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A county staff member said the county partnered with the city on a joint bid to secure better pricing and noted the county crew had already used the vendor’s product with positive feedback: \"I've heard good things about it,\" the staff member said. The staff member also noted the advantage of having a local supplier this year when hauling costs are a concern.

The staff presentation listed Blevins and another bidder, recorded in the transcript as \"Beddes,\" as other bidders. Commissioners had no substantive objections and a motion to approve the contract with Emery Sapp & Sons and authorize the chair to sign was seconded and approved.

The meeting record does not include the full bid tabulation or per-ton pricing in the spoken transcript; commissioners referred to the bid prices on the packet’s back page. The contract award was recorded as approved and the chair was authorized to sign.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Crawford County Live Meeting 06-03-2025 ","oneSentenceSummary","Crawford County approved an asphalt contract with Emery Sapp & Sons, a local supplier chosen through a joint bid with the City of Pittsburg; commissioners said crews reported good initial results from early work.","taxTitle","Crawford County, Kansas","taxId",55170,"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},6195755,"Commission approves cloud migration for county 911 and communications with Tyler Technologies",420,3385000,3805000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3859703-82a190b3456a3b5509934074f01a0058&start=3385&end=3805","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3859703-82a190b3456a3b5509934074f01a0058/thumbnail_3385000.jpg","/articles/6195755/Crawford-County/Kansas/Commission-approves-cloud-migration-for-county-911-and-communications-with-Tyler-Technologies","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6195755-666c104d37a3be1cd00accddc29c4ca7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770496274&Signature=UB3wxwQ1OvF3YGJCji~blfHn-gutMh5~0SUHzTZ-BgVXmcj1t8lciDfF7bqq2alZoh8xjHRYQERv-iKx3Fr2aEbeCeUBPR-AjzgHHmmJzqSNR-luuJ-A0uolT830gCdiVZYDFDgSbz0nw5YnL2JRXI~gq7DsPg8ys86Px7bTRc4aoNJLhHXJQqKJ5hWhQERaeGailbLHwhKAoCRZgYqT3deDlnoHH6OjteiwaHRp~1qliAatp0NLPhPG99eGvq-nfyVnNwA-7yG2UFjikwTl0xVuNMt6CiNWdPYr7Sr3-vrpE1mbaIS6xTjGF6CnSSRU56TwmDvM6Zdo4IsWZQJ6cQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Crawford County Commission approved a contract to move parts of the county’s 9-1-1 and communications data to a cloud environment managed through Tyler Technologies, a change county staff said will reduce downtime and centralize maintenance.

Ted Meikert, the county’s communications director, described the project as a joint effort with the city of Pittsburg. \"A cloud system will allow the data to be kept off-site,\" Meikert said, and he cited a prior outage tied to the city’s on-site server that had affected county operations. Meikert said the one-time charge to migrate systems is $43,500 and that costs will be split among county departments and the city.

County IT staff explained technical differences between the county’s current on-premises solution and the proposed cloud service. An IT representative said the county’s package will be hosted in Amazon Web Services GovCloud, which offers redundant, geographically separated locations and managed monitoring. The staff member described the change as moving the burden of day-to-day server maintenance and monitoring to the vendor and reducing the need for ad hoc, after-hours troubleshooting by county staff.

Commissioners asked whether statutory requirements for signed paper documents would be affected. A county IT speaker noted the statutory requirement for paper records remains and that the county would retain signed originals where required; the cloud arrangement addresses data storage, redundancy and uptime rather than statutory retention of original documents.

After discussion, a commissioner moved to sign the contract with Tyler Technologies and authorize the chair to execute the agreement; the motion was seconded and carried.

