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Osage County commissioners approve personnel moves, tower permit and routine bills
Summary
At the May 27 meeting the commission approved a personnel promotion in the health department, a conditional-use permit for a telecom tower (resolution Z2601), contract payments and routine payroll and bills; several financial requests were deferred for further oversight.
The Osage County commission approved a series of routine actions and contract payments during its May 27 meeting, while deferring broader authorization on a separate reconciliation request.
Personnel: The commission accepted a personnel payroll action from Jackie Patterson to promote Chelsea Hale to health department director and local public health officer effective in early May. Jackie told the board she would train Hale before her departure and proposed a $28 hourly rate plus the statutory stipend for the public health officer (presented in the meeting as about $208 per month). The motion to approve the payroll action was made, seconded and carried.
Land use: The board approved resolution Z2601, a conditional-use permit recommended by Planning & Zoning for the establishment of a commercial telecommunications tower in unincorporated Osage County off 349th Street. The permit includes FAA lighting to the half-height level, battery backup for outage resilience, and a provision declaring towers abandoned after six months of nonuse, with county emergency-management coordination for possible co-location.
Contracts and payments: Commissioners voted to approve a Kramer Consulting invoice of $5,934 for professional services (invoice #4) and authorized payment for a sheriff's 2026 Ford Police Interceptor turnkey vehicle ($59,879) and a Motorola Solutions car-video package for a transport van ($13,829.79). The board also approved a $12,100.49 disbursement request from the KDT revolving loan program and signed Davis-Bacon and Buy America/American-Iron-and-Steel assurance statements required under the related CDBG grant.
Payroll and bills: After reconciling a discrepancy in the session, the board approved payroll totaling $368,956.09 (with a smaller separate payroll of $234.31) and an AP batch of $281,608.22, as well as hand checks (jury pay) of $2,857.46. One commissioner abstained on one motion due to not having packet materials in hand; otherwise motions carried by voice vote.
What was deferred: A separate request to authorize a contractor to post months of outstanding AP entries into the county's CIC accounting system was not approved that night; commissioners asked oversight staff and the project leads to provide additional documentation before any broad posting.
The meeting concluded after routine closing items and a motion to adjourn.
