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Riley County commissioners approve routine appointments, send road bids to staff and schedule fence view
Summary
At its April 17 meeting the Riley County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of routine items including an appointment resolution, payroll and minutes, directed staff to review multiple road bids, authorized a fence view for a property dispute and asked county counsel to draft an annexation resolution.
The Riley County Board of Commissioners on April 17 approved a series of routine actions including a planning‑board appointment, payroll and minutes, and sent multiple road construction bids to staff for review.
The board voted to appoint Hannah Fair and Kelly Carl to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board and approved Resolution No. 041725. Commissioners also approved payroll and accounts payable, accepted employee action forms on file and approved the minutes of the April 14 meeting.
The board opened bids for chip seal and asphalt overlay projects and unanimously moved that staff review the submissions and return a recommendation. For the chip seal work, bids included a $216,475 total from Vance Brothers, $184,074.66 from Circle C Paving and $168,504.31 from APAC, among others. For the asphalt overlay work, bids included an alternate from Bayer Construction of $1,325,705 (alternate 2 $1,474,140) and a bid from Schilling Construction of $1,288,985 (alternate 2 $1,444,430). Start dates ranged from June to August and proposed working days varied by bidder.
The board authorized a county fence view to be conducted at 9 a.m. April 18 to address a boundary/fence dispute that will follow the centerline of a vacated portion of Wellsburg Road and will involve landowners on both sides.
During an annexation hearing for a property on Murray Road, commissioners found the annexation consistent with planning recommendations and directed the county counselor's office to draft a resolution reflecting the board's findings.
All listed motions were moved and seconded and carried with the board answering "Aye." The board adjourned after taking the actions.
Votes at a glance - Resolution No. 041725: Appoint Hannah Fair and Kelly Carl to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Payroll and accounts payable — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Approval of minutes from April 14, 2025 — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Employee action forms filed (Erin Thompson — volunteer firefighter; Maria Fuentes — employee action noted as "raising Riley" in packet) — noted/accepted. - Chip seal bids: opened; board sent all bids to staff for review and recommendation — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Asphalt overlay bids: opened; board sent all bids to staff for review and recommendation — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Fence view: Board to conduct fence view on 04/18/2025 at 09:00 AM — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified). - Annexation (Murray Road): Board directed county counselor to draft resolution consistent with factual findings made at the hearing — Motion passed (mover/second: not specified).
The items above were routine administrative and procurement steps; staff will return recommendations to the board on the road bids and will prepare the annexation resolution before the board's deadline.
