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McPherson County commissioners approve weed department reports and chemical purchases; hold executive session on applicants
Summary
Commissioners signed the noxious weed management plan, approved the 2024 annual state report and a spring chemical purchase, and moved into executive session to review applicants for the county weed department.
The McPherson County Board of Commissioners signed the county Noxious Weed Department management plan, approved the department's 2024 annual state report and authorized the purchase of spring weed-control chemicals for 2025. The board then entered an executive session to review applicants for the county weed-department vacancy.
County weed director Dan Schrag presented the management plan and annual report and asked commissioners to sign the management plan required by the Kansas Department of Agriculture; the filing deadline is March 15. Commissioners approved the 2024 annual state report and the plan and indicated all three commissioners must sign the document.
Schrag described the 2025 chemical bid results and recommended excluding one vendor whose offer was explicitly conditional on availability. The board approved purchases from multiple vendors including Van Deest Supply Company, Nutrient Solutions and Sims Fertilizer and Chemical. The motion listed Van Deest at $14,707.20 and referenced a $235 line item for glyphosate from Sims; the motion approved a package of purchases not to exceed $26,539 as presented.
Schrag explained program rules for resident cost-share: customers pay 75% of the department's cost (a 25% discount), and the county requires a legal description for each treated field. He noted Tordon 22K products require purchasers to hold a private applicator permit. He also discussed use of a newer chemical mix (amino pyrochlor combined with chlorosulfuron) that the department has been testing for carryover control and for effectiveness on field bindweed.
After the purchase motion, the board moved into executive session for 25 minutes to discuss applicants for the noxious weed department (non‑elected personnel). No hiring decisions were announced on the public record after the executive session.
Details from the meeting record on file include that quantities for the chemical bids were based on prior usage and that all three commissioners voted in favor of the motions.
