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Votes at a glance: Osage County commissioners approve reorganization, permits, resolutions, purchase orders and payroll
Summary
Commissioners approved a series of routine and substantive items on Feb. 4, including a vice chair nomination, buried-line permits, a mowing contract, purchase orders and payroll and bills.
The Osage County Board of Commissioners handled a range of procedural and action items during its Feb. 4 meeting. Highlights of formal actions taken by the board follow.
Votes at a glance (selected items decided Feb. 4): - Reorganization / Vice chair: Commissioners nominated and approved Heather as vice chair. Motion carried (ayes recorded). - Resolution establishing elected official pay: The board approved Resolution 2025-02 (motion, second, approved). - Mowing and snow-removal agreement: The board approved Resolution 2025-01-15-02, an agreement with Williamsport Township for mowing and snow removal on a segment of Southwest Burlingame Road; motion carried. - Buried-line permits (fiber/utility): The board approved buried-line permits for Mercury Broadband and RLM Underground along South Pollard Road and South Michigan Road and approved a JMC Corporation (TWITCOM) buried-line permit for fiber installation (Melbourne phase 3). Motions passed. - Special event application: Board approved a special event application type for KDOT TIDE overlay projects. Motion passed. - Purchase orders and expenditures: The board approved purchase order No. 4018 (Comtech Systems Corp.) for change-of-value notices, $9,735.86; approved purchase order for 160 cemetery flag holders ($6,400); and approved other vendor invoices as listed in the meeting packet. Motions passed. - Personnel and payroll: The board approved personnel payroll actions presented by the sheriff's office and other departments, and approved payroll in the gross amount of $584,698.51 and bills totaling $75,874.36. Motions passed (recorded as aye votes). - MISC: The board approved several administrative items such as holiday schedule language, meeting schedule confirmation, and printing and signature items as presented. - Executive sessions: The board voted to enter multiple attorney-client executive sessions during the meeting for limited periods; minutes show "no action taken" resulted directly from those sessions.
Each approved motion was moved and seconded on the record during the Feb. 4 meeting and recorded as carried. Where the transcript records only "aye/aye/aye," the tally reflects the three commissioners present. Details such as permit numbers, contract text and resolution documents were noted in the meeting packet and will be filed with the official minutes.
Items requiring follow-up: several items (notably payroll implementation and ADP onboarding) remain under discussion and staff were asked to return with further information; the county attorney was asked to research the Brookside tax waiver request and BOTA processes.
