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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 unincorporated areas) to the Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce for convention and tourism promotion. The county clerk and counsel referenced charter resolutions adopting the tax in 2004 and cited KSA 12-1698 as the statute governing tourism and convention promotion funds.
The Board approved the Road and Bridge department’s final payment/purchase order to Tux Construction LLC for final payment on large culvert replacements on Ottawa Road. County staff said the contractor needed minor follow-up work and the final check would be issued when work is complete; the transcript included inconsistent dollar amounts for the final payment ($17,772.30 in one place and a different figure in the motion text), which staff should confirm in the official invoice and pay application.
The board also received and filed the July EMS report submitted by the county EMS supervisor; staff noted July was the busiest month in Atchison County EMS history. Several executive-session motions to discuss nonelected personnel and wages were taken under KSA 75-4319(b)(1).
Other procedural motions included approval of the consent agenda, approval of minutes, and recessing into a workshop for an election-equipment demonstration and a finance director budget workshop; those motions carried 3-0.
Votes at a glance (action summary) - Allow chair to sign opioid settlement participation documents electronically (deadline Oct. 8) — Passed 3-0. - Authority: Kansas Attorney General approval of settlement form; referenced national opioids secondary manufacturer settlement. Details of payout amount: not specified/unclear in transcript.
- Approve tourism services agreement between Atchison County and Atchison Area Chamber of Commerce (transient guest tax distribution per KSA 12-1698) — Passed 3-0. - Authority: Charter resolutions adopting transient guest tax (2004) and KSA 12-1698.
- Approve final payment/purchase order to Tux Construction LLC for Ottawa Road large culvert replacements — Passed 3-0. - Payment details: final payment and retainage discussed; transcript included inconsistent amounts (see clarifying details). Payment to be issued after remaining punch-list items are completed.
- Receive and file EMS July report — Passed 3-0.
- Approve/enter executive sessions for non-elected personnel (wages) under KSA 75-4319(b)(1) — Approved 3-0.
