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Commission adopts consent agenda; approves sale resolution and traffic signal replacement contract
Summary
Atchison commissioners adopted a six‑item consent agenda, approved a resolution conveying city title for Trinity Place senior housing, set two show‑cause hearings (see separate article), and authorized hiring Gerber Electric to replace traffic signals at 14th & Main for $33,944.01 plus $3,000 change‑order authority.
The Atchison City Commission approved multiple routine and action items, including the consent agenda, a property‑conveyance resolution for senior housing, and a contract authorization to replace obsolete traffic signals at Fourteenth and Main.
The consent agenda included six items: approval of minutes from the April 7 meeting; hiring Government Assistance Services (GAS) as grant administrator for up to $30,000 for a CDBG housing grant (no additional city expense unless the grant is awarded); authorization for the mayor to sign a CDBG commercial rehab time extension and contract amendment for a property at Eighth and Commercial; adoption of Resolution 3413 for an Amelia Earhart Festival special event permit; authorization to hire Chowfant Lawn Care for 2025 right‑of‑way mowing at a total contract authorization of $54,000; and approval of an occupational license for the Fox Theater Atchison. The commission moved and seconded the consent agenda and adopted it at the meeting.
The commission adopted Resolution 3414 authorizing sale and conveyance of certain property to Atchison Senior Residences (Trinity Place). City manager Mark Westhoff said the matter dated to a 2008 ordinance (Ordinance 63‑22) that authorized taxable multifamily housing revenue bonds and that the city's title paperwork was not completed when bonds were paid off; staff presented documentation and moved to finalize conveyance. Roll call on the resolution recorded "yes" votes from Commissioners Greenlee, Murphy, Slattery, Mary Young and Vice Mayor Wilcox; the resolution passed.
On a separate capital project, the commission authorized staff to hire Gerber Electric to replace the traffic and pedestrian signal controller at Fourteenth and Main Street. Public works director Clinton McNamee said the existing signals are obsolete and that Gerber was the lone bidder at $33,944.01; the authorization includes an additional $3,000 for change orders. The motion passed on a voice vote with all commissioners answering "aye." McNamee said the replacement will update the existing timed pedestrian buttons; he did not recommend adding vehicle motion sensors at this intersection at this time.
Votes recorded in the meeting included two show‑cause hearing resolutions (3415 and 3416) that were set for public hearing on June 16; those items were approved with Commissioner Slattery recorded as abstaining on each. (See separate article for details on the show‑cause hearings.)
