Votes at a glance: Atchison County Commission, Jan. 7, 2025

Below are the formal actions the Atchison County Commission recorded on Jan. 7, 2025. Counts and outcomes are taken from the meeting record.

- Approval of minutes: December 17, 2024 — motion approved (voice; recorded as passing 3–0).

- Payroll/status forms and salary changes: • County attorney pay change to $112,000, effective Dec. 15, 2024 — approved, 3–0. • County clerk pay change to $68,006.52, effective Dec. 15, 2024 — approved, 3–0. • 3% COLA for department heads/elected officials (2025 budgeted) — approved, 3–0.

- Inclement-weather policy: • Motion to temporarily disregard Resolution No. 2013-1361 (employees required to use PTO during closures) while staff revise policy — approved, 3–0. Staff directed to hold workshops and return draft policy for the Jan. 13 organizational meeting.

- Purchase orders / insurance / dues: • Purchase order to "K Camp" (county pool contribution; presented as K Camp) — $259,452 — approved, voice vote recorded as passing (3–0). • Purchase order to KWORK (workers' compensation) — $109,820 — approved, 3–0. • Purchase order for Kansas Association of Counties membership dues — $4,560.05 — approved, 3–0. • Purchase order for League of Kansas Municipalities dues — $926.18 — motion to approve failed (no motion carried).

- Road & Bridge procurement and contracts: • Purchase order to Wilburn Flatwork and Construction — $9,000 for 200 Nineteenth River Road bridge — approved, 3–0. • Contract awarded for Finney Road bridge to Norfolk Contracting Inc. (presented in meeting as Husker Steel/Norfolk) — $179,826, Special Highway fund — approved, 3–0. • Ottawa Road Phase 1 culvert replacements: multiple bids opened; award deferred to Jan. 13, 2025 for engineer review.

- Disaster relief tax abatement: • Determination order for property at 304 Mound Street (parcel R2090) — owner MLR Properties — approved 95.5% abatement of 2024 property tax for structure (land value retained) — approved, 3–0.

- Other administrative actions: • Received and filed EMS monthly report (November) from Corey Scott — motion approved, 3–0. • Approved four court-appointed-attorney contracts for 2025 at $3,500 per month each (attorneys: John Kurve; Robert Stephan; Judd Herbster; Matthew Rich) — approved, 3–0. • Approved county expenses for the prior two weeks as presented — approved, 3–0.

Several items (notably the Ottawa Road bid awards) were left for the Jan. 13 organizational meeting to allow engineers and staff to review bids and prepare contracts. Where the minutes recorded only a voice motion without roll-call names, the meeting recorded tallies as 3–0 in favor.