By SALINA POST
Proclamation requests, a proposed tax abatement, contractor licensing, and items related to the new tennis complex are among those 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.
Study session
Commissioners are scheduled to begin with a 2:30 p.m. study session. The topic of the study session is Salina Tennis Alliance-Tennis Facility Management Proposal. To see the 36-page study session packet, click here.
Regular meeting
Commissioners are being asked to consider approving the following two proclamation requests.
●Consider proclaiming the month of January 2022 as National Stalking Awareness Month in the City of Salina. Jarah Cooper, domestic violence advocate for DVACK, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Consider proclaiming the month of January 2022 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in the City of Salina. Sheila Beeson, sexual assault advocate for DVACK, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Commissioners also are scheduled to conduct a public hearing and then vote on a proposal concerning naming opportunities at the new tennis complex.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to consider a constitutional tax abatement for expansion at REPCO, 1835 E. North Street. The local, family owned company was founded in 1946.
"The company does business in 46 countries around the world and has products that most Americans have consumed in their lifetime. The company works in the milling industry, nutritional industry, and the bakery industry. The company makes ingredients, additives and premix blends plus manufactures state-of-the-art equipment and has on-site tech services. Their products enrich wheat, rice, corn, and many other products in addition to extending their shelf life. The company has over 70% market share within these industrial sectors. Additional REPCO facilities are located in Manhattan, KS; Wamego, KS; Chicago, IL; east coast United States; Philippines; and Africa," according to information in the commission meeting packet.
The expansion is expected to help the company retain its current employees, as well as allow for future growth, the meeting packet information noted.
Other items on the city commission agenda for Monday include the following.
●Conduct a public hearing concerning the vacation of a five-foot north-south alley behind the lots on the east side of N. Third Street between Otis Avenue and Euclid Avenue. Following the public hearing, commissioners are scheduled to consider approving the vacation of the alley.
●Consider approving on second reading a proposed ordinance that would amend city code concerning contractor licensing.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to meet in executive session for "preliminary discussions regarding the potential acquisition of specific real estate, the identification of which would be contrary to the public interest, based upon the need for preliminary discussion of the acquisition of real property," according to information in the commission meeting packet.
To see the full commission meeting packet (177 pages), click here.