Shawnee County commissioners approved a slate of financial and procurement actions at their Dec. 8 meeting, including a $7,841,172.55 voucher register, the rejection of bids for a courthouse restroom project, and several contracts for facilities and court operations.

A county representative presented the voucher register totaling $7,841,172.55. Significant items called out included a $1,911,881.54 progress payment to KBS Constructors Inc. for construction of a Department of Corrections mental health facility funded by a state grant; $235,522.19 to Mammoth Sports Construction for sand-volleyball-court installation funded by the Gage Park sales tax; $1,262,198.83 to Bedas Asphalt Construction for progress on the Northwest 46th Street road improvement (infrastructure funds); and $113,013 to King Construction Company Inc. for the Southwest Jordan Road bridge replacement project (bridge project funds). The board approved the vouchers by voice vote, recorded as 3 to 0.

In facilities business, Justin Landon, director of facilities management, asked the board to reject all responses to courthouse-restroom RFP 016-25 and to restart the procurement process because the project scope changed under new facilities management. The commission voted to reject all bids (3-0).

The board approved contract C4652025 with Stark Industrial for emergency boiler pump repairs at the Manor Conference Center in the amount of $63,572, with 70% charged to the Manor HVAC fund and 30% to 2025 contingency funds. Landon told commissioners the work is complete and the system is operational.

The commission also approved court contract 4682025 with Threat Blocker for advanced cybersecurity for the Shawnee County District Court. Lee Welch, court administrator, said the system has been tested by court staff and complements existing protections such as CrowdStrike. The one-year contract runs 12/14/2025–12/14/2026 at a cost of $27,475 funded by the 2025 court administration budget; the motion passed 3-0.

In finance business, Andrea Forbes, deputy financial administrator, requested approval to allocate $100,000 to small-item capital outlay CIP projects (items under $50,000). Elections requested $86,400 of that total. Commissioners approved the listed projects by a 3-0 vote.

Chair Mayes also nominated himself as Shawnee County's voting delegate to the Kansas Association of Counties (KAC) annual conference beginning the next day and named Rich Ecker as alternate; the commission approved the appointment 3-0. Mayes announced he would cancel the Dec. 11 work session due to the conference. The meeting concluded without executive session and adjourned.

No public comment was recorded for these items at the meeting.