The Shawnee County Board of County Commissioners wrapped a year‑end special meeting Dec. 30 by approving a slate of contracts, transfers and personnel actions, while deferring one parks contract for further review.

Finance and procurement approvals included voucher payments totaling $3,108,064.07 (which the clerk said included $438,254 for two refuse trucks to TLG Operations and $197,700 to Samco for detention‑facility water‑main repairs), authorization to execute contract C458‑2024 with Alliant Insurance Services for county insurance coverage, and renewal of the Optiv Checkpoint Infinity cybersecurity program under contract C492‑2024 for $187,459.20. The board also approved awarding a bridge replacement contract (C460‑2024) to King Construction Company (Heston) for $765,913.42 and authorized a $108,000 allocation to the Shawnee County Fair Association (C490‑2024) for 2025 fair operations.

Sheriff’s Office budget items were approved: a $10,000 transfer into the drug‑buy fund to replenish undercover purchase money; a $25,000 transfer into the LEC building maintenance and repair fund to address failing lobby tile (the building is city‑owned and county work follows city procurement); and a $190,000 transfer into a law enforcement special equipment and technology fund to support 2025 projects. The sheriff also sought and received approval for individual service agreements with three retired local officers to perform background investigations ($400 per background check) and authorization to fill a vacant communications shift‑supervisor position.

Personnel and programmatic items approved included creating and filling a second planning and development coordinator position at no less than $66,132.84 per year; authorizing contracts and allocations approved as part of the 2025 budget for social services and services for the elderly (resolutions 2024‑92 and 2024‑93); change order #9 with Cine Company for $73,163 (bringing that project total to $15,172,917); and a three‑year memorandum of understanding (C500‑2024) with United Way of Cobb Valley to contribute up to $20,000 annually toward the LiveWell Shawnee County director.

One procurement item was deferred: Parks & Recreation’s proposed exclusive beverage contract (C451‑2024) with Heartland Coca Cola Bottling Company was postponed to the next meeting after commissioners said they needed time to review sales‑volume assumptions and contract details.

All motions taken at the meeting were adopted by recorded votes of 3‑0 unless otherwise noted. Several items were presented as part of the budget process and the board recorded that those allocations had been previously approved in the 2025 budget.