By SALINA POST
Bid awards, housing support, and commission redistricting 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 proclaiming Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Angie White, parent/child advocate for DVACK, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
County staff is asking the commissioners to be proactive and approve ahead of time support and matching funding should the City of Salina choose to apply for state funding to help increase housing availability in the community.
Last week, commissioners heard an update from the City of Salina regarding its efforts to increase housing. The effort could include the city applying for state funding, which could be helped by letters of support from the county and a commitment of up to $1 million of the housing allocation within the county's American Rescue Plan Act funds to be considered as local match for such applications. Stipulations would be put on such support, such as an expiration date, and limits to what the funds could be used for.
Commissioners also are scheduled to look at whether commission district lines need to be redrawn so that all five districts are as equal in population as possible.
Other items on the county commission agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider renewing the county's Cybersecurity Crowd Strike software.
●Consider a bid award for traffic paint and beads.
●Consider a bid award for pipe culverts and bridge decking.
●Consider appointing Don Merriman to the Twenty-Eight District Judicial Nominating Commission.
●Hear a livestock and expo center update from David Flaherty II, livestock and expo center director.
●Discuss the budget process for 2023.
●Discuss the departmental updates schedule.
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' update.
Commissioners also are scheduled to meet in an executive session for employer/employee negotiations.
To view the full Saline County Commission meeting packet for Tuesday (123-page pdf), click here.