Minutes, October 21, 2008

ELLSWORTH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING

MINUTES

RECESSED MEETING, OCTOBER 21, 2008

The Board of Ellsworth County Commissioners convened in recessed meeting this 21^st day of October 2008 at the Ellsworth County Courthouse.

Members Present:

Albert W. Olla, 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.

2. APPOINTMENTS:

Joel Wright and Kathleen Harnish-Doucet, Project Manager for "The Kansas Collaborative, met with the Commissioners to discuss our negotiations with the windfarm that is in Ellsworth County. The Commissioners shared a timeline from the time of our original discussions to the finalization of the agreements.

Curt Glaser, Blackwolf Investment, LLC, County Attorney, Joe Shepack, and the Commissioners reviewed the easement between Blackwolf Investment and the Ellsworth County Medical Center. Both parties agreed on the easement and Mr. Glaser signed it. Commissioner Rush moved to accept $5,000 in payment for a warranty deed on the property described as follows:

A track of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, Township 15 South, Range 8 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, in Ellsworth County, Kansas, more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point Nine Hundred Eighteen and Forty Hundredths (918.40') feet West and Forty (40') feet North of the South ¼ Corner of said section; said point being on the North Right-of-Way line of K-140 Hwy and the West line of Aylward Avenue; thence Northerly along the West line of Aylward Avenue on an assumed bearing of N00-08-54 E, for a distance of Five Hundred Eighty (580') feet to a point; said point being the South line of O'Donnell Drive; thence on a bearing of 90-00-00" W. along the South line of O'Donnell Drive, for a distance of Eighty-one and Sixty Hundredths (81.60') feet to a point; thence on a bearing of S 00-08-54 W., for a distance of Five Hundred Eighty (580') feet to a point; said point being on the North Right-of-Way line of K-140, for a distance of Eighty one and Sixty Hundredths (81.60') feet to the Point of Beginning. Said tract constrains 1.124 acres more or less. This tract description includes all streets and alleys that had been dedicated for public use.

Except and Subject to: Restrictions, Easements, Right of Ways, Zoning Ordinances and Restrictive Covenants of Record.

Commissioner Kueser seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0.

3. ADJOURNMENT:

Chairman Kueser adjourned the meeting at 10:45 a.m.

 

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Janet L. Andrews, Ellsworth County Clerk