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Jefferson County commissioners approve multiple land‑bank lot sales, authorize bonus resolution
Summary
At their Oct. 15 meeting, Jefferson County commissioners approved several land‑bank lot sales, authorized previously approved quitclaim deeds to be signed, approved a bonus resolution tied to the county’s grant‑writing incentive program, and recessed twice for executive sessions on recruitment and retention.
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners convened Oct. 15, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the IT Building and approved a slate of administrative actions, including multiple land‑bank lot sales and Resolution 2025‑029, a monetary bonus tied to the county’s grant‑writing incentive program.
Commissioner David Christy called the meeting to order. Commissioner Doug Walbridge moved to approve the Oct. 6, 2025 minutes and vouchers; Commissioner David Christy seconded and the motion passed unanimously among the two commissioners present.
The board recessed to sit as the Jefferson County Land Bank Board and approved a series of sales of county land‑bank lots. Actions approved included a sale to Lake Shore Estates Improvement District of Lots 1, 5 and 27–31, Block G (purpose: hold for community purposes) for a total offer of $3,500; a sale of Lot 3, Block E at Lake Shore Estates to Craig and Gail Cozadd for $500 (for yard extension); a sale of Lot 762 in Lakeside Village‑Walnut Grove to Gary Grantham for $500 (for construction of a new home with estimated completion May 2026); a sale of Lots 16 and 17, Block O Lake Ridge Estates to Steven Coad for $4,000 (to build an approximately 1,800‑square‑foot house within 12 months); a sale of Lots 44 and 45, Block A Lake Shore Estates to Collin and Brandy Stan for $1,000 (to build within five years); a sale of Lots 89 and 94, Lakewood Hills I to Wyatt Hendrix Construction, LLC for $2,000 (two slab homes, ~1,300 sq ft each, within six months); and the sale of Lots 512–514, Lakewood Hills Unit III to the Dennis G. and Jacqueline W. Coffin Revocable Trust for $2,000 (build by fall 2026). Each sale was moved and seconded by the commissioners and approved with the two commissioners present voting in favor; one commissioner (Richard Malm) was recorded as not present.
After concluding Land Bank business, the board reconvened as the Jefferson County Commission and authorized Commissioner David Christy to sign three quitclaim deeds that had been approved in September. The board also approved a 40‑hour shared‑leave request from the Health Department and a travel request for Kirk Webb, GIS, to attend the Kansas Association of Mappers Annual Conference in Manhattan, Kansas, Oct. 27–30, 2025.
The commission approved Resolution 2025‑029, described in the minutes as granting a monetary bonus for certain county officials under the Jefferson County Grant Writing Employee Incentive Program outlined in Resolution 2021‑026; the minutes do not specify bonus amounts or exactly which positions are eligible.
The board recessed twice into short executive sessions to discuss employment recruitment and retention for non‑elective personnel — first at the request of Public Works Director Ben Domann and then at the request of Health Administrator Crystal VanHoutan. In both cases the chair announced that no binding action was taken during the sessions.
With no further business, the board adjourned and set its next regular meeting for Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, at the IT Building.
(Reporting in this summary is limited to actions and statements recorded in the meeting minutes; verbatim quotes were not supplied in the minutes.)
