By SALINA POST
COVID block grant close-out tasks, vehicle purchase requests, and the new jail bond financing plan are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.
The commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street. A time for public comment is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting.
Commissioners are scheduled to conduct a public hearing as a part of the closing-out process for the county's Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus. The county was awarded the $132,000 grant in July 2020 to be used for economic development as it related to the pandemic. On Jan. 5, the following awards were made to businesses within the county but outside the Salina city limits.
At the conclusion of the public hearing, commissioners are scheduled to vote on whether the grant is to be closed out.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider two vehicle requests from the sheriff's office for new vehicles.
The sheriff's office is requesting that three marked police package SUVs be purchased to replace three existing 2017 Ford Inceptor SUVs that range in miles from 155,000 to 180,000, according to information in the commission meeting packet. The low bid for the three vehicles was $140,571 from Marshall Motor in Salina. The vehicles would be purchased using 2021 EIP funds allocated for vehicle purchases.
Additionally, the sheriff's office is requesting the purchase of two additional marked police package SUVs due to the recent addition of four new officers, the meeting packet information noted. Again, Marshall Motor had the low bid of $104,714. These vehicles also would be purchased using 2021 EIP funds allocated for vehicle purchases.
Commissioners also are scheduled to hear an updated financial projection and calendar concerning the issuance of general obligation sales tax bonds for the new jail project.
Other items on the county agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider a statement of acknowledgement to be submitted with the county's local emergency operations plan.
●Consider a request for a signature and payment of the 2020 Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
●Consider several personnel items from human resources.
●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' weekly update.
To see the full Saline County Commission packet for Tuesday (a 72-page pdf), click here.