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Votes at a glance: Osage County Commission approves payments, bridge programming and tax‑roll corrections
Summary
At the same meeting commissioners approved payment and contract items including a Conklin Plumbing invoice, a GIS mapping maintenance agreement, a bridge programming request and tax‑roll corrections. The Evergy solar discussion generated no formal vote.
The Osage County Commission approved a series of routine and project payments and requests after a lengthy public discussion on a proposed Evergy solar project. The Evergy presentation and public comment segment produced no action to lift the county’s 25‑year moratorium on industrial wind and solar; commissioners moved on to regular business and approved multiple budgetary and contract items.
Votes at a glance
- Conklin Plumbing: approved payment of $13,623.25 for work performed at the county jail. Motion passed; recorded as approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition. (Motion/second: not specified in transcript; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
- Kimball Mapping / GIS parcel map maintenance agreement: approved signing the 2025 GIS parcel map maintenance agreement and payment of $20,500 for map maintenance services. (Motion/second: not specified; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
- Bridge programming request (Bridge #61): approved a project programming request in the amount of $1,100,000 for a bridge located 1.5 miles south and 1.5 miles west of Burlingame (listed as Bridge Number 61). (Motion/second: not specified; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
- Temporary permit/location and zoning: approved a temporary permit/location and zoning for Aaron Ashford at 28784 US‑75, Linden, Kansas. (Motion/second: not specified; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
- Tax roll corrections: approved tax roll corrections for tax years 2021 through 2024 as presented. (Motion/second: not specified; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
- Bills and other payments: approved paying county bills in the amount of $151,920.97 and several smaller items noted on the agenda (including a $300 invoice for the KCTA County Treasurers Association Conference and a $720 easement acquisition handshake item). (Motion/second: not specified; tally: yes 5, no 0.)
Items noted in discussion
- The PBC (Public Building Commission) approved forwarding the Conklin Plumbing bill for payment and adjourned; the regular commission later approved paying Conklin Plumbing for the jail work.
- The Kimball Mapping contract was described in the meeting as a routine annual GIS parcel maintenance agreement; commissioners voted to sign and pay the invoice at the meeting.
- The bridge programming request was moved and approved; commissioners noted the bridge’s location and that funding programming would proceed.
Legal/administrative notes
- Several votes were taken by voice and recorded as “Aye” with no named roll‑call for each commissioner in the audio transcript. The commission had five members present on roll call earlier in the meeting.
Ending: The Evergy presentation and the sharply divided public comment period did not change the commission’s routine agenda outcomes; the board approved payments, a mapping contract and bridge programming before adjourning.
