These are the minutes for October 2011, as approved by the Bourbon County Commission.
October 3, 2011
October 7, 2011
October 10, 2011 Holiday-No meeting
October 14, 2011
October 17, 2011
October 21, 2011  No meeting-17 County Mtg.
October 24, 2011
October 28, 2011
October 31, 2011
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October 3, 2011    Monday       9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present.  Minutes of the previous meeting were read and corrected.
 
Mark Shead, Larry Porter, Susan Porter, Fred Judy, Darrell Parker and Gene Cowan were present.
 
Ron Center spoke with commissioners about the landfill.  He’s compiled a report of the user who is concerned that his bills have been so much more this year.  He said that they’ve had over 100 more loads compared to this time last year and that’s why they’ve paid more.
 
Harold Coleman said the Hammond Community Center is requesting $200 for funding to get them through the end of the year.  After discussion, Harold Coleman made a motion to allot $200 of Parks & Recreation money to the Hammond Community Center.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Marty Pearson gave a road report.  He also discussed a dump site.
 
Allen Warren made a motion to close Bridge 5-S.9, located on 50th St., approximately 1/8 mile north of Grand Road, until a replacement can be set, hopefully in the next year.  Jingles Endicott seconded the motion and all voted in favor. 
 
Susan Porter asked commissioners if they’ve heard from the auditor.  They have not.  His schedule was busy before he was asked to look into the payment plan.  According to Terri Johnson, the attorney general’s office is waiting to hear the report from Terry Sercer.  Jingles indicated that he would call Terry Sercer this week and have some information by Friday.  Mr. Endicott also stated that the County is working towards the tax sale and has hired an attorney.  It was asked if the 2008 taxes would be included in this sale.  Commissioners said no, just 2007 and prior.  There was discussion of the contracts and that some are unsigned.  That doesn’t negate their owning taxes by law.  Would keeping name out of the paper keep a property from selling?  Commissioners don’t know the answer to that--Dan Meara would know more about the tax laws.
 
Curtis O’Dell met with commissioners to speak about vicious dogs in his area.  He lives on Jewell Road and has a neighbor with pit bulls he says have been menacing himself and others in the neighborhood and he hasn’t been able to get any help from the sheriff’s department, though he’s contacted them at least five times.  He was told that there’s no County leash law and there was nothing the Sheriff could do.  However, he’s received a copy of a resolution the County has on vicious dogs and the prohibition of pit bulls in Bourbon County.  Harold Coleman said that the problem is that the dogs are not positively identifiable by sight and it’s difficult to get a veterinarian to label one as a pit bull.  Mr. Coleman said that his best bet is to document the aggressiveness of the dog, with times, dates and specific people that have been chased, bitten, whatever.  Only with documentation will the sheriff’s department be able to act.     
 
Allen Warren made a motion to approve a lease agreement with George Family Trust, Gale and Kathy George, Trustees, and Darryl and Laura George, to lease a rock quarry at 55th Street and 54 Hwy.  Legal location of quarry is SW ¼ of SW ¼ Section 9, Township 25, Range 22.  Jingles Endicott seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Terri Johnson and Tom McNeil met with commissioners.  Commissioners asked Terri if she heard back from Dan Meara on the tax issue with Mr. Isaacson from last Friday, as to whether he can pay 2006 and 2007 taxes to remain off the tax sale.  She has not heard back.  She has asked Susan Quick for a copy of the delinquent tax listings involving Mr. Isaacson.
 
Allen Warren made a motion to go into executive session, for a period of 20 minutes, under the attorney/client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, to discuss possible litigation.  Harold Coleman seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Those present for the session were the commissioners, Terri Johnson, Valorie Leblanc and Tom McNeil.  The session began at 11:26 am and ended at 11:46 am with no action.  Terri is to send a letter and the County’s septic tank regulations to the individual.  Allen Warren will also speak with the individual.
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at 11:53 am.
 
                                                                                             THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                             OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                             (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                             (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                             (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk

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October 7, 2011       Friday  9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present.  Minutes of the previous meeting were read and corrected.
 
Marty Pearson gave a road report.  He stated that a dozer at the landfill is down.  Marty and Allen are also going to the quarry today.  Marty will be attending a landfill meeting on October 17th with Ron Center.
 
Larry and Susan Porter, Deb Hall, Mark Shead, Jim and Cecelia Kramer were present for parts of the meeting.  Jingles Endicott stated that Terry Sercer is compiling his report and will be presenting it to the Attorney General and KBI on October 17th.
 
