By SALINA POST
Budget requests, bridge improvements, and the jail project 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 approving and signing an agreement with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) to receive funding for three bridge projects in southern Saline County.
KDOT awarded the county funds through thr Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program. According to information in the commission meeting packet, the program will fund 85 percent of construction costs up to $350,000. Saline County submitted a project to replace two bridges on W. McReynolds Road between S. Halstead Road and S. Fairchilds Road. The project would include removing the existing bridges and constructing a concrete low-water crossing at each location.
Additionally, the county was awarded a one-time payment of$50,000 for the removal of a bridge on W. Lapsley Road, just west of Old Highway 81. According to information from the county, this project also would remove the existing bridge and replace it with a concrete low-water crossing.
Other items on the Saline County agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Consider approving as presented audited financial statements for 2022.
●Consider a request to purchase equipment and supplies for the new jail.
●Consider approving an agreement with North Central Juvenile Detention for architect funding as it applies to reuse of part of the current Saline County Jail.
●Hear a Health Department update.
●Hear an overview of 2024 budget requests.
Additionally, commissioners are scheduled to meet in the following three executive sessions.
●Non-elected personnel
●Non-elected personnel
●Employer-employee negotiations
To see the full Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday, click here and then click on the May 23 link.