By SALINA POST
An e-ticketing application, budget requests, and a jail project update are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.
About the meeting
Saline County Commission is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street. The meetings also can be viewed on Saline County’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwwZp_cTSJ3Nepp_5rOGevA.
To participate in the meetings, citizens will need to use the Zoom link. Use the following link and put in the Meeting ID and passcode:
https://zoom.us/j/96835819901?pwd=bUEvaExUb2ppMEFaUnd6cUd6MmNMUT09
Meeting ID: 968 3581 9901
Passcode: 144636
For further information, contact the County Commission’s Office at (785) 309-5825.
Agenda items
Commissioners are scheduled to consider a request to purchase the Brazos E-Ticketing application from Tyler Technologies. The application would replace Digiticket, which deputies currently use when they issue traffic citations.
The total cost of the application is $54,975. The sheriff's office would split the cost with the Salina Police Department, with the sheriff's office responsible for $24,537.50 and the police department responsible for $30,437.50. Following is the line item split for each agency.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to hear budget allocation requests from the following agencies.
●Kansas Horse Council Budget Allocation Request
●Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and Military Affairs Council, Budget Allocation Requests
●Salina Community Economic Development Organization, Budget Allocation Request
●North Central Flint Hills Area on Aging, Budget Allocation Request
Commissioners also are scheduled to hear an update on the new jail project. To see the information packet - with photos - for that update, click here.
Other items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider a request to proclaim May 2023 as Mental Health Month
●Hear about progress on the Commission Vision
●Consider a request from Saline County District Court to purchase and install audio/visual equipment in the two new courtrooms, and retrofit one of the existing courtrooms.
●Hear the Road and Bridge Department's bi-monthly update.
●Hear the North Central Regional Planning Commission Update 41 - 41
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' update.
Commissioners also are scheduled to meet in executive session concerning non-elected personnel.
To see the full Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday, click here and then click on the May 9 link.