Becky Gray and Steve Lohr, SEK-CAP, met with commissioners.  They discussed programs offered in Bourbon County in 2010.  They asked commissioners if they had any ideas for needs in Bourbon County that may be met by SEK-CAP.  Commissioners spoke of winterizing homes, roof replacements and handicapped ramps.
 
Joanne Long asked Allen Warren if he had heard back from Susan Brown about putting a bid out for property/casualty and workman’s compensation insurance.  He has not.  Chris Bohrer is anxious to start, but Joanne has not given him any information yet because the bid has not been published and it wouldn’t be fair to any other agents wanting to bid it.  We also need to put together a list of the benefits we receive now that may not be offered by other companies.
 
Pam, Charles and Shane Franklin met with commissioners to discuss the location of a grinder pump at Lake Fort Scott.  They’re concerned that it will flood in its current location.  Jingles said he spoke with Stuart Porter earlier today and it will be moved.  Ms. Franklin also asked about the condemnation that happened to the property.  She asked if it can be reversed or removed from the history of the property.  Commissioners don’t know the answer to that, but explained that the condemnation was just for the easement, not an a traditional condemnation of the building.
 
Dan Meara met with commissioners.  He requested an executive session under the attorney/client privilege exception to discuss the tax foreclosure sale.  Jingles Endicott made a motion to go into executive session, for a period of 30 minutes, under the attorney/client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Records Act, to discuss the tax foreclosure sale.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Those present for the session were the commissioners, Dan Meara, Susan Quick and Terri Johnson, who arrived mid-way through the session.  The session began at 11:03 am and ended at 11:33 am with no action.
 
Dean West met with commissioners to discuss the property taxes on his house on 23rd Street.  He says they’ve increased now that they are 12.5% of his social security income.  He asked commissioners to see what they could do to put a lid on the property taxes for seniors.  Joanne Long informed him of the ability to appeal his taxes.  Mr. West also said that the County roads need work for all the money he’s paying in taxes.
 
Jingles Endicott made a motion to go into executive session, for a period of 30 minutes, under the attorney/client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, to discuss the tax foreclosure sale.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Those present for the session were the commissioners, Dan Meara, Terri Johnson and Susan Quick.  The session began at 11:40 am and ended at 12:10 pm with no action.
 
Commissioners discussed the hook-up of the Public Works radio antenna.  No action at this time.
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at 12:22 pm.
 
                                                                                               THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                               OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                               (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                               (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                               (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
 
________________________
Joanne Long, County Clerk
 
October 10, 2011      Columbus Day-no meeting

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October 14, 2011        Friday        9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with present.  Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
 
Bills and payroll for the period were reviewed and approved.
 
Marty Pearson gave a road report.  His Landfill class has now been moved to October 20th.  He also spoke with KDHE this week and they are touring the Wade’s Aluminum site again.  After another walkthrough, they will be in contact with commissioners.  Also, Scott Carlson, rock quarry re-claimer, will be contacting the commissioners.
Marty said that we’ve started moving dirt back at the quarry and cleaning the equipment.  He also said the crew is ditching at 195th and Jayhawk this week.  We’ll be getting prices on culverts for that.  He’ll have quotes for culverts Monday for Native and Valley Roads.  He also asked if Terri Johnson has worked up a contract for the antenna for Public Works radios.  Not yet, we’re still hammering out the details. 
 
Everette Tinsley met with commissioners.  A rock from a County gravel truck chipped his windshield.  He asked that the loads be covered.  Marty will speak with the workers about not over-filling or tapping the loads down.  Marty said that covers cost about $1,000 each. 
 
Mark Shead was present.
 
Terri Johnson informed commissioners of an upcoming expense for the Gier trial that she wants to be paid from the Murder fund.
 
