The Board of Lyon County Commissioners met in Action Session at 9:00 a.m. in the Commission Chambers with the following people in attendance:
Rollie Martin, Chairman Doug Peck, Vice Chairman
Ken Duft, Commissioner Tammy Vopat, County Clerk
Molly Priest, County Counselor Dan Williams, County Controller
Vici Smith, Public Relations
Others attending the meeting:
Chip Woods, County Engineer Matt Baysinger, Road & Bridge
Amy Welch, Noxious Weed Director Chuck Boyce, I.T. Director
Janice Huffman, Human Resources Director Shayla Gaulding, Gazette reporter
Tobey Kelly, Security Manager Robbie Weiss, Facilities Manager
Shane Brunner, LCAT
Call to Order / Pledge of Allegiance
Motion: To Approve the Agenda as presented. Martin/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Approve the Minutes of the 1-26-2023 meeting. Duft/Peck 3-0
Motion: To Approve Warrants Payable 2-3-2023 in the amount of $219,849.01. Peck/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Approve Payroll Payable 2-3-2023 in the amount of $339,477.88. Martin/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Approve Payroll Withholdings Payable 2-3-2023 in the amount of $245,496.39.
Martin/Peck 3-0
Appointments: Commissioners discussed board appointments.
Clerk Vopat presented the 2022 Annual Township Reports for Emporia, Waterloo, Reading, Fremont, Pike, Elmendaro, Center, Jackson, and Americus for Commissioners to review. All reports have been reviewed for accuracy.
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Emporia Township Annual Report. Martin/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Waterloo Township Annual Report. Duft/Peck 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Reading Township Annual Report. Peck/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Approve the 2022 Fremont Township Annual Report. Martin/Peck 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Pike Township Annual Report. Duft/Martin 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Elmendaro Township Annual Report. Peck/Duft 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Center Township Annual Report. Duft/Peck 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Jackson Township Annual Report. Duft/Martin 3-0
Motion: To Accept the 2022 Americus Township Annual Report. Duft/Peck 3-0
Personnel changes: Commissioners reviewed personnel change authorizations.
Motion: To Approve the Payroll Authorization Changes as presented. Peck/Martin 3-0
Permits: no action taken.
Reports
Commissioner Martin:
• Attended the Fairground Foundation meeting.
• Attended the JEDAC meeting.
• Tomorrow I will attend the Ag Summit at the Flint Hills Technical College.
• The City/County meeting is February 15th at 11:30 in the city building.
• Received a thank you card from the Historical Society.
Commissioner Peck:
• No report.
Commissioner Duft:
• Met with the Road & Bridge Department
Clerk Vopat:
• No report.
Counselor Priest:
• No report.
Controller Williams:
• Sales tax was up from last year.
Chip Woods presented Commissioners with a request to consider a bid for a trailer.
Motion: To Approve the bid from D&L Trailers for a Model PX16 25’x102” dual axle Diamond C Equipment Trailer for the bridge crew in the amount of $34,494.44 to be paid from Fund 017-00-9026.
Peck/Duft 3-0
Public comment: no one present.
Amy Welch presented Commissioners with a request to consider the purchase of a UTV side by side.
Motion: To Approve the purchase of a John Deere 835M UTV from Prairieland Partners John Deere in the amount of $27,491.01 to be paid from Fund 017-00-9001. Martin/Duft 3-0
Vici Smith and Molly Priest presented Commissioners with a request to consider contracting with Archive Social for media/website backup.
Tobey Kelly presented Commissioners with a request to consider the purchase of a van for the Lyon County Jail.
Motion: To Approve the purchase of a 2022 GMC Savana van from D&T Auto Sales for the Lyon County Jail in the amount of $42,920.00 to be paid from Fund 017-00-9017. Duft/Martin 3-0
Motion: To move to Non-Elected Personnel Executive Session for evaluation with Commissioners and Chuck Boyce, to return at 10:45 a.m. Martin/Peck 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 10:45 am.
Motion: To move to Non-Elected Personnel Executive Session for evaluation with Commissioners and Shane Brunner, to return at 11:10 a.m. Martin/Peck 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 11:10 a.m.
Motion: To move to Non-Elected Personnel Executive Session for job description review with Commissioners and Robbie Weiss, to return at 11:25 a.m. Martin/Duft 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 11:29 a.m.
Motion: To move to Legal Executive Session for confidential data exchange, with Commissioners, Controller Williams, and Counselor Priest, to return at 11:50 a.m. Martin/Peck 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 11:50 a.m.
Motion: To move to Non-Elected Personnel Executive Session for evaluations with Commissioners, to return at 12:15 p.m. Martin/Peck 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 12:18 a.m.
Motion: To move to Non-Elected Personnel Executive Session for evaluations with Commissioners, to return at 12:45 p.m. Martin/Peck 3-0
Meeting reconvened at 12:45 a.m.
Motion: To Adjourn. Martin/Duft 3-0
There being no further business before the Board, the next Action Session will take place on February 9, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. in the Commission Chambers.
Attest: Affirm:
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Tammy Vopat Rollie Martin, Chairman
Lyon County Master Clerk Lyon County Commission
