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Votes at a glance: Brown County approves snow-removal contract, KDOT weed agreement, audit engagement and several routine items
Summary
At its Nov. 26 meeting the Brown County Commission approved a short-form snow-removal contract at $30 per hour, accepted payroll and accounts payable, renewed a KDOT noxious-weed agreement, approved an audit engagement letter, accepted an Evergy easement and adopted an internal property-use form; most votes were by voice and no roll-call tallies were recorded.
Brown County Commissioners completed a series of routine and contractual votes at their Nov. 26 meeting.
Key actions approved by voice vote: commissioners accepted the payroll report and accounts payable, approved a short-form snow-removal contract that authorizes part-time workers at $30 per hour to respond to winter events, renewed the KDOT noxious-weed agreement (labor and equipment billed at $60/hour with wholesale chemical costs reimbursed), and approved an audit engagement letter with Gordon, CPA. The board also approved an Evergy easement for property in Fairview and adopted internal property-use procedures that exempt county departments (for example the Brown County Fair Board and 4-H Council) from a $25 after-hours custodial charge.
Chair (Unidentified Speaker 1) asked questions and called motions throughout the meeting; motions were seconded and approved by voice vote in each case. Commissioners discussed but took no final action on proposed changes to K Camp insurance deductibles; they asked staff and brokers to clarify deductible aggregation and to return with options before the policy renewal deadline.
No formal roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript; in each case the commission adopted items by unanimous voice vote as recorded on the audio/transcript.
