Commissioners approve $5.5 million in vouchers and a series of contracts, including Lehi Trail resurfacing

Shawnee County commissioners on Jan. 16 approved $5,504,613.84 in vouchers and a series of contracts and procurement actions covering audit services, road materials, park improvements and equipment purchases, officials said.

County financial administrator Jennifer Sauer presented the annual audit contract with Forbus LLP (contract C12-2025) and said preliminary work has begun; the board approved the contract 3-0. County staff listed several notable voucher payments in the period, including $116,193.35 to Axon Enterprise for the sheriff's office annual body-camera and auto-tagging payment; $220,771.46 to Axon Enterprises for TASER certification; $91,272.02 to KBS Constructors for the Kansas grant portion of monthly construction costs for the Department of Corrections mental-health addition; and $2,666,814 to Allianz Insurance Services for county insurance renewal.

In procurement votes, the board awarded a bid to Potter's Industries LLC of Malvern, Pa., for up to 44,000 pounds of glass beads used in reflective traffic paint and approved a contract with Ham Incorporated, doing business as Buildix LLC of Lawrence, Kan., for up to 4,000 cubic yards of lightweight aggregate used primarily in chip seals. Public-works staff said both awards reflected modest price increases this year.

The board also approved a contract (C13-2025) with the city of Topeka to provide one inmate work group and one supervisor from the county Department of Corrections for city code-compliance work; the county will…