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Linn County approves minutes, claims and routine service contracts; passes fire-gear surplus resolution
Summary
The Linn County Commission approved March 23 minutes, paid $340,414.10 in claims, awarded HVAC and dust-control contracts, and adopted Resolution 2026-05 to declare outdated firefighting gear surplus; several executive sessions were held with no action taken.
The Linn County Commission on March 30 approved routine business items, including the minutes from its March 23 meeting and claims totaling $340,414.10. The motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
The commission voted to award the county's HVAC service contract to Myrick Mechanical at $6,542.72 per year, which county staff said amounts to $1,635.68 per quarter for quarterly inspections. Commissioners also approved a dust-control contract with Home City Grain at $1.35 per gallon; the county-maintained cost per foot will remain $2.14 with a 200-foot minimum and a $25 application fee (a $453 minimum total cost was cited).
Randy Higdon, representing Linn County Rural Fire Emergency Management, presented Resolution 2026-05 seeking to declare multiple pieces of older firefighting equipment surplus: 26 bunker coats, 30 bunker pants, 10 wildland gear sets, about 20 suspenders and 15 older structure helmets. The commission approved the resolution and discussed rebidding to replace needed bunker gear; Higdon said the department plans to bid for 10 sets using budgeted funds.
Several brief executive sessions were convened under KSA 75-43-19 (both B2 and B4 designations were cited) for attorney-client and financial-affairs matters; the commission returned to open session and reported no formal action taken during those closed sessions.
The meeting adjourned after routine final items were completed.
