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Votes at a glance: Liberal City Commission actions and housekeeping items
Summary
At its meeting the commission approved reorganizational nominations, multiple housekeeping items, contracts and vouchers. Key substantive votes included approval of the Air Products purchase-and-sale agreement (contingent on FAA), rezoning of 441 South Washington (Ordinance 4628), and a contract for a ruby slipper slide.
Here is a concise summary of formal actions the Liberal City Commission took at the meeting.
• Mayor and vice mayor: Commissioners nominated and approved Jose Lar as mayor and Commissioner Landry as vice mayor by voice votes; both motions passed unanimously.
• Agenda and minutes: The commission approved the meeting agenda as printed and approved the Dec. 24, 2024 regular meeting minutes (each by voice vote, 5-0).
• Consent agenda: The consent agenda passed 5-0.
• Air Products purchase-and-sale agreement: Motion to approve updated agreement with infrastructure costs to come from Fund 260; sale contingent upon final FAA approval. Motion passed 5-0 (see separate article for details).
• Ordinance No. 4628 (rezoning 441 South Washington): Motion to rezone from C2 Commercial to R3 Multifamily passed 4-0 with one abstention.
• Ruby slipper slide contract: Motion to authorize contract with vendor to design, construct, ship and provide on-site installation assistance passed 5-0.
• Financial policies and procedural manual: Motion to approve the 2025 fiscal year financial policies and procedures manual passed 5-0.
• Official depository: Motion to designate Sunflower Bank as the official bank of record for primary banking services for the 2025 fiscal year passed 5-0.
• Official newspaper: Motion to designate the High Plains Daily Leader and Times as the newspaper of record for the 2025 fiscal year passed 5-0.
• Vouchers: Motion to approve vouchers in the amount of $2,418,607.76 passed 5-0.
• Executive sessions: The commission voted to go into executive session twice for personnel matters under KSA 75-4319(b)(1); no action was reported on return from executive session.
These items reflect the formal recorded motions and outcomes from the meeting; separate meeting notes and staff reports contain additional detail for several items, including the Air Products agreement, rezoning ordinance, and RHID discussion.
