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Key approvals included: a bid to replace failing 4-inch cast-iron plumbing in the county administration bathrooms with 4-inch PVC by Kansas Mechanical Solutions, not to exceed $6,000; purchase of three 2025 Dodge Durango patrol vehicles from Midway Motors at a unit price not to exceed $42,509 each; approval of accounts payable, payroll, reissued checks and juror and witness checks; approval of absentee abate requests; issuance of a cereal malt beverage (CMB) retail license for Red Hills Country Store at 2702 Highway 56 in Canton; a month-to-month lease agreement with Gray Group LLC (Alley Storage) for additional county storage at $100 per month; and the appointment of the Board of County Commissioners to serve as the board of directors for Rural Fire District No. 10 and approval of the requested agreement.

Several motions were made from the bench without a named mover or roll-call vote recorded in the transcript; each motion was approved by voice vote with the chair calling \"aye\" and the record noting \"motion carries.\" Where the meeting record named bidders or vendors, that information is included in the item descriptions.

Under Sheriff Bergstrom presented the plumbing and patrol-car items and recommended repair and purchase actions. He said Kansas Mechanical Solutions submitted the lowest bid for the plumbing work and that Midway Motors' Durango bid was preferable to alternative Explorer bids because of price and vehicle performance; he estimated a 3-to-6-month delivery window for the new units and said outfitting costs to transfer equipment would be roughly $3,000 per vehicle.

For the Red Hills Country Store CMB license, the motion approved retail sale of cereal malt beverages at 2702 Highway 56 in Canton. The lease with Gray Group LLC was approved for additional storage space adjacent to county facilities at $100 per month on a month-to-month basis.

On Rural Fire District No. 10, county staff reported the district struggles to find board members and asked the commission to act as the district's board of directors and approve an agreement to administer the district; the commission voted to appoint themselves as the Rural Fire District No. 10 board and approved the request.

Full motion details and outcomes are listed below.

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Kinsey said concerns raised by Jeff Smith about the election of planning-board officers will be addressed: the planning board must elect officers at its next meeting, scheduled for Feb. 10, and the board secretary has reviewed the draft minutes. He cited the planning board bylaws and said the process followed Robert's Rules allowances for a paper ballot, but the nominations called out in the bylaws should occur at the Feb. 10 meeting.

Kinsey read from state law and local code to distinguish the roles of the zoning administrator and the board. He cited Kansas statutes (KSA 12-7-45; KSA 12-7-47; KSA 12-7-48; KSA 12-7-49; KSA 12-7-61) and McPherson County Zoning Regulations 2024-18. He said the zoning administrator does not unilaterally decide which cases come before the board: \"The only determination made is which board here which type of case is outlined within the McPherson County zoning regulations 2024-18.\" Kinsey said the administrator receives, files and forwards applications and records for amendments, special uses and variances to the planning board or board of zoning appeals; the board secretary, not the zoning administrator, sets the board agenda under the bylaws.

On the question of whether the planning-board chair may vote, Kinsey said the bylaws (article 4, section 5, item 8) allow the chair to vote; he said that allowance was reaffirmed by the governing body in the 2016 bylaws approval and that no record was found barring a chair's vote since the 2006 bylaws adoption.

Kinsey also presented departmental statistics for January: five agricultural-exemption applications (including one chicken barn valued at $1,700,000 to be sited at 906 Deer Trail), two zoning permits totaling $598,667, five surveys reviewed, seven 911 addresses issued, and sanitation activity including five wastewater permits. He said the chicken barn parcel fronts State Highway 135 and that, because the project is ag-exempt, the county's regulatory reach is limited to floodplain checks; water and wastewater approvals must be obtained before an ag-exemption certificate will be issued. Kinsey explained that if the operator drills a well they must obtain a water right from the water commissioner; if they connect to rural water they must obtain authority from the rural water district; sanitation permits are required for sanitary facilities.

Kinsey invited the commissioners to a comprehensive-plan work session planned for the following week and said the City of McPherson was invited. He noted the county is following a 1959 interlocal resolution (59-33) to coordinate planning with the city and said Foster & Associates is the planning consultant working with both jurisdictions on parallel planning efforts.

The commissioners asked clarifying questions about the election timeline, the chicken-barn location and setback and the scope of the zoning administrator's duties. Kinsey responded to those questions, and the commissioners closed the item after asking no further questions.

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Votes at a glance: McPherson County approves plumbing repairs, patrol cars, licenses and district appointment

McPherson County planning administrator outlines officer election rules, zoning duties and recent permits