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Riley County commissioners approve routine contracts, tax corrections and attorney fees; no binding action in executive session
Summary
At its Feb. 13 meeting the Riley County Commission approved several contractual amendments, a tax-roll correction, an employee form and a flat-fee attorney contract for a tax-foreclosure case; commissioners recessed into executive session on litigation and reported no binding action.
The Riley County Commission on Feb. 13 approved a series of routine contracts and administrative items and received an update on the county's tax-foreclosure case.
Motions approved by the commission included: - Approval of an appraisers' real-estate sales data search service agreement for Thomas Coletti. - Approval of an amendment to contractual provisions for services with Terracon Consultants (moved and seconded; transcript indicates "Newton second"). - Approval of tax-roll corrections as presented. - Approval of an employee action form for James Campbell, Parks and Grounds, Tech 1 (signed by the commission). - Approval of minutes from the Feb. 10 Riley County Commission meeting. - Approval of a contract for attorney fees to retain a guardian ad litem (Summer Dirks) to represent interests in a tax-foreclosure case; the fee was described in the meeting as a flat $750.
Commissioners recessed into an executive session to receive confidential legal advice regarding potential litigation with county counselor Brian Parker present; the commission later reported that "no binding action was taken during the executive session."
Tax-foreclosure update: County staff told commissioners the current foreclosure case includes 85 properties. The presenter said the portfolio includes six owner-occupied properties, 10 farm/ranch parcels with no land improvements, 63 vacant residential parcels, two rental properties, three vacant abandoned properties and one warehouse. The presenter reported the total outstanding taxes sought in the foreclosure case as $7,752,876 (amount reported in meeting remarks).
Votes and procedure: For the motions with recorded roll-style confirmation, the meeting record shows the chair asked "All in favor?" and commissioners responded "Aye," indicating the motions passed during the public session. No detailed roll-call tally by name was read into the minutes during the meeting.
Why it matters: The attorney-fee contract and tax-foreclosure update affect the county's effort to collect delinquent taxes. The set of routine contracts and the tax-roll correction are standard county-business items that the commission approved as part of its consent and regular agenda.
