Sep 06, 2021

Water district, emergency plan among county agenda items

Posted Sep 06, 2021 11:01 PM

By SALINA POST

Attaching properties to Rural Water District No. 4 and an emergency operations plan are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.

About the meeting

Saline County Commission is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 W. Ash Street. The meetings also 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

For further information, contact the County Commission’s Office at (785) 309-5825.

Agenda items

Commissioners are scheduled to to conduct a public hearing before deciding whether to attach additional properties to Rural Water District No. 4. In two instances, no record could be found that property already being serviced by Rural Water District No. 4 had officially been attached to the district. In another instance, landowners are requesting that their property be attached to the district.

Commissioners also are scheduled to consider adopting the Saline County Local Emergency Operations Plan, which is up for renewal this year. The plan already has been reviewed and approved by the Kansas Division of Emergency Management. Once adopted by the county, the plan would be valid until 2026, but could be updated as necessary.

Other items on the county commission agenda include the following.

●Consider Nationwide Deferred Comp Additional Investment Option – Marilyn Leamer, human resources director

●Consider accepting an Assistant to Firefighters Grant – David Turner, Rural Fire District No. 5 chief

●Consider a resolution for the redeclaration of State of Local Public Health Emergency for Saline County – Michelle Barkley, emergency management director

●Consider a bid award for Electrical Engineering Consultant Services for the livestock and expo center – Hannah Stambaugh, deputy county administrator

●Consider appointing Kansas Associations of Counties Delegates – County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes

●Hear a Road and Bridge Department update – Darren Fishel, administrator

●Hear Smith-Hanes’ weekly update

To see the full Saline County Commission meeting packet (34-page pdf), click here.