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Shawnee County commissioners approve vouchers, contracts and small capital projects; reject restroom bids
Summary
At its Dec. 8 meeting the Shawnee County Commission approved routine vouchers and several contracts, rejected bids for a courthouse restroom RFP, and authorized small-item capital outlay CIP funding; motions passed unanimously on all items.
Shawnee County commissioners on Dec. 8 approved routine voucher payments, authorized multiple contracts from facilities and court administration, rejected all bids for a courthouse restroom request for proposals, and approved the county's small-item capital outlay CIP list for 2026.
The board voted to approve the vouchers after staff presented a voucher report. Staff cited several notable payments, including a progress payment to KBS Constructors for a Department of Corrections mental health facility and payments to Mammoth Sports Construction for sand-volleyball courts funded by the Gage Park sales tax and to Bettis Asphalt Construction for road improvements. The transcript contains some garbled numeric text for totals; commissioners approved the voucher report by voice vote (three to zero).
In facilities business, Justin Landon, director of facilities management, asked the board to reject all responses to courthouse restroom RFP016-25 and start the procurement process anew; the commission approved rejecting the bids unanimously. Landon also reported that emergency boiler pump repairs and upgrades at the Manor Conference Center had been completed and recommended approval of contract C465205 for the work. The transcript records the contract amount as 63,572 and states the funding split as roughly 70% from the Manor HVAC fund and 30% from 2025 contingency funds; the commission approved the contract (voice vote three to zero).
Lee Welch, Shawnee County District Court administrator, requested approval of a one-year cybersecurity contract with ThreatLocker (Contract 468-2025) covering Dec. 14, 2025–Dec. 14, 2026 at a stated cost of 27,475 to be paid from the court administration budget. Welch said the system has been tested by court IT staff and complements the county’s existing CrowdStrike deployment; commissioners approved the contract unanimously.
Andrea Forbes, deputy financial administrator, presented the 2026 small-item capital outlay CIP, noting $100,000 was allocated for items under $50,000 and that total department requests presented at the meeting amounted to 86,400. Elections staff had identified alternate funding for some items, reducing county need; commissioners approved the projects as submitted.
Other business: Commissioner Aaron Maize was appointed as Shawnee County's voting delegate to the Kansas Association of Counties conference, with Rich Eert named alternate; the board approved the appointment. The board also agreed to cancel the Dec. 11 work session due to conference attendance. No public commenters were registered at the meeting.
All motions reported in the transcript passed by voice vote recorded as three to zero.
