately $12,500, if no protest was filed. If a petition were filed then the cost would increase accordingly.
Commission advised Mr. Bailey to go ahead and contact a mediator and set-up a work session with Commissioners and the mediator hired.
Riley Walters, Director of Butler County Noxious Weed Department presented the annual management plan for the Noxious Weed Department for submission to Kansas Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Riley advised the Commission that the Noxious Weed Law require the Noxious Weed Department to submit a management plan each year. Mr. Riley further recommended that the Commission approves the 2002 Annual Noxious Weed Management plan, and allow the Chairman to sign.
Commissioner Carpenter made a motion to approve the 2002 Annual Noxious Weed Management plan. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
Ann Carpenter, Juvenile Justice Services Administrator came before the Commission for approval of the addendum contract with Reno County Youth Services. This addendum will provide detention services for Butler County & JJA placement youth.
Ms. Carpenter advised the Commission that the current contract states that Butler County
will pay all detention costs and when the facility receives the check from JJA, they reimburse the county the amount paid by JJA. This causes an inaccurate picture of the actual expenses for county paid detention. The addendum changes the agency being billed for JJA custody youth to be directly billed to Community Corrections Case Management, the agency responsible for JJA billings.
Ms. Carpenter also advised the Commission that the county is still responsible for the $5 difference (per day) in cost between JJA & county, and medical expenses incurred by juveniles placed by the county. This will not be changed.
Ms. Carpenter further stated that this addendum allowed the JJA to more accurately track the status of the detention line item and will no longer pay detention expenses which are the State JJA (Case Management) responsibility.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to approve the Addendum to Reno County for a Detention contract for Juvenile housing. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion was passed 2-0, Commissioner Carpenter abstained.
Ann Carpenter, Juvenile Justices Services Administrator came before the Commission
for review and approval of Block Grant budgets for SFY 03 –JJA funding.
Ms. Carpenter advised the Commission that the Joint Corrections advisory Board has approved recommendations for funding the attached programs with the state allocation for Graduated Sanctions and Prevention programs. Narrative portions were submitted and approved by the Commissioners on May 14, 2002 for these programs.
Total Graduated Sanctions allocation is $312,266.00, which breaks out as follows:
Juvenile Intake & Assessment $ 56,083.00
Juvenile Intensive Supervision $119,764.58
Case Management $136,418.42
This allocation was cut by $5,048.00 for purchase of services, of which we have applied for alternative funding.
Total Prevention allocation is $133,058.00, which breaks out as follows:
JCAB Administration $ 14,984.00
MidCap Early Intervention $ 86,576.00
Tri-County CASA, Inc. $ 31,498.00
This allocation was cut by $3,139.00, which was distributed evenly among the programs.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to approve Block Grant budgets for SFY 03-JJA funding. Commissioner Doll seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-0, Commissioner Carpenter abstained.
LANDFILL
GAS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT EXECUTION
Administrator Johnson asked for this agenda item to be tabled
Commissioner Doll made a motion to table the contract with Earth Solutions. Commissioner Shriver seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
OTHER
OHIO
STREET AND 70TH ST
Administrator Johnson asked the Commissioners for approval of a reduced amount for the Ohio Street and 70th Street intersection from $71,000 to $59,000.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to approve the reduced agreement from $71,000 to $59,000. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
RECESS
Commissioner Doll called a recess at 9:48 a.m.
RECONVENE
Commissioner Doll called the commission meeting back to order at 10:00 a.m.
DELIQUENT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Commissioner Shriver wanted to clarify the procedure for collecting back taxes for personal property owed to the County.
County Clerk Ron Roberts advised that the County Treasure Neal Parrish was out of the office in meetings today.
Commissioners requested that this issue be placed on the agenda with County Treasurer Neal Parrish to explain the exact procedure he will set in place for the collection of these back personal property taxes.
EMS
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Tom Murray with ICI Insurance Co. came before the Commissioners to address Insurance coverage for Emergency Medical Services.
Mr. Murray advised the Commission that St Paul Insurance would no longer offer any coverage for the medical field. The County is presently covered through EMCASCO.
EMASCO premium is $16,385.00 for $500,000/$500,000 coverage.
EMCASCO will not cover any pre-existing conditions so tail-coverage has been purchased through St. Paul Insurance Company for up to 2years. The amount of this purchase is $18,306.00 for $500,000.00/$1,000,000.00 coverage.
Mr. Murray advised the Commission that he is waiting to hear from Continental Western Insurance Co. for a second quote. Mr. Murray hopes to hear from them today, but advises the Commission that the Insurance Claims are backlogged and are addressed in date order.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion to purchase the Tail Coverage from St. Paul in the amount of $18,306.00.
Commissioner Shriver made a motion that if an acceptable bid was not received from Continental Insurance Company, to purchase medial professional liability insurance from EMCASCO $500,000/$500,000 in the amount of $16,385.00. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.
ADJOURNMENT
Commissioner Doll made a motion to adjourn the Butler County Commission Meeting and go into Public Building Commission Meeting. Commissioner Carpenter seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.