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Atchison County commissioners approve routine purchase orders, payroll changes and lake policy; multiple votes pass unanimously
Summary
Atchison County commissioners voted unanimously on routine agenda items June 24 including several purchase orders, a payroll status form, filing of an EMS report and adoption of a county lake policy.
Atchison County commissioners approved a series of routine agenda items on June 24, voting 3‑0 on each recorded action.
The commission approved the day’s agenda, including three additions, by voice vote (ayes 3‑0). The consent agenda — meeting minutes and the finance director’s review — passed on a unanimous voice vote.
Formal approvals recorded in the meeting included:
- A purchase order payment to Tunkes Construction for payment number 3 on a culvert/bridge contract in the amount of $9,022.84 (commission motion and unanimous voice vote).
- A purchase order for Atchison County Community Corrections for office furniture, $3,525, funded from that department’s 2025 budget (approved 3‑0).
- A payroll status form to reflect a state‑authorized 2.5% cost‑of‑living adjustment for an Atchison County Community Corrections employee, changing Catherine Sparks’s hourly rate from $40.51 to $41.53 (approved 3‑0).
- A motion to approve and file the May EMS report as presented by the EMS director (approved 3‑0).
- Adoption of the Ashland County Lake policy as presented by committee chair Ian Saxton (approved 3‑0).
All recorded motions in the meeting that reached a vote were passed unanimously by the three present commissioners. The meeting included other informational items and extended substantive discussion on a separate bridge/crossing issue; no stated votes on that item were taken on June 24.
