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Votes at a glance: Atchison County Commission actions Sept. 9
Summary
A quick roundup of formal actions taken by the Atchison County Commission on Sept. 9, including agenda approvals, personnel appointments, a procurement order, and a contract for abstracting services.
The Atchison County Commission took the following formal actions during its Sept. 9 meeting; all recorded votes below are from the public meeting record.
- Approval of the agenda: Motion moved and seconded; voice vote passed (ayes recorded). Outcome: approved.
- Approval of consent agenda (minutes and finance items): Motion moved and seconded; voice vote passed. Outcome: approved. Finance director reported payroll and accounts-payable totals for the week (see clarifying details).
- Appointment of Atchison County health officer: Motion to appoint Dina Lynn Page, RN at the county health department, passed 3-0.
- Purchase order for metal culverts, Ottawa Road Phase 3: Motion to approve passed by voice vote. (See full article for procurement details and noted discrepancy between the presented and motion-recorded dollar figures.)
- Bid openings for 2025–26 asphalt patching program: Three bids opened (Approved Paving: $252,340; Best Asphalt: $399,793.79; Little Joe's: $207,005.35). No contract awarded; staff to return with recommendation.
- Appointment to Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging board: Motion to appoint Commissioner Jamie Campbell as the county representative passed by voice vote (3-0); Mr. Campbell will attend the board's first-Thursday meeting in Hiawatha.
- Contract for abstracting services in anticipation of judicial tax sale proceedings (O'Keefe Wilson): Motion to approve the contract and authorize the chair to sign passed by voice vote.
- Executive sessions: The board recessed into multiple executive sessions under KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss nonelected personnel; motions to enter and extend those sessions were approved at the times recorded in the meeting minutes (see provenance). No substantive personnel details were released in open session.
- Adjournment into budget workshop with the finance director: Motion passed by voice vote; commissioners moved into a budget workshop following the open session.
These items were recorded in the commission's meeting minutes; staff and commissioners asked that several items (notably the asphalt bid award and procurement amount clarification) be returned for action at a future meeting.
