Proclamations, appointments, codes, and an executive session are among the agenda items on Monday's Salina City Commission agenda.
Commissioners are scheduled to begin with a study session at 2:30 p.m. Monday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street. The agenda for the study session is as follows.
2:30 p.m. – Salina Field House Qualified Active Low-Income Community Business, Inc. (QALICB) annual meeting
2:45 p.m. – Salina Field House Lender, Inc. annual meeting
3 p.m. – Tobacco 21 Coalition presentation
The regular commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Monday in room 107 of the City-County Building. A time for public comment is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider the following three proclamation requests.
●Proclaim the week of Oct. 4-10, 2020, as Fire Prevention Week in the City of Salina. Troy Long, Fire Marshal, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Proclaim the week of Oct. 18-24, 2020, as Friends of the Library Week in the City of Salina. Greta Kontas, Friends of the Salina Public Library vice president, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
●Proclaim the month of October 2020 as United Way Month in the City of Salina. Claire Mullen, Salina Area United Way executive director, is scheduled to read the proclamation.
Commissioners also are being asked to consider the following appointments.
●Appoint John Olson as a member of the Board of Zoning Appeals
●Appoint Daniel Baffa as a member of the Heritage Commission
During the meeting, commissioners also are scheduled to hear the second reading of an ordinance authorizing and providing for a countywide public safety communications system and authorizing the issuance of temporary notes and/or general obligation bonds of the city in an amount of $3 million to pay the city's portion of the system to be shared with Saline County.
Commissioners also are scheduled to hear the second reading of an ordinance that would amend Chapter 25, Article I of the City of Salina Code by adopting the 2020 Uniform Public Offense Code for Kansas Cities published by the League of Kansas Municipalities; repeal existing section 25-1, as amended.
Additionally, commissioners are to hear the second reading of an ordinance that would amend Chapter 38, Article I of the City of Salina Code by adopting the 2020 Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities published by the League of Kansas Municipalities, as amended.
Other items on the city agenda for Monday include the following.
●Consider approving Resolution No. 20-7883 setting Nov. 23, 2020 as the public hearing date for the dangerous structure located at 120 South Penn Avenue.
●Consider Resolution No. 20-7885 authorizing the city manager to provide additional leave to recognize essential employees working through the stay-at-home order and not on a shared work plan or furlough.
●Consider Resolution No. 20-7886 adopting an amended position description and salary schedule for city employees and repealing Resolution No. 19-7726.
●Hear the Aug. 31, 2020, financial update
●Consider Resolution No. 20-7879 authorizing the mayor to execute an amended and restated Sidewalk Café License Agreement with PB & J Restaurants, Inc.
●Consider Resolution No. 20-7878 amending and replacing in full the City of Salina Administrative Regulations pertaining to both placement of signs, outdoor furniture, flower pots, planters and bicycle racks and to sidewalk dining in the C-4 Business District; and repealing Resolution No. 14-7111.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to meet in executive session to discuss the subject of legal considerations relating to negotiations with the Saline County Fair Association relating to the potential leasing of the Kenwood Park Arena and Arena Staging Areas with legal counsel. Official action may follow the executive session.
To see the full meeting packet for Monday (145 pages), click here.