Riley County commissioners approve contracts, plats and budget revisions; several routine items passed

Riley County Commissioners on April 28 approved a series of routine contracts, plats and budget revisions during a meeting in Manhattan.

The actions passed by the commission included construction and maintenance contracts, an easement, tax-roll corrections, personnel action forms, plan and plat acknowledgements, and budget revisions. Most votes were recorded as voice approval—"Aye"—with no roll-call tallies recorded in the public transcript.

Highlights

- Approved a contract with TK Elevator for elevator modernization work covering the courthouse Carnegie Building and the health department. - Authorized the county to sign a right-of-way/access easement with Allen Bluebaugh as presented. - Approved tax-roll corrections as presented. - Accepted several position action forms (hires, promotions and new positions in elections, public works, WIC and other county departments; details in county personnel records). - Adopted the Solid Waste Management Plan annual review for 2025 and directed staff to forward it to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for state review. - Acknowledged the approved final plat for the Gerken Addition and accepted easements, rights-of-way or licenses shown on the final plat (Resolution 042825). - Adopted a resolution creating the Peterson Ranch Street Benefit District after a public hearing. - Approved a midyear budget revision for the Riley County WIC program for fiscal year 2025 and a related breastfeeding peer counselor program revision. - Approved fiscal-year 2026 adult and juvenile services comprehensive plans and a third-quarter juvenile line-item adjustment.

Most of the approvals were passed by voice vote following a motion and second; where the motion text was recorded the commission proceeded without a recorded roll-call vote in the transcript.

What this means

The actions are primarily procedural or routine approvals required for county operations—contracts to maintain county facilities, routine corrections to tax rolls, personnel actions to fill positions and state-required plan submittals. The WIC budget revision authorizes additional federal/state funds to be spent locally and includes a permit cost tied to an office on Fort Riley that must be reflected in the grant budget.

The creation of the Peterson Ranch Street Benefit District starts the process for a local special-assessment-funded paving project. The Gerken Addition final plat acknowledgement clears the way for recorded property lines and dedication of easements shown on that plat.

Votes and motions (summary of recorded motion language)

- "Approve the contract with TK Elevator for an elevator modernization project" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the easement with Allen Bluebaugh as presented" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the tax roll corrections as presented" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the Solid Waste Management Plan annual review for 2025 and forward it to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve resolution 042825 acknowledging the approved final plat of the Gerken Addition and accepting easements, rights-of-way, or licenses as shown" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the creation of the Peterson Ranch Street Benefit District" and adopt the resolution authorizing its creation — motions and seconds recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the fiscal year 2025 WIC local budget revision and have it signed" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the fiscal year 2026 adult services comprehensive plan" and "Approve the fiscal year 2026 juvenile services comprehensive plan" — motions and seconds recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye. - "Approve the fiscal year 25 third-quarter juvenile services line-item adjustments" — motion and second recorded; vote: all in favor, Aye.

Provenance (selected evidence spans from the public transcript)

- Elevator modernization (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 835.58997 — "First item in business is the elevator modernization project, elevator contract of TK." (reason_code: topicintro) - Elevator modernization (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 869.96 — motion, second and voice vote recorded (reason_code: topicfinish)

- Easement with Allen Bluebaugh (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 1029.005 — "Item is a trouble easement with Alan Google." (reason_code: topicintro) - Easement with Allen Bluebaugh (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 1046.9801 — motion and vote recorded (reason_code: topicfinish)

- Tax roll corrections (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 1102.19 — "Question with Samuel. Tax roll corrections as presumed." (reason_code: topicintro) - Tax roll corrections (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 1107.265 — motion, second and voice vote recorded (reason_code: topicfinish)

- Solid Waste Plan (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 4184.1147 — "...the first is our solid waste management plan, annual review. We are required by KDHE to do this, every year." (reason_code: topicintro) - Solid Waste Plan (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 4305.46 — motion, second and voice vote recorded approving the review (reason_code: topicfinish)

- Gerken Addition final plat (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 2723.86 — planning staff presentation describing the parcel and plat (reason_code: topicintro) - Gerken Addition final plat (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 3072.7148 — motion, second and voice vote recorded approving resolution 042825 (reason_code: topicfinish)

- Peterson Ranch Street Benefit District (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 8077.305 — planning director introduces petition and public hearing (reason_code: topicintro) - Peterson Ranch Street Benefit District (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 8427.445 — motion and second to approve creation of the district and adopt the resolution (reason_code: topicfinish)

- WIC budget revision (topicintro): transcript segment beginning at 6013.185 — WIC supervisor presents fiscal year 25 budget revision (reason_code: topicintro) - WIC budget revision (topicfinish): transcript segment beginning at 6390.05 — motion, second and voice vote recorded approving the revision (reason_code: topicfinish)

Actions (normalized)

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Proper names referenced in these votes: [{"name":"TK Elevator","type":"business"},{"name":"Allen Bluebaugh","type":"person"},{"name":"Gerken Addition","type":"location"},{"name":"Peterson Ranch","type":"location"},{"name":"Kansas Department of Health and Environment","type":"agency"},{"name":"WIC","type":"program"}]

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