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Leavenworth County proclaims National Police Week; commissioners discuss optional move to digital packets and an upcoming apprenticeship presentation
Summary
The board read a proclamation designating May 11'17, 2025 as National Police Week in Leavenworth County. Commissioners discussed offering optional digital meeting packets and reviewed upcoming presentations, including a Department of Commerce briefing on apprenticeships.
The Leavenworth County Board of County Commissioners read and adopted a proclamation declaring May 11'17, 2025, as National Police Week in Leavenworth County and noted May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day; the proclamation urges citizens to recognize law enforcement service and sacrifice.
Commissioners then discussed shifting large printed meeting packets to optional digital packets. One commissioner suggested providing Microsoft Surface tablets to commissioners who choose a digital packet so they could annotate material during meetings while retaining a printed agenda sheet as backup. "If any of the commissioners ... want that, just let me know and I'll make arrangements through IT to get that taken care of," a staff member said. Several commissioners said the choice should be left to individual members to avoid wasting taxpayer money on unnecessarily printed binders.
Separately, a commissioner highlighted a planned presentation by Shonda Atwater from the Kansas Department of Commerce on apprenticeships at the next meeting and suggested a future work session on economic development topics such as tax abatements.
No formal vote was recorded on the digital packets or work-session suggestion; staff said they would follow up to implement the commissioners' direction to make digital packets available to those who request them.
