UPDATE 10:20 a.m. Tuesday: During its meeting this morning, the Saline County Commission approved the purchase of land in north Salina for a new Saline County Jail. Salina Post will have more on this and other action from the county commission meeting later today.
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The purchase of land in north Salina for a new Saline County Jail site is among the items on this morning's Saline County Commission meeting.
Meeting via Zoom
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday via Zoom and the county's YouTube channel. This decision to revise the meeting format was made to align with the mass gathering limitations imposed by the Saline County Commission and Saline County Health Officer.
Meetings 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
If citizens wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the Chairman requests public comment on an item, they must raise their hand so that the meeting host can allow them to speak.
Citizens can also send comments or questions to County Commissioners via email by going to the website www.saline.org and clicking on the County Commissioner’s page under the Department tab. Please send any emails prior to the Sunday before the meeting when possible.
Agenda items
Commissioners will consider executing a contract with the LaVelle Frick Trust for the purchase of 18 lots at the east end of East Woodland Avenue for the new Saline County Jail. According to a copy of the contract in the commission meeting packet, the purchase will cost the county $500,000 and, if the agreement is approved, the closing will be no later than the end of January 2021.
When county staff set out to locate a suitable site for the new jail, they sought locations "in proximity to the District Court and other County Services," according to meeting packet information. The site noted in the agreement is approximately 17.94 acres and has been verified by the architect as having suitable space for the jail as designed as well as future expansion, according to the meeting packet information.
Other items on the county agenda include the following.
●Consider authorizing the offering for sale of general obligation bonds for rural fire radio equipment.
●Consider a resolution requesting the Saline County Public Building Commission proceed with selling bonds for the emergency radio communications system.
●Consider a lease agreement for county vehicles.
●Expenditure of the remaining Coronavirus Relief Funds.
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' weekly update.
To see the entire Saline County Commission meeting packet for this morning's meeting (71-page pdf), click here.