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Arkansas City unveils new logo; commission approves consent items, emergency repair and project updates
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the Arkansas City Commission unveiled a new city logo, approved consent agenda items including a large health-care allocation, authorized an emergency water plant repair, and heard updates on CDBG Wilson Park and a hike-bike trail preconstruction meeting.
The Arkansas City Commission opened its April 1 meeting by unveiling a newly designed city logo intended to reflect the city's rivers, historic "bridal" streets and civic identity. The city manager announced the logo rollout plan, which will begin with shirts and eventually extend to vehicles and email branding. City staff said the official color palette will include "river blue" and "riverstone red," and that the water treatment plant logo will remain unchanged for several years.
In routine business the commission approved a consent agenda containing three items: (1) a resolution authorizing city representation to attend a Land Bank Board of Trustees meeting at 5 p.m. May 6 in the Commission Room at City Hall; (2) a resolution to allocate unpledged health care tax funds in the amount of $28,658,685.64 to SCK Health for uncompensated care consistent with Ordinance No. 2019-2-4481 and the city's intent to annually appropriate available revenues for health care purposes; and (3) approval of the March 28 special meeting minutes and the April 1 regular meeting minutes as written. The consent agenda was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
City staff also informed the commission that an emergency repair was authorized for the water treatment plant electrical room air conditioner compressor after it failed; staff said the vendor Waldo Riley in town provided a bid of $11,850 and shipping costs will be added. The city manager said he authorized the emergency repair because the cost exceeded spending limits and the equipment was required to keep the electrical room cool.
Other city updates included a preconstruction meeting scheduled for May 1 for the new hike-bike trail, which staff said should move to construction within a few weeks, and a reapplication for a CDBG grant for Wilson Park (the project amount discussed in the meeting was $800,000). Staff also said the countywide housing study is complete and that they will distribute copies to commissioners.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (land bank meeting resolution; allocation to SCK Health; meeting minutes): Approved by voice vote. - Resolution with Tyler Technologies (cloud-hosted timekeeping and hardware), first-year not to exceed $49,516: Approved by voice vote. (See separate report.) - Ordinance authorizing loan agreement with Kansas Department of Health and Environment for water treatment project (Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund): Adopted on unanimous roll-call vote. (See separate report.)
The meeting lasted 31 minutes and 10 seconds, city staff said. Commissioners were also reminded of upcoming community events including a community impact meeting on workforce and an outstanding student banquet on April 21. The commission adjourned at the close of the session.
