Apr 11, 2023

Vehicle purchases, proclamations, updates on Saline County agenda

Posted Apr 11, 2023 1:50 AM

By SALINA POST

Proclamations, vehicle purchases, and updates 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 consider the following two proclamation requests.

●Consider proclaiming April 2023 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month

●Consider proclaiming April 15-22 as the Week of the Young Child

Commissioners also are scheduled to consider a request from the Saline County Sheriff's Office to purchase five new Police Package SUVs from Superior Emergency Response Vehicles of Andover for $243,675. According to information in the commission meeting packet, the SUVs would replace vehicles from 2014 to 2020. All vehicles except the 2014 will have mileage ranging from 125,000-200,000, according to meeting packet information.

Other items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday include the following.

●Consider a request to award Oliver Hagg Scholarships

●Consider change orders and equipment for the new jail

●Consider a request for temporary senior executive services

●Hear the emergency management first quarter update

●Hear the engineering quarterly report

●Hear the jail project update

●Hear about American Rescue Plan Act progress

●Hear County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes' update

Commissioners also are scheduled to have a discussion about indigent fees.

To see the full Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday, click here and then click on the April 11 link.