Dylan Marlow met with commissioners.  He explained his department’s overtime of late.  He said CERT missions, movie nights to manage behavior, academy training, time as a sheriff’s deputy and prisoner transports make up the overtime in the jail.  He also discussed the increased repairs to plumbing and electrical over the past few months, as well as housing inmates in Cherokee County.  Despite these expenses, the jail is under budget.  His part-time office person is quitting and he’s filling it with a current employee.  Since the jail will not be filling the position that is already in the budget, he asked to divvy up the salary to give the 14 correctional officers a .35/hour wage increase.  He explained the difficulties of hiring and maintaining staff to work in the conditions of the jail.  Even with the increase, it would still leave about $3,500 of the part-time wage unused to go back to the County.  There was much discussion.  The overtime would not be reduced if the part-time person was replaced, as the overtime is by the more qualified staff, such as the CERT Team.  The increase would not put any correctional officer at a higher rate of pay than a Sheriff’s Deputy.  After in-depth discussion, Jingles Endicott made a motion to increase the pay of 14 correctional officers by .35/hour, subject to not filling the part-time clerical position and it’s within the budget, effective October 24, 2011.  Harold Coleman seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Joanne Long explained that this will require an addendum to the salary resolution.  Therefore, Jingles Endicott made a motion to amend salary resolution 25-08, positions Correctional Officer to Captain, by .35/hour ($728.00/yr).  Harold Coleman seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  The changes are as follows:
 
Position
Beginning Semi-monthly
Full Semi-monthly
C.O. Captain
$977.00
$1,085.55
C.O. Lieutenant
$914.94
$1,016.60
C.O. Sergeant
$843.35
$937.05
C.O. Corporal
$830.93
$923.26
Correctional Officer
$789.56
$877.29
 
Terri Johnson met with commissioners.  She spoke with them about the commissioners’ decision to move the Franklin’s grinder pump at Lake Fort Scott.  She said that the engineer, Stuart Porter is not aware we’ve agreed to move the grinder pump and doing so will require a change order, which will be expensive.  Commissioners said the pump should never have been set where it was—that the stake was moved or something.  Terri said that, regardless, there will need to be a new easement and that this decision is completely against what she heard from the engineer last.  She suggests that Jingles speak with Stuart.  Commissioners also spoke with Mrs. Johnson about the condemnation easement on the property.  They said the owners are concerned about have it attached to their property.  She said it can be released, but that any easement would be attached to the property.  She explained that the condemnation easement is more precise than the regular easement, which is broader.
 
Mark Shead asked commissioners if they would talk about what was said in the executive sessions last Friday.  Commissioners said they are not going to comment, as that would defeat the purpose of the executive session.
 
Commissioners discussed the County’s property/casualty and worker’s compensation insurance.  Allen Warren said that the City of Fort Scott went to Atkins as its agent of record to shop around.  He said that he also spoke with Atkins and they said that in the early 2000s, they were the County’s agent, but we were canceled, due to poor claims experience and have been with KCAMP/KWORCC, since.  Terri Johnson will speak with Bob Farmer at the City to see where to start to write a bid request.  She suggests the County ask for a five-year loss ratio report from our current company.
 
Allen Warren said that he took the 911 County map proof to the Chamber.  One of their people has been looking over the map proof for us and has come up with 23 pages of changes on the proof, which he has gone over with her and taken to Sekan.  She’s willing to look at a future proof, as the Chamber will be selling the maps for us when we get them.
 
Mr. Warren said that the Chamber directory has ads for sale.  The City and BEDCO are advertising.  He thinks it’s a good opportunity for us.  After some discussion, Allen Warren made a motion to purchase an advertisement in the 2012 Fort Scot Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Directory and Community Guide Directory for $175 out of Courthouse General.  Jingles Endicott seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Terri Johnson asked commissioners to consider comparing those on payment plans to whether they’ve been published as delinquent
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at 12:05 pm.
                                                    
                                                                                   THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                   OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                   (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                   (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner 
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk

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October 17, 2011      Monday         9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present.  Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
 
Mark Shead was present.
 
Marty Pearson gave a road report.
 
Harold Coleman left at 10:00 am to go to a doctor’s appointment.
 
Mike Hueston and Larry Beerbower, Jr. met with commissioners to discuss Xtreme Fuel Treatment.  Mr. Beerbower gave a presentation on the product that he guarantees will save 10% on all fuel for the County, prolongs engine life and reduces emissions.  Mr. Hueston gave a testimonial of his personal use of the product.  No action at this time. 
 
Terri Johnson met with commissioners.  She had the Chairman sign a Notice of Lease to be filed with the Register of Deeds on the recent quarry lease.
 
