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The actions were taken during the commission's regular meeting in Paola and were approved by voice vote with no recorded objections.

The commission awarded a Turnkey Mobile bid of $72,040.20 to equip 11 rural fire apparatus with Panasonic Toughbooks, associated mounts and a five-year warranty. Mark Whelan, Miami County fire coordinator, recommended the award and said the quote included the Toughbook model and the required mounting and wiring components. Whelan also described the monthly connectivity option: “For connectivity to the network, we'll go with FirstNet AT&T air cards ... $30 a month per unit,” which he put at $3,960 per year for the 11 units.

Matt Aldert, engineering project manager, briefed the commission on a bridge replacement project (project number noted in the staff packet as 2402 and related to structure 3.5-2.1 on 370 Ninth Street, about 0.2 mile east of Somerset Road). Aldert said the agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation will “solidify and encumber those funds to Miami County up to $2,000,000” and described the county's responsibility for preliminary engineering, right-of-way, utility adjustments and nonparticipating costs; staff reported an existing geotechnical agreement with Kaw Valley Engineering for $83,986.

Other routine actions approved by unanimous voice vote included:
- A $200 county donation to the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature (moved and seconded on the floor) to help cover that volunteer group's annual expenses.
- Authorization to solicit bids for road oil for the 2025 construction season (for chip seal and asphalt programs).
- Authorization to solicit bids for two 9-foot snow plows and two 2-cubic-yard salt spreaders for two 1-ton vehicles purchased in 2024.
- Adoption of amendments to the personnel rules and regulations to update injury leave language, add a workers' compensation processes policy and add a temporary light-duty assignment policy.

Motions were moved and seconded on the record: the $72,040.20 Turnkey Mobile award was moved with a request to use the 9-1-1 fund where permitted and to draw remaining funds from Rural Fire District 1 if needed; the KDOT bridge agreement was accepted and the chair signed the agreement to encumber KDOT off-system bridge funding. County staff said they have requested clarification from the regional 9-1-1 coordinating council on whether antennas, power supplies and installation are eligible for reimbursement from the 9-1-1 fund.

The meeting also approved the consent agenda at the start of the session and later voted to go into a 15-minute executive session for attorney-client matters before adjourning at 1:50 p.m.

Votes at a glance: all recorded motions in the public portion of the meeting passed by unanimous voice vote; individual roll-call tallies were not read into the record.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Miami County Board of County Commission Meeting - March 26, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Miami County Commission on March 26 unanimously approved a package of procurement and policy actions, including a KDOT bridge agreement that encumbers up to $2,000,000 and a $72,040.20 contract for mobile data terminals for rural fire apparatus.","taxTitle","Miami County, Kansas","taxId",5704,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6068402,"Local volunteer groups, food pantry and a land-use question raised during Miami County public comment",109,1446000,1555000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3094927-a8d32ff18ddbce88c7a019f8e40314f2&start=1446&end=1555","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3094927-a8d32ff18ddbce88c7a019f8e40314f2/thumbnail_1446000.jpg","/articles/6068402/Miami-County/Kansas/Local-volunteer-groups-food-pantry-and-a-land-use-question-raised-during-Miami-County-public-comment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6068402-62bf11a08b1211107f540c7c80492718/orig.mp4?Expires=1771200294&Signature=HrG2tqX3mbNuih1qte~F91OKZcvr-UZknbWo2HM9XjMEWCSosph9CZy2UuaJftcsEDkzDDh0AiyErVMeadhqniTwY7xMDeq4Ogj51GqNY3MVisQaOt9ZvtO7sn8NVEoL0tRjFC~ViZyK0GcqVUXyvHupKLi2fRlmWYXqQW3wWICQQ3b96e3O-Yha1p146AiLYFKwpPLtOf-uE-ws66ph6g~hFcBUHVaepmyRreV-iBTwyHmEQ227Kf-rbWbDy9ycqUS0yID-MJXxflI70S-yiQVI-POMjCeucfI-y99nBbOB6~gPPIs9E95pApJg-1GAqcifkn5g~n4Y0MyWkmGf0w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the public-comment portion of the Miami County Commission's March 26 meeting, James Payne, the county delegate to the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature and director of Harvesters at Crosspoint, updated commissioners on the volunteer advocacy group's legislative priorities and gave an overview of Harvesters food-distribution activity in Miami County. Payne asked the commission to continue the county's past practice of contributing $200 to the Silver Haired Legislature; the commission approved the $200 donation by voice vote.

