Minutes, May 19, 2008

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

MAY 19, 2008

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened this 19^th day of May 2008 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:

Albert W. Oller, 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 Kueser moved to approve the Agenda as printed. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

Commissioner Rush moved to approve the Minutes of May 12, 2008. Commissioner Oller seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

No one was present for the Public Forum.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

 

Upon the request of Rick Nondorf, Road & Bridge Supervisor, Commissioner Kueser moved to go into executive session to discuss non-elected personnel from 9:00 a.m. until 9:10 a.m. Commissioner Rush seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. The Commissioners returned to open session at 9:10 a.m. No action was taken. Mr. Nondorf reported he is selling the 1981 Ford Tractor with a 5600 Tiger mower attached by bid. Employee, Charles Strouse is retiring this Friday and they will have a barbecue for him at noon on Friday. In two incidents, local farmers have invaded the county's right of way creating a hazard on one of the roads and compromising a bridge at another sight. He will write letters asking that they discontinue such activity. With the increase of fuel, Mr. Nondorf reported that he has spent almost of 75% of his fuel budget this year. Information on contracting services that recently appeared in the Salina Journal was shared and discussed with the Commissioners.

Commissioner Rush left the meeting at 9:30 a.m. to attend a funeral.

Michelle Maze, EMS Director, met with the Commissioners regarding their decision to discontinue the 5-hour sleep period and pay for the whole five hours. Chairman Kueser explained that they had decided to keep the 5-hour unpaid sleep hour period this year as agreed upon by the employees when the 24-hour service was established. Mrs. Maze was asked to prepare a 12-hour on schedule and 12-hour on standby using our present employee numbers. Mrs. Maze also asked if she could prepare a schedule reducing the sleep time to four hours. The Commissioners agreed on both schedules.

Max Finnie, Titan Industrial Equipment, had some generators that were displayed in Salina at a job fair and wanted to get rid of them locally instead of shipping them back to the factory. They Commissioner stated they were not interested in the equipment at this time.

3. OLD BUSINESS:

There were no old business items.

4. NEW BUSINESS:

There were no new business items.

5. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Kueser adjourned the meeting at 11:20 a.m.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk