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Votes at a glance: Atchison County commissioners approve opioid settlement participation, tourism agreement, final culvert payment and other business
Summary
At the Sept. 2 meeting the Board of County Commissioners approved participation in a national opioid settlement, a transient guest tax agreement with the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce, final contractor payment for a culvert project, and received the EMS report; several executive-session motions were taken as well.
At its Sept. 2 meeting, the Board of County Commissioners of Atchison County approved several routine and substantive items by unanimous votes.
The board voted to allow the chair to sign electronically to participate in the new national opioid secondary-manufacturer settlement. The finance director told the board the Kansas attorney general had approved the settlement form; the board authorized electronic signature and set an administrative deadline of Oct. 8 to join. The county received a notice about multi‑year settlement payouts; the specific total cited during the meeting was unclear in the transcript and was not confirmed during the session.
The board approved an agreement to direct Atchison County’s transient guest tax revenue (taxes levied on stays in…
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