Mrs. Johnson also informed the commissioners of what she learned from the City about their insurance.  She said they don’t have their worker’s compensation through Atkins.  The City sent letters to insurance agents in Fort Scott asking them to bid on their property/casualty insurance.  The letter was only sent to local agents.  Mrs. Johnson said it’s important in these cases to compare “apples to apples”.  She advises getting the department heads involved in what they use/need.  She said the City’s insurance does not have an attorney assist program, which we use through KCAMP.  If another company would not offer that, we would have to consider the cost/value of having an attorney available to devote his/her time to Bourbon County issues.  This may not be something that can be done before the first of the year.
 
There will be no meeting this Friday, October 21st, as commissioners will be attending the semi-annual 17-county regional meeting in Yates Center.
 
Bob Childers met with commissioners.  He pointed out that his location, a section of Ironwood Road, was left off of the last County 911 map, and wants to be sure it’s on the new one. 
 
After routine business, the meting adjourned at noon.
 
                                                                                               THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                               OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                               (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                               (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                               (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk
 
October 21, 2011      Friday  No meeting

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October 24, 2011      Monday         9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present.  Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
 
Mark Shead, Larry Gazaway, Susan and Larry Porter, Jim and Cecelia Kramer, Randy Handly, Bobbi Kemna, Mel Antrim, Shirley Goltra, Deb Hall and Terry Sercer were present.  Go over audit.  He was asked to do the following:  Verify the proper publication of delinquent taxes, specifically, that the people on the payment plan were published; Summarize delinquent taxes each year to determine how much delinquent taxes are not being paid; Verify the process for tax sales and which properties are not included in the tax sale, specifically whether those on the payment plan are omitted from tax sale; Verify whether proper interest charges are applied to delinquent taxpayers including those on payment plans.  (See attached report)
 
Susan Porter said that some properties on the payment plan were never given to the abstractor or attorney for prior tax sales.  Terry Sercer said that he didn’t audit prior tax sales.  Mrs. Porter also said that the people on the plan were supposed to keep their current taxes up so that they’d eventually have all their taxes caught up and wouldn’t be perpetually on the plan but that hasn’t happened.   She also said that the instance where interest was waived was at the request of a realtor in an effort to sell the property.  She wants fairness.
 
Mel Antrim feels the most important thing is to solve the problem.  He recommends implementing a system for waiver of taxes in writing and notarized and that it be public record.  He also feels an eligibility statement for late payments would be good to eliminate hearsay. 
 
Chairman Endicott said that it’s evident that 94% of the payment plans haven’t abided by their conditions.  He feels we need to abolish the plan.  Terry Sercer said that people can still make partial payments with no agreement needed.  There was discussion of overriding fees.  Terry Sercer feels that one person shouldn’t have the ability to waive fees.
 
Susan Porter explained that many people mail their taxes now and as long as it’s post-marked by the due date, it’s not late.  Many times, there are people in person paying, too, and the mail cannot be worked up until after the deadline, so the payments have to be posted as on-time, with no penalties, even though they aren’t processed until after the due date.
 
It was explained that the law allows for people to be habitually behind on their taxes, year after year, and to pay the year’s taxes/fees to keep them off the sale.
 
Terry Sercer was asked to comment on his discussion with the AG/KBI.  He said they met last week and went over his report with an assistant to the Attorney General and a person from the KBI.  Terri Johnson asked for their assistance in late August and hasn’t heard back from them yet, but expects to after they’ve reviewed the information from Mr. Sercer.  It was stated that the AG’s office stated that investigating county treasurers isn’t uncommon.  As there are no statutory qualifications for office, they are asked about two or three times per year to look into allegations.
 
There was discussion of the old software, where the payment plan payments are recorded.  Terry suggests applying all the partial payments to the new software and continuing to track from there and eliminating use of the old software.
 
There was a question as to whether properties can be sold at tax sale, since they weren’t originally published as delinquent.  Dan Meara is looking into that. 
 
It was asked how the Treasurer is replaced if removed from office.  The local party would recommend someone and the governor would appoint them to fill the remainder of the term.
 
Randy Handly suggested that legislation needs to be changed, as he feels that the individual elected officers have too much authority.
 
Allen Warren made a motion to purchase a 1979 GMC fuel truck from Mike Judy, for $5,000, with a capacity of 2200 gallons, which would be left with Mike Judy until paid for in mid-January 2012.  Jingles Endicott seconded the motion and all voted in favor. 
 
