Chair French convened the Kansas Corporation Commission’s regular business meeting on Dec. 18 and said the body would begin with a 21-item consent agenda, which commissioners approved without discussion.

The Commission then considered a proposed order in docket 25CONS3236CMSC. John Myers, the presenter on the matter, summarized the item as a recommended denial of a petition for reconsideration jointly filed by Keto Inc. and Emerson Operating LLC; Chair French moved approval and the Commission approved the order. Commissioner Keane was recorded as recused on that docket.

The Commission approved two transportation penalty orders. Chair French presented docket 26TRAM145PEN, a penalty order assessing $4,700 to Tyrell Alexander dba 5 g construction (a common carrier based in Ulysses, Kansas). The order alleges 23 violations across 10 counts, including $750 fines for failing to maintain vehicle inspection and maintenance records and for missing periodic annual inspections, a $750 fine for not enrolling in the federal drug and alcohol clearinghouse, $500 for operating without commission authority, $500 for use of a driver without a valid commercial driver’s license, and a $250 fine for failure to retain supporting transport documents.

The Commission then approved docket 26TRAM0151PEN, a penalty order assessing $5,100 to JGS Auto Wrecking LLC, a carrier based in Kansas City, Kansas. That order alleges 12 violations in eight counts, including a $2,000 fine for operating commercial motor vehicles in defiance of a prior suspension order, a $1,000 fine for failing to obtain federal operating authority, $500 for improper commercial registration, $350 for failing to maintain inspection and maintenance records, and $250 for drivers lacking required medical examinations and certifications.

Each of the orders was presented with transportation staff available for questions; commissioners indicated no substantive questions before voting to approve. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.