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Votes at a glance: May 20 Fort Scott City Commission meeting
Summary
Key formal actions from the May 20 meeting, including approvals for a Verizon tower permit, beer garden at Good Old Days, two zoning items, airport runway work, and several administrative items.
The Fort Scott City Commission took the following formal actions on May 20. This roundup lists each action, the motion outcome, and key details recorded in the meeting transcript.
1) Planning Case 1049 — Verizon Wireless conditional-use permit: Approved 3–2. The permit authorizes a 184-foot wireless communication facility on the Judy property with the deviations and conditions discussed in the public hearing. Staff to finalize permit condition language and oversee mitigation and inspections.
2) Bourbon County Handcrafted Spirits LLC — Good Old Days beer garden (nonadjacent service area on Skubitz/Scoopitz Plaza): Approved. Roll-call votes in the record show four commissioners voting yes and one abstention (Tracy Dancer abstained). Motion authorized the City to allow a nonadjacent common consumption area for the festival.
3) Planning Case 1050 — Rezone R-1 to C-3 for 922 East Wall (mechanic shop): Approved (commission vote recorded as 3–2). Applicant Garrett Knight presented building plans and site access; commission raised concerns about lot size and parking but approved the rezoning.
4) FSK Runway Safety Area Grading & Lighting Project (AIP 30-0022-024/025): Motion to proceed with the Olson Engineering construction-administration amendment and to recommend award to the low bidder was approved. The project scope includes runway safety-area grading, replacement of runway edge lighting, end identifier lights, PAPIs and a FAA flight commissioning check; federal funding will cover the majority of the costs (95% federal / 5% local for the total project). Staff to submit final grant application and execute FAA grant agreements prior to construction.
5) Final corrective actions — Horton Street / Sixth Street project (paving overlay corrective list): Commission accepted the list of corrective actions the contractor must complete before final payment; staff will verify corrections before payment is released.
6) East National Project — Design authorization: Commission approved the engineering proposal to prepare construction-ready design documents tied to a KDOT cost-share award; staff to coordinate bidding and discuss QA/QC and construction oversight as a subsequent step.
7) Business/vendor registration and vending at city events: The commission debated a draft vendor form and voted on two distinct items. First, a vendor application form for city-sponsored events was discussed (staff recommended requiring vendor documentation and insurance for city events). After additional debate the commission then voted to create a citywide business registry requiring registration for businesses operating in Fort Scott; that registry was approved by majority vote and will be drafted into ordinance language for formal adoption and implementation. Staff will prepare the registry details and necessary ordinance language.
8) Small Business Incentive Program: Tabled. Staff to return with Baker Tilly funding information and a revised rubric; a work session will be scheduled.
Ending: Several items were tabled for follow-up (small-business grant rubric, mural-guidelines adoption and some design-review items). Staff was directed to supply additional budget numbers, coordinate grant paperwork for airport projects, and to post finalized planning/permitting conditions for the Verizon permit.