Terri Johnson met with commissioners.  Stuart Porter and Mark Houser, Schwab-Eaton, and Rick McInroy, McInroy Contractors LLC, were also present.  Stuart said the lift station is getting done and that the electricity was put in last Friday.  In a week to 10 days, the lift station will be ready to start up.   He said that there are about 23 grinder pumps remaining to be installed.  Mr. Porter asked commissioners if they’ve given any thought to the grinder pump on the Franklin property (former Anthony).  He said it will be the Sewer District’s (county commissioners) discretion to move.  Commissioners discussed past flood levels.  The lake is not mapped for flood elevation.  Commissioners instructed Stuart to shoot the elevation of the pump and report back to the commissioners.  If the commissioners order the pump moved, there will be costs associated with that.  It was explained that the location of the pump is the best available with the condemnation easement we were given.  If it will be moved, the owner will need to sign an easement.
 
Mr. Porter then asked commissioners about the demolition of holding tanks.  He asked commissioners if they have a problem with filling tanks with granular materials for those in difficult locations.  They do not.  Some owners are concerned as to whether destruction of the tanks will alter the look of their properties.  Also, at least one owner, Flanagan, has indicated they don’t want their tank demolished in any fashion.  Terri Johnson stated that the agreement is that the tanks are to be made permanently inoperable and Terri feels we should have consistency.  There was question as to whether a letter from a licensed plumber that his/her work on the unit makes it permanently disabled would suffice. 
 
Mr. Porter also discussed gray water tanks at the lake.  Commissioners said to treat them like the other sewage tanks and to disable them.  The plan is to demolish most tanks and, on those in difficult locations, or where demolishing would affect aesthetic appeal of the properties, they will fill with granular materials.  They will also give the landowner the option to smash into rubble or fill in their tanks.  Mr. Houser has contact information on most of the landowners.  He will give Terri the names of those he hasn’t got contact numbers for so that she can send a letter to them.  As to Flanagan, in order to be consistent we require that they either agree to have it demolished or filled in, their choice.
 
Commissioners asked for a timeline for having all grinder pumps installed and holding tanks demolished.  That will depend on the hook-ups and could go well into winter.  Mr. McInroy said they can do 10/day, but don’t know if 10/day would be available.
 
Stuart said the inspection budget should go through the bulk of next month, but that more coordination is needed at the end of the project.  He said that Mark has cut down from 40 hours/week to 20 hours/week, but should be up to 30/wk now.  That would put us about $5,000-$10,000 over the current budget.  Commissioners agreed that communication is imperative at this stage and feel we need to do what we have to do to make it work.  Stuart will get numbers together and get back to the commissioners with a budget amendment.
 
Marty Pearson gave a road report.  He also presented quotes for culverts.  Two were received, but the quote from Judy’s was not for the items requested and was thrown out.
 
Welborn Sales
4-5’ x 36’ 60” Arch 10 gauge Galvenized @ 108.25/lf
$15,632.64
1-6’ x 40’ 72” 12 gauge Aluminum II @ $86.77/lf
$3,470.80
4-35’ 30” Arch 12 gauge @ $29.64/lf
$4,145.40
 
Allen Warren made a motion to purchase 9 culverts from Welborn Sales, for a total cost of $23,248.84.  Jingles Endicott seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Keith Jeffers updated commissioners on emergency preparedness issues.  He said the County was awarded $16,796 in EMPG funds.
 
Marty Pearson informed commissioners he would not be here Friday.
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at 12:22 pm.
 
                                                                                              THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                              OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                               (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                               (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                               (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk

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October 28, 2011         Friday        9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present. 
 
Bills and payroll for the period were reviewed and approved.
 
Mark Shead and Deb Hall were present.
 
Jingles Endicott made a motion to verify that we own the Long Shoals Bridge, by providing a letter to Dean Mann to that effect.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
Mike Stringer and Darrin Petrowsky of KDOT, and Dean Mann met with commissioners to bring the commissioners up to date on the US69 Hwy expansion.  They discussed the area known as the “Arma Connection”, six miles from 680th Street in Crawford County, south, to 620th Street.  Mr. Mann said this area indirectly impacts Bourbon County in moving traffic from Kansas City south, through Bourbon County.  He said that thinking ahead to improving this strip may allow us to get TWORKS dollars to complete it.
 
After discussion, Jingles Endicott made a motion to state that the Bourbon County Commissioners support the design and upgrade of US Hwy 69 on the portion referred to as the “Arma Connection”, providing that such upgrade does not impact the Crawford County Corridor.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Commissioners signed a letter to the effect for Mr. Stringer.
 
