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Votes at a glance: McPherson County approves plumbing repairs, patrol cars, licenses and district appointment
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved multiple routine administrative and procurement items, including plumbing repairs in the county admin area, purchase of three patrol vehicles, several licenses and agreements, and assuming governance for Rural Fire District No. 10.
The McPherson County Board of County Commissioners approved a series of administrative and procurement motions during its meeting.
Key approvals included: a bid to replace failing 4-inch cast-iron plumbing in the county administration bathrooms with 4-inch PVC by Kansas Mechanical Solutions, not to exceed $6,000; purchase of three 2025 Dodge Durango patrol vehicles from Midway Motors at a unit price not to exceed $42,509 each; approval of accounts payable, payroll, reissued checks and juror and witness checks; approval of absentee abate requests; issuance of a cereal malt beverage (CMB) retail license for Red Hills Country Store at 2702 Highway 56 in Canton; a month-to-month lease agreement with Gray Group LLC (Alley Storage) for additional county storage at $100 per month; and the appointment of the Board of County Commissioners to serve as the board of directors for Rural Fire District No. 10 and approval of the requested agreement.
Several motions were made from the bench without a named mover or roll-call vote recorded in the transcript; each motion was approved by voice vote with the chair calling "aye" and the record noting "motion carries." Where the meeting record named bidders or vendors, that information is included in the item descriptions.
Under Sheriff Bergstrom presented the plumbing and patrol-car items and recommended repair and purchase actions. He said Kansas Mechanical Solutions submitted the lowest bid for the plumbing work and that Midway Motors' Durango bid was preferable to alternative Explorer bids because of price and vehicle performance; he estimated a 3-to-6-month delivery window for the new units and said outfitting costs to transfer equipment would be roughly $3,000 per vehicle.
For the Red Hills Country Store CMB license, the motion approved retail sale of cereal malt beverages at 2702 Highway 56 in Canton. The lease with Gray Group LLC was approved for additional storage space adjacent to county facilities at $100 per month on a month-to-month basis.
On Rural Fire District No. 10, county staff reported the district struggles to find board members and asked the commission to act as the district's board of directors and approve an agreement to administer the district; the commission voted to appoint themselves as the Rural Fire District No. 10 board and approved the request.
Full motion details and outcomes are listed below.
