Bridge bids, health insurance, the 2022 budget process, and an executive session 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
Commissioners are scheduled to consider a request to award the bid for the replacement of a bridge on Mentor Road. Five sealed bids were opened on Jan. 28. Staff is recommending that commissioners accept the bid from L&M Contractors for the amount of estimated work to equal $556,656.
Other items on the county agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider an amendment to Saline County's health insurance policy to clean up language related to revisions made concerning vision exam processing.
●Hear a department update from Sean Robertson, county appraiser
●Discuss the 2022 budget process with County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes
●Hear Smith-Hanes' weekly update
●Meet in executive session for employer/employee negotiations
To see the entire Saline County Commission meeting packet for Tuesday (17-page pdf), click here.