BOARD OF McPHERSON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
FEBRUARY 24, 2004
REGULAR MEETING
10:00 A.M.
ALL PRESENT
Commissioner
Schroeder made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
No
one spoke during public input session.
Commissioner
Patrick made a motion to approve the minutes of February 10 & 17, 2004 as
presented. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded. All voted aye.
Ty
Kaufman, County Attorney, joined the meeting at 10:03 a.m. and requested 10
minutes, from 10:05 to 10:15 a.m., in executive session to discuss non–elected
personnel in the County Attorney’s Office.
He also requested that Mr. Witte be included. Commissioner Schroeder made a motion to go into executive session
as requested. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye. The Commissioners returned to open session
at 10:15 a.m. No action was taken
during executive session. Mr. Kaufman
requested to hire a temporary secretary to begin March 8, 2004, to fill in for
the regular secretary until she is able to return to work. Commissioner Schroeder made a motion to
approve the request. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner
Patrick made a motion to approve the checks and claims. Commissioner Schroeder seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner
Schroeder made a motion to approve the adds and abates register of February 20,
2004. Commissioner Patrick
seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner
Patrick made a motion to have the Chairman sign the MCKIDS contracts. Commissioner Schroeder seconded. All voted aye.
After brief discussion, Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to approve Resolution 04-03, “A Resolution Authorizing the Offering for
Sale of General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2004, of McPherson County,
Kansas”. This is for the refunding of
bonds for the McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility. Commissioner Schroeder seconded.
Chairman Terry voted aye.
Commissioner Schroeder voted aye. Commissioner Patrick voted aye.
Dave Bohnenblust, Public Works Director, joined the
meeting at 10:35 a.m. with the following agenda items:
A. Request to
award the bid for an 84” Doubledrum Vibratory Asphalt Compactor to replace an
existing compactor, Mr. Bohnenblust recommended the bid from Victor L. Phillips
for a used 2002 Ingersol Rand compactor (with a 6 month warranty) for $86,500,
with trade. Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to approve the purchase from Victor L. Phillips as recommended by Mr.
Bohnenblust. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded.
All
voted aye.
B. Request to
award bids for one ½ ton 4x4 pickup, and two ¾ ton 4x4 pickups. Bids were received from 4 vendors and Mr.
Bohnenblust recommended accepting bids from the following vendors who submitted
the low bids: from Wallace Chevrolet of
McPherson, 2004 CK15753 ½ ton 4x4 extended cab pickup for $20,586 with trade; from Lacy Motors of McPherson, a 2004 F-250
¾ ton pickup for $22,426 without trade;
from Midway Motors a 2004 Sierra ¾ ton 4x4 pickup for $21,552.00 with
trade. Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to approve the purchase of three pickups from the low bidders, as
recommended by Mr. Bohnenblust. Commissioner
Schroeder seconded. All voted aye.
C. Request to contract to crush asphalt and
concrete stockpiled by the County. Bids
were received from two vendors, Mr. Bohnenblust recommended accepting the bid
from Heartstone, Inc. of Wichita, KS at an approximate cost of $61,000 based on
16,800 tons of asphalt and concrete to be crushed. The crushed asphalt and concrete could be used as gravel material
costing about half what quarry gravel would cost, in addition, the concrete
would become a usable product instead of filling the landfill with a waste
product. Commissioner Schroeder made a
motion to approve the recommendation to contract with Heartstone, Inc. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
At
11:25 a.m. the Commissioners recessed and reconvened at 1:00 p.m. for a work
session. No action was taken during the
work session. At 2:45 p.m. the
Commissioners recessed and reconvened at 9:00 a.m. on February 26th
for the American Legion/County Government Day at the Courthouse. No action was taken during County Government
Day. At 1:00 p.m. the Commissioners
recessed and reconvened at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, February 27th at the
Holiday Manor Convention Center in McPherson for the Annual Township
Meeting. There was no action taken by
the Commissioners during the Township Meeting.
At 2:30 p.m. Commissioner Schroeder made a motion to adjourn. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
Commission
Minutes taken by Irene R. Goering.
Harris G. Terry, Chairman
Don L. Schroeder,
Vice-Chairman
Duane J. Patrick,
Commissioner
Attest: County Clerk
Susan R. Meng