Dylan Marlow met with commissioners.  He said he and his employees really appreciate the raise the commissioners authorized.  He said that he fired two people a week ago and has hired one to replace and another will start on November 10th.  He’ll be back to full staff then.  He let commissioners know, because there will be overtime while those spots are open and during training of the new employees.  He said that he shuffled the schedule around to eliminate overtime for movie nights.  He feels that things should be settled down by mid-November.  He also said that he’s had the plumber back twice since he spoke with them before.
 
Terri Johnson met with commissioners.  Jingles Endicott made a motion to go into executive session, for a period of 10 minutes, under the attorney/client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, to discuss possible settlement of pending lawsuit 11CB45.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Those present for the session were the commissioners and Terri Johnson.  The session began at 11:19 am and ended at 11:29 am with no action.
 
Jingles Endicott made a motion to go into executive session, for a period of five minutes, under the attorney/client privilege exception to the Kansas Open Meetings Act, to discuss suits filed against the County and our claims/loss ratio.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Those present for the session were the commissioners and Terri Johnson.  The session began at 11:31 am and ended at 11:36 am with no action.
 
Terri Johnson explained that she has asked the Attorney General to review the investigation into the Treasurer’s Office.  She’s now waiting for a response.  She said she has no doubt there will be a thorough, complete and thoughtful analysis done.
 
Mrs. Johnson asked commissioners about those non-homestead properties with delinquent taxes in excess of two years (2008 year).  Commissioners will ask for a listing from the Treasurer.
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm.
 
                                                                                        THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                        OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                        (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                        (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                        (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk

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October 31, 2011         Monday      9:00 am
 
The Bourbon County Commission met in open session with all commissioners and the county clerk present.
 
Mark Shead was present.
 
Commissioners discussed permit requests for Running Foxes Petroleum.  No action.
 
Terri Johnson met with commissioners.  She received an email from Stuart Porter with the cost to move the grinder pump at the Franklin (former Anthony) property at $2,531.  It also states that Kevin Barbour would like to purchase and have set a second grinder pump at his location.  After discussion, Jingles Endicott made a motion to move the grinder pump at the Franklin property (formerly Anthony), approximately 35’ at the cost of $2,531 and set a second grinder pump for Kevin Barbour at 837 190th St, with Mr. Barbour required to pay an additional $1,000 and other costs associated with being in the sewer district.  Allen Warren seconded the motion and all voted in favor.  Commissioners want Mark Houser to contact the Franklins to inform them of the move and ask about obtaining an easement.  This would give them opportunity to coordinate to move the grinder fully to where it would have originally been set at the owner’s expense. 
 
Mrs. Johnson said that she spoke with Shane Walker Friday about the agreement for electric on the water tower for the Public Works department.  Terri and commissioners agree we should have the electricity put into the County’s name and have the agreement that the owner can use the electric for non-household usage.   Commissioners are to run that by the owner to see if he’s amenable.
 
Jingles Endicott made a motion to approve the amendment to the Owner-Engineer agreement with Schwab-Eaton, which covers about $10,000 more in inspection fees and to approve Change Order #1 with McInroy Contractors LLC.   Harold Coleman seconded and all voted in favor.
 
Joanne Long presented pay estimate #7 for McInroy Contractors LLC.  Jingles Endicott made a motion to approve Pay Estimate #7, in the amount of $169,098.36.  Harold Coleman seconded the motion and all voted in favor.
 
At 10:00 am, bids were opened for rock crusher equipment.  Jim Harris, Berry Tractor, was present and presented the only bid.  Mr. Harris explained that Berry is to clean out, dismantle and move our current unit, so there will be cost for renting the crane and other costs, not to exceed $47,500.
 
                                                 Screen Machine 4043T Impact crusher plant
                                                 Screen Machine 512T Spyder screening plant  
                                       Delivery, set-up and training of above            $571,817.00
                                                 Less Trade-in                                              -$300,000.00
                                                 Plus cost to clean, dismantle and move trade  +≤47,500.00
 
Delivery schedule is 2-4 weeks.  He’ll be back later this week with finance information.
 
After routine business, the meeting adjourned at noon.
 
                                                                                         THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
                                                                                         OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
 
                                                                                         (ss) Jingles Endicott, Chairman 
                                                                                         (ss) Harold Coleman, Commissioner 
                                                                                         (ss) Allen Warren, Commissioner
ATTEST:
(ss) Joanne Long, County Clerk

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