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Votes at a glance: Montgomery County commissioners approve consent agenda, contracts and grants
Summary
At its meeting commissioners approved the consent agenda and voted unanimously on several purchases and grants, including a county flex-plan contract, a skid-unit purchase, a new water truck bid, neighborhood-revitalization approval for one property and acceptance of a health-grant package.
The Montgomery County Board of County Commissioners recorded several formal motions and unanimous votes at the meeting. Below are the actions the board approved, with key details and vote results.
Consent agenda The board approved the consent agenda (minutes, invoices, prepays and correspondence). Vote: Commissioner Beaver — yes; Commissioner Cordray — yes; Commissioner Clubein — yes.
New Synergy flex-spending agreement (contract) Action: Approved the New Synergy flexible-spending agreement after staff review; county counsel (Paul) had reviewed and requested edits that were incorporated. The board authorized the chairman’s signature. Effective date: as stated in the contract. Vote: unanimous (three commissioners yes).
Purchase of QTAC 85-gallon fire skid for John Deere utility vehicle Motion: Approve purchase of a QTAC 85S skid (85-gallon) to be used with the county’s John Deere Gator. Price reported by staff: $4,895 plus tax and shipping, bringing the purchase amount to $5,695. Motion passed unanimously.
Purchase of water/dust-control truck (bid award) Action: Awarded purchase of a new water truck (four-thousand-gallon specification) to Custom Truck One Source of Kansas City. The low bid was announced in staff remarks; the motion referenced a contract amount of $141,009.75 drawn from the county’s special equipment fund. Motion passed unanimously (three yes votes).
Neighborhood Revitalization approval (single property) Action: Approved a neighborhood-revitalization application for 5147 County Road 2200 for a new residence with a rebate amount recorded as $167,925. Motion passed unanimously.
Health grant signature package Action: The board authorized the chairman to sign a health-grant acceptance package covering several grants and a total requested signature amount of $172,006.61; motion passed unanimously.
Parking-lot configuration (administrative) Action: The board voted to adopt “option 3,” which preserves the existing parking layout except the third handicap stall (technically not ADA-compliant) will be converted to a regular clerk parking space; motion passed unanimously. Commissioners directed staff to implement the change and ensure ADA compliance elsewhere in the lot.
Executive sessions The board recessed for two executive sessions citing KSA 75-4319(b)(1) for discussion of non-elected personnel; both sessions ended with no action reported.
Notes on votes and tallies: All recorded motions shown above were called by the chair and recorded as unanimous—Commissioners Beaver, Cordray and Clubein voted yes on motions where a roll-call was made.
Ending: Commissioners asked staff to carry out contract signings and procurement steps consistent with the motions; in some items staff were directed to return with vendor details, delivery timing or required documentation.
