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Votes at a glance: commission approves consent agenda, board appointments and releases lien on property
Summary
The Atchison City Commission approved the consent agenda including an electrical services contract and a cereal malt beverage license, confirmed several board appointments and passed Resolution 3403 to release an old HOME program lien on a downtown property.
The Atchison City Commission approved its consent agenda, confirmed several board appointments and passed Resolution No. 3403 releasing a decades-old lien on a city property at its recent meeting.
City Manager Mark Westoff told the commission the consent agenda included approval of minutes, an on-call electrical services contract for 2025 and a cereal malt beverage license for Sharp's Sure Fine Foods LLC contingent on building inspector approval. "We have 3 items on the consent agenda today... The second is to award the 2025 electrical services contract to Gerber Electric. And the third is to approve the cereal malt beverage license for Sharp's Sure Fine Foods LLC contingent upon building inspector approval," Westoff said.
The commission voted by voice vote to adopt the consent agenda. The motion carried.
The body also made several appointments to city boards: an appointment to the Community Corrections Advisory Board (Mister Surry), continuation of Commissioner Greenlee on the Project Concern Board, Commissioner Murphy to the Chamber of Commerce board (Murphy abstained on that vote), and the mayor to the Tourism Council. Each appointment was moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote, with the record noting the abstention by Commissioner Murphy on the Chamber appointment.
The commission passed Resolution No. 3403 to release a passive lien on a downtown lot. Westoff said the lien resulted from a $10,261.35 HOME Investment Partnership Program grant awarded in the 1990s and that a five‑year recapture period starting in 1996 had long since expired. "The city holds a passive lien on this property, as a result of a $10,261.35 home investment partnership program grant from the state of Kansas," Westoff explained. He said the current owner wishes to sell and the city will relieve the lien. The resolution was moved, seconded and adopted by voice vote.
The commission concluded the regular portion of the meeting and then adjourned to a land bank session by unanimous voice vote.
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda (minutes; award 2025 electrical services contract to Gerber Electric; cereal malt beverage license for Sharp's Sure Fine Foods LLC, contingent on building inspector approval) — adopted, voice vote. - Appointment: Mister Surry to Community Corrections Advisory Board — adopted, voice vote. - Appointment: Commissioner Greenlee to Project Concern Board — adopted, voice vote. - Appointment: Commissioner Murphy to Chamber of Commerce Board — adopted; Commissioner Murphy recorded as abstaining. - Appointment: Mayor to Tourism Council — adopted, voice vote. - Resolution No. 3403 — release lien on described downtown property related to a HOME program grant ($10,261.35) — adopted, voice vote. - Motion to adjourn to land bank — adopted, voice vote.
Ending: The meeting record shows routine procedural approvals and several appointments; the lien release clears a long‑expired HOME program restriction so the current owner can proceed with a sale.
