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Commission approves accounts payable, culvert permits and schedules work session; several administrative items tabled or deferred
Summary
Bourbon County commissioners approved accounts payable of $239,105.03 and a salary resolution, approved two culvert permits and set a work session to review employee and purchasing policies. The commission deferred a county council contract and tabled an outsourcing proposal for sheriff sales pending further review and input from the land bank.
The Bourbon County Commission approved accounts payable totaling $239,105.03 and passed a salary resolution referenced as 14-25, repealing an earlier resolution noted as 12-25.
Commission staff explained that a refund of $44,252.59 recorded on the accounts payable report represented an allocation correction by the Kansas Department of Revenue: emergency sales tax distributions had been posted in the wrong months and Kansas Department of Revenue staff recalculated distributions so the money could be moved from the county emergency sales tax fund to other taxing entities for the months at issue.
The commission approved two culvert permits for work at 2180 Poplar Road and 2598 Limestone Road and scheduled a work session for Wednesday in February at 5:00 p.m. to review employee handbooks, purchasing policies, hiring/firing policies and job descriptions for commissioner-controlled departments.
Commissioners postponed final action on a proposed contract for a county counselor/county attorney; staff said the contract language would be brought back and signed at the next meeting. An outsourcing proposal for sheriff tax sales (a vendor to handle delinquent-property sheriff sales) was discussed and tabled for further review; the commission agreed to invite Land Bank representatives to the next meeting for input.
Commissioners also voted to pay organizational dues discussed at the meeting and assigned Mr. Birbauer to contact the organization to clarify services. The commission appointed a county representative—David (last name not specified in the record)—to serve temporarily on the land bank board pending possible schedule changes.
Votes at a glance: - Accounts payable and salary resolution: approved (outcome: approved) - Culvert permits (2180 Poplar Road; 2598 Limestone Road): approved (outcome: approved) - Work session to review personnel and purchasing policies (February, 5:00 p.m.): approved (outcome: approved) - County counselor/attorney contract: deferred; staff to return a contract for signature at the next meeting (outcome: postponed) - Outsourcing sheriff sales (vendor proposal): tabled for further review; Land Bank to be invited (outcome: tabled) - Payment of organizational dues and assignment of Mr. Birbauer to contact the organization: approved (outcome: approved) - Temporary appointment to Land Bank board (David): approved (outcome: approved)
Ending: The commission completed its scheduled administrative business and set multiple follow-ups for the next meeting, including legal review and vendor proposals.
