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Sherman County commissioners approve KDOT $1 million cost share for Highway 24 and pass routine contracts and purchases
Summary
At a regular Sherman County Board of Commissioners meeting, commissioners approved a KDOT cost-share grant for Highway 24, accepted multiple contracts and purchases, continued the county appraiser contract and approved several other routine items. All motions recorded in the minutes were approved with no recorded opposition.
Sherman County commissioners met in regular session and approved a series of routine and substantive actions, including acceptance of a KDOT cost-share award of $1,000,000 for a Highway 24 overlay and multiple contracts and purchases.
The commission voted to accept the $1,000,000 KDOT cost-share for the Highway 24 project, which the meeting record lists as part of an estimated total project cost of $2,000,722. County officials told the commission the county intends to use sales tax revenues to cover the county share of the project cost.
Commissioners also approved routine business: adopting the meeting agenda as written; approving the June 12 minutes; paying county bills totaling $809,597.62; accepting property-transfer agreements that transfer certain tools and equipment from a previous grant/task force to Sherman County custody; and continuing the county appraiser contract via Resolution 25-8.
Contracts and purchases approved included a gravel agreement with AJ Stevens (contract price noted in the record as $29.08 for the sand pit; the meeting transcript does not specify the unit in the record) and the purchase of a 72-inch rear-discharge mower from M and M Supply for $13,666. The commission approved placement of a postal box at Edson after the post office building there is demolished.
The commission also approved a change to the county's EMS second-out policy required by recent Kansas law for communities under 30,000 population, allowing a second-out ambulance to respond with one ALS technician and a CPR‑certified non‑technician driver (typically a county employee or county firefighter) when staffing shortages prevent placing two certified technicians on the response. The policy change was approved by motion.
All motions recorded in the meeting transcript were adopted; each motion passed with commissioners answering "aye" with no recorded opposing votes.
Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the meeting) - Adopt agenda as written — approved (unanimous). - Approve minutes from June 12 — approved (unanimous). - Pay bills in the amount of $809,597.62 — approved (unanimous). - Accept property-transfer agreements from Task Force 7 (tools and equipment) — approved (unanimous). - Approve gravel agreement with AJ Stevens (price recorded as $29.08; unit not specified in transcript) — approved (unanimous). - Purchase mower (72-inch rear discharge) from M and M Supply for $13,666 — approved (unanimous). - Accept KDOT cost-share grant for Highway 24 ($1,000,000 of estimated $2,000,722 project) — approved (unanimous). - Approve Resolution 25-8 to continue contract for county appraiser — approved (unanimous). - Allow placement of a postal box in Edson following demolition of the post office building — approved (unanimous). - Approve EMS second‑out staffing policy change to allow a CPR‑certified non‑technician driver when short‑staffed — approved (unanimous).
The meeting record shows no recorded votes against or formal abstentions on these items.