The record includes several implementation details but not a full cost-allocation schedule. The transcript records the migration charge ($43,500) and general statements that costs will be shared; it does not provide department-by-department dollar splits or the vendor contract’s ongoing annual hosting fees, if any. Those details would be available in the contract and budgeting documents maintained by county staff.","The Crawford County Commission authorized a contract to migrate sheriff and dispatch data to a Tyler Technologies cloud environment, citing prior downtime with on-site servers and a one-time migration charge split among participating agencies.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6195759,"Crawford County conservation district asks for $10,000 less from county as technician position remains unfilled",526,134000,660000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3859703-82a190b3456a3b5509934074f01a0058&start=134&end=660","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3859703-82a190b3456a3b5509934074f01a0058/thumbnail_134000.jpg","/articles/6195759/Crawford-County/Kansas/Crawford-County-conservation-district-asks-for-10000-less-from-county-as-technician-position-remains-unfilled","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6195759-50346e7ae89739a2c879880a64683397/orig.mp4?Expires=1770496274&Signature=DR0PA6RALvjf~dmXmwSX1HEfsGLzexm7eXe8GY01dt20aSnbZyFHJEqLNihN7IcRctnN0XUz~psGuHoEWCuPVtHenmb3y-9CeCzeyb1iHPQlNoqP1gt1CdVqbKX4IrgxQp2rvG7v31sGhaC98tEyo16QNVe3ObtwmFD~f0Ns~z2eNFjyne5fUmvk1npOGO4oDdCMstMoDT8WbnLolQ73VQDgJd3GxlnBrPqS3MBCCuAWtgF8kCUjcq0UWaaLZF7DYCFmkHKbfF-HJcFBRUhr0AVcGi9LPl3OkfmMUIQypyPjLBDeX4IV31uMhiNNh1GAMW08Bb58RZXiE9-2FMHhBA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Mark Leeman, chairperson of the Crawford County Conservation District, told the Crawford County Commission the district is asking the county for $10,000 less this year after the state increased its funding, but that staffing losses and canceled state programs mean the local technician position will likely remain unfilled.

The budget presentation, given during the commission’s public meeting, outlined two pages of items: one with pass-through funds the presenter did not fully detail and a second with the district’s operating costs. “As far as the budget goes, the state of Kansas increased this funding that they're paying for us. So we're asking for $10,000 less from the county this year,” Leeman said. He also said the district will not be able to replace a retiring technician because previously available federal-funded programs were canceled.

The distinction matters because the technician provides technical assistance for terraces, waterways, pond staking and flood-control projects. Leeman described routine duties: advising and, when projects use state money, performing technical assistance at no cost. With fewer in-house hours, the district now borrows a technician from Cherokee County, who covers multiple counties and can take “2 weeks to a month” to respond, Leeman said.

Commissioners asked for clarification about the technician’s duties and whether the temporary coverage would address urgent flooding problems. Leeman said the borrowed technician had in past years been able to respond when possible but that he could not guarantee availability. He directed residents to contact the conservation service office and named Brian Edgecomb as the acting conservationist on site.

Leeman also described a state-funded cost-share program for failing septic systems that the district still administers. He said the program handles individual septic repairs (not district-wide sewer projects) and that the district typically funds four full systems per year and may sometimes do a partial fifth depending on remaining funds. Leeman added, “I think it's down to 15,000,” when asked about a line-item amount; the transcript did not specify whether that figure referred to an annual program cap or a per-project limit.

After discussion, a commissioner moved to approve the conservation district budget as presented; another commissioner seconded the motion and the chair called the ayes. The commission approved the budget and authorized the chair to sign the certification.

The presentation left several operational details unspecified in the meeting record: the exact program name and statutory source for the septic cost-share (the transcript used a garbled phrase), the precise dollar figure referenced for the “15,000” line, and a timeline or contingency plan for securing a permanent replacement technician. Those items were not resolved during the meeting and would require follow-up with the conservation district or county staff.","The Crawford County Conservation District presented an operations budget showing a $10,000 reduced county request after increased state support, but said a technician position left vacant by retirement and canceled state programs is unlikely to be replaced soon; the commission approved the budget.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission awards joint asphalt contract to Emery Sapp & Sons after joint bid with Pittsburg

Commission approves cloud migration for county 911 and communications with Tyler Technologies

Crawford County conservation district asks for $10,000 less from county as technician position remains unfilled