Payne described several Silver Haired Legislature resolutions and local needs, including a request to establish a medical cannabis advisory board, support for Medicaid expansion, adjustments to the CAPER pension tiering and increased funding for the Kansas Senior Care Act. He also reported Harvesters/Crosspoint distribution numbers for 2024: staff said Harvesters brought 324,207 pounds of food to the Crosspoint distribution (the transcript lists this figure and converts it to an estimated 389,048 meals) and that local volunteers served 3,208 different individuals across distributions, including older Kansans and families.

“I just want to update you a little about what we're doing,” said James Payne, identifying himself as the Miami County delegate to the Silver Haired Legislature and director of Harvesters at Crosspoint.

During the public-comment segment resident Dale Troyer asked about rezoning a parcel he and an accompanying neighbor had examined; Troyer said the lot was agricultural and he wanted to know what it would take to change the zoning to commercial. The commission advised Troyer to meet with county planning staff to begin the formal rezoning application process; on the record the chair said, “So get with Kenny, go through the process, and hopefully it'll work out for you.”

Both public-comment items were followed by formal motions on the consent or action agenda; the $200 donation was approved during the action portion of the meeting.","Speakers at the March 26 meeting updated commissioners on the volunteer Silver Haired Legislature and Harvesters/Crosspoint food distribution and asked about rezoning a parcel from agricultural to commercial; the commission approved a $200 donation to the volunteer group and directed the resident to planning staff on the zoning question.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":44,"_45":91,"_47":92,"_49":50,"_51":93,"_53":94,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":95,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":96,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6068407,"Miami County adopts updated workers' compensation and temporary light-duty policies",130,1390000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3094927-a8d32ff18ddbce88c7a019f8e40314f2&start=1260&end=1390","/articles/6068407/Miami-County/Kansas/Miami-County-adopts-updated-workers-compensation-and-temporary-light-duty-policies","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6068407-a0387441e8683edf810014c1265b4718/orig.mp4?Expires=1771200294&Signature=C4qBkhdRthel0i1XOfU9dlZifcWaIOGJNB~p9hPKGCiU6kcIIVaVczbT2xkitrlOljnvk9nKyumlcrGCESYx4PMKGfjRTqP2NuAW87NtpyyUylQiL-ENsddJ-igWPvy5pwDvMhZHjbhkXDlQ32gLc-E0Ykf8XEMI39zEl8KQmaoRTaDGUED6gS9KvkZGDRcg9DkGs7I3qKfLNGzPj-LFAZWUqC3wxknDf~fagoyB3J6mx8onY6fJJSjFPrtK5BaXcYKXgg5UFEXmPX2EDEID7RfbqiLfwTsX9u0drcMmJ3FL9u-tdpDTMjXzzuR8cOgqNsJ1sCllHMyKJ2eYNRpAnQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Miami County Commission on March 26 adopted revisions to its personnel rules to clarify injury leave, establish a formal workers' compensation processes policy and add a temporary light-duty assignment policy that sets a six-month guideline for accommodated work.

Sarah Denney, interim human resources director, told the commission the amendments update section 7.16 (injury leave), add a new policy 7.27 (workers compensation processes) and add section 7.28 (temporary light duty assignments). Denney said the temporary light-duty language “sets those guardrails and expectations of employees and supervisors” and noted the county will determine what work qualifies as light duty.

Denney also said the light-duty template was provided by the law firm Fisher Patterson; she and county staff worked with legal counsel to refine the rest of the workers' compensation language. A commissioner asked how long staff had worked on the language; Denney and another staff member said HR and county counsel spent substantial time—about a day—to develop the provisions.

The policy package was moved and seconded on the record and approved by unanimous voice vote. The adopted language:
- Updates injury leave procedures (section 7.16) to align with workers' compensation reporting and leave accounting.
- Adds policy 7.27 to describe workers' compensation processes and compliance responsibilities for employees, supervisors and HR.
- Adds section 7.28 to permit temporary light-duty assignments, generally limited to six months, and states the county will determine which duties are appropriate for accommodation.

The commission directed HR to publish the updated policies and notify departments; HR will file the changes with the clerk and post them on the county intranet.","The Miami County Commission approved updates to personnel rules adding a workers' compensation process policy and formal temporary light-duty language with a six-month limit.","actionData","errors"]

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