The bi-weekly review of the COVID-19 situation in the county, a vehicle lease agreement, and rural fire district considerations are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.
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
After tabling the item last week, the commissioners are scheduled to consider a proposed vehicle lease agreement with Enterprise. If approved, the lease program "is estimated to save the County as much as $500,000 over a ten-year period as compared to the traditional model of buying vehicles and holding them until nearly all residual value is depleted," according to information in the commission meeting packet.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider a request from Rural Fire District No. 6 to accept a $1,000 Dane Hansen grant to assist with the replacement of a fire pump.
Additionally, commissioners are being asked to make reappointments to the boards of trustees for Rural Fire Districts 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. The proposed reappointments are as follows.
Other items on the county agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider a resolution establishing meeting dates and times for the Saline County Commission.
●Consider a resolution authorizing the annual transfer of unspent funds from the 2020 budget.
●Consider a resolution exempting Saline County from the provisions of K.S.A 75-1120a. If approved, the county's annual financial statements would be prepared on the basis of the Kansas Municipal Audit and Accounting Guide (KMAAG) rather than Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). KMAAG is the standard for all but the largest municipalities in Kansas, according to the commission meeting packet information.
●Review the COVID-19 situation in the county and consider whether to repeal the county face mask mandate.
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' weekly update.
To view the entire Saline County Commission meeting packet for Tuesday (a 39-page pdf), click here.