By SALINA POST
The 2022 budget, measures that would move ahead with Kenwood Park tennis complex, appointments, and an executive session related to a citizen petition are among the items on the Salina City Commission agenda for Monday.
About the meeting
Study sessions and city commission meetings will take place in–person in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street, and via Zoom until further notice. Meetings also can be viewed at the City of Salina YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/cityofSalinaKansas.
To participate via Zoom, citizens will need to use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89275984587.
The meeting also can be accessed by phone at 1-346-248-7799. Enter Meeting ID:892 7598 4587 when prompted.
If citizens wish to speak, either during the public forum or when the mayor requests public comment on an item, citizens attending via Zoom must raise their hands so that the meeting host can allow them to speak. Those who attend the in-person meeting will have the opportunity to speak at the podium.
Citizens also can send written comments or questions to city commissioners via email at [email protected].
In order for the commissioners to have an opportunity to review comments in advance of the meeting, please email your comments or questions by 5 p.m. the Sunday prior to the Monday meetings.
Regular meeting
The regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. A time for public comment is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting.
Several items on the city commission agenda pertain to moving forward with the Kenwood Park tennis court complex project. The first item is to consider authorizing the city manager to execute an agreement with Salina Tennis Alliance relating to the funding and construction of the tennis facilities in Kenwood Park. According to information in the commission meeting packet, if approved, the city's share of the project would cost no more than $864,600. That amount breaks down as follows.
●Up to $182,000 to demolish the old Municipal Pool basin, pool building and filters, and Tri-Rivers Stadium and arena.
●Up to $82,600 to re-open existing buildings to be repurposed as part of the tennis facility.
●A $600,000 cash contribution toward funding the project to be paid upon completion, inspection, and approval by the city of 12 lighted tennis courts.
The Salina Tennis Alliance would fund the remainder of the project, "with the base project being 12 tennis courts and lights while reserving the possibility of additional courts and amenities depending on construction bids and final fundraising results on the part of STA," the meeting packet information noted.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider authorizing the preparation and publication of a notice of the proposed transfer Jerry Ivey Park property to USD 305 for the purpose of maintenance, improvement, and possible expansion of tennis court facilities there.
"The ultimate fiscal impact of the proposed ownership transfer to USD 305 would be City avoidance of repair, maintenance and replacement costs associated with the existing 4 tennis courts in Jerry Ivey Park while securing assurances that public access will be maintained to the same number of courts subject to the terms" of the deed, according to information from the city.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to consider awarding a demolition contract to G&G Dozer, LLC in preparation for the construction of the new tennis facility. G&G Dozer came in with the low bid of $142,400 and is already licensed with the city.
Other items on the city agenda for Monday include the following.
●Consider proclaiming the month of September 2021 as National Recovery Month in the City of Salina. Valarie Hicks, a recovery coach at the CKF Addiction Treatment Center, is scheduled to read the proposed proclamation.
●Consider awarding minor concrete, curb, and gutter repair work to Davis Concrete Construction of Salina in the amount of $97,355.75 with a five percent construction contingency for a total project not to exceed $102,223.54.
●Consider authorizing the city manager to execute a specialty contractor agreement with ALS Global USA Corp for remedial design Phase 2 laboratory support-chemical testing of soil and water at the former Schilling Air Force Base site in the amount not to exceed $156,768.80.
●Consider appointing a number of people to the Animal Control Advisory Board, Arts & Humanities Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Building Advisory Board, Business Improvement District Board of Advisors, Business Improvement District Design Review Board, Convention and Tourism Committee, Disciplinary Advisory Board, Heritage Commission, Housing Authority, Humam Relations Commission, Law Enforcement Citizen Review Board, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Planning Commission, Solid Waste Management, Tree Advisory Board, and Community Art and Design. To see the names of those proposed for the various committees and boards, click here.
●Hear the second reading of an ordinance adopting and appropriating the 2022 annual budget. For 2022 budget information, click here.
●Receive the 2020 audit report. To see a copy of the audit report, click here.
●Hear an employment-related COVID-19 update.
●Hear the second reading of an ordinance levying special assessments against certain pieces of property.
●Consider an ordinance unconditionally approving the issuance of general obligation temporary notes by the Salina Airport Authority for the purpose of financing the cost of improvements.
●Hear the the second reading of an ordinance levying a transient guest tax upon the gross receipts derived from or paid directly or through an accommodation broker by transient guests for sleeping accommodations within the City of Salina and repealing Resolution No. 14-7151.
●Meet in executive session to discuss the subject of the legal aspects relating to the proposed initiative and referendum ordinance with legal counsel. Possible action to follow.
●Consider approving a resolution setting a public hearing date for the dangerous structure located at 133 S. Penn Avenue.
To view the full Salina City Commission meeting packet for Monday (459 pages), click here. (You also can open agenda items individually.)