Minutes, August 28, 2006

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

AUGUST 28, 2006

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 28^th of August 2006 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:

Lavel Heitschmidt, 1^st District Commissioner

Kermit Rush, 2^nd District Commissioner

Terry L. Kueser, 3^rd District Commissioner

1. OPENING BUSINESS:

Chairman Kueser called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Agenda as printed. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Kueser moved to approve the Minutes of August 21, 2006. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Michelle Maze, EMS Director, and Jerry Florian, EMT, met with the Commissioners to discuss building improvements. Mrs. Maze received three bids on carpet and recommended accepting the bid of the local dealer, Home Lumber, at a cost of $1639. Mrs. Maze and Mr. Florian discussed the need for a generator. Now if the electricity would go off the ambulance doors have to be opened manually and they are difficult to handle. They would need a 7,000-10,000 kilowatt generator and there are no local vendors. Therefore, Mr. Florian presented several generators available from other sources. After a brief discussion on the choices, the Commissioners authorized the purchase of a generator in the area of $2,599-$2,650 area to be taken from the County Building Fund and the carpet from Home Lumber to be taken from the EMS budget. The State Board of Pharmacy did an inspection last week and they were in compliance.

Joe Shepack, Ellsworth County Attorney, discussed a recent correspondence from Union Pacific regarding our purchase of right-of-way. Mr. Shepack will respond.

Ronda Kasiska, Health Supervisor, gave the Commissioners a copy of the Kansas Heat Exercise and noted the Health Department will be closed from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 a.m., Thursday, August 31^st for the exercise.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

Commissioner Kueser moved to accept the resignation of Robert Nienke as Treasurer of Lincoln Township. Commissioner Heitschmidt seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Kueser adjourned the meeting at 11:30 p.m.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk