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Commissioners deny sanitary code variance after continued hearing

Board of Pottawatomie County Commissioners · April 20, 2026
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Summary

After a continued hearing, the Pottawatomie County Commission voted 4-1 to deny a sanitary code variance. County staff provided more information at the April 20 meeting; the hearing was opened at 9:42 a.m. and closed at 10:14 a.m.

The Pottawatomie County Commission on April 20 denied a sanitary code variance that had been continued from a January 26 hearing. Chair Terry Force opened the continued hearing at 9:42 a.m.; County Sanitarian Scott Schwinn and a participant identified in the minutes as Ellen Hargrave White provided additional information before the hearing was closed at 10:14 a.m.

Commissioner Gary D Yenzer moved "to deny the sanitary code variance as presented," and Commissioner Deloyce McKee seconded. The motion carried 4-1, with Chair Force recorded as voting against the denial. The minutes record the action as a formal denial; no follow-up direction or conditions for revisiting the request were recorded in the meeting minutes.

The denial concluded this continued item from the January 26 proceeding; the board’s formal vote and the presenters’ participation are recorded in the minutes. No additional statutory references or appeals process steps were listed in the minutes.