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Votes and actions at a glance: nuisance assessments, event permit, Shilling contracts, rezoning and annexation

Salina City Commission · August 11, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved the consent agenda (including a $178,598.06 radio purchase), adopted nuisance-assessment ordinance 26-11292, authorized the Blue Beacon special-event alcohol permit (26-11293), approved contracts for Shilling Work Plan 7, rezoned a West Diamond Drive parcel (26-11294) and annexed Virginia Drive right-of-way (26-11295).

Key formal actions taken at the meeting:

- Consent agenda approved (items 4.1 and 4.2). Item 4.2 authorized the city manager to sign an agreement with 1st Wireless to purchase replacement radios for public works, street traffic and flood control divisions in the amount of $178,598.06. Motion by a commissioner and second; vote recorded as 5–0.

- Ordinance 26-11292: Adopted levying special assessments for nuisance abatements covering a remaining balance of $153,636.49 across 263 violations on 164 unique properties (after payments). Motion carried 5–0.

- Ordinance 26-11293: Adopted approving Blue Beacon lunch block party as a special event (09/17/2026) and authorizing possession and consumption of alcoholic liquor within approved event boundaries. Motion carried (recorded 4–0).

- Contracts for Shilling Work Plan 7: Commission authorized agreements with Dragon Corp., ALS Global USA Corp., and PACE Analytical in a combined amount of $367,636 for groundwater, residential well and indoor-air monitoring (vote 4–0).

- Ordinance 26-11294: Rezoned Lot 7 (645 W. Diamond Drive) from C-7 to C-5; planning commission recommended approval 8–0; city commission adopted 4–0.

- Ordinance 26-11295: Adopted annexation of roughly 45,516 square feet of right-of-way for the future extension of Virginia Drive; motion carried 4–0.

Motions, movers, seconds and recorded tallies appear in the minutes and were read into the record by the clerk during roll calls.