NOTICE OF AND AGENDA FOR REGULAR
MEETING OF FORT SCOTT CITY COMMISSION
City Hall Commission Room – 123 S. Main Street, Fort Scott, KS 66701
August 19, 2025 – 6:00 P.M.
- Call to Order/Roll Call
- Pledge of Allegiance
III. Invocation
- Approval of Agenda
- Consent Agenda
- Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1390-A – Expense Approval Report – Payment Dates of July 23, 2025 – August 12, 2025 – $662,802.14
- Approval of Minutes: Special Meeting of July 30, 2025; Special Meeting of August 4, 2025; and Regular Meeting of August 5, 2025.
- Request to Pay – Earles Engineering & Inspection, Inc. – Invoice No. 18159 – 21-303 – Davis Lift Station – Addendum No. 4 ($11,600.00) and Addendum No. 5 ($18,600.00) – Total $30,3200.00
- Request to Pay – Earles Engineering & Inspection, Inc. – Invoice No. 18141 – EEI No. 25-12 – East National Project Phase I – Survey 100% ($6,400.00) and Preliminary Design 12.5% ($12,937.50) – Total $19,337.50
- Request to Pay – Cardinal Sitework – Application for Payment No. 2 (FINAL) – Charles Street Lift Station EEI No. 24-003B – $3,587.45
- July Financials
- Public Comment
VII. Appearances
- Rachel Carpenter – Tourism Report
- Thomas Metcalf Jr. – 3rd Annual Sons of American Legion Car Show – August 30, 2025 – Request for Temporary Street Closure – National Ave. between Oak St. and Pine St.
VIII. Unfinished Business
Public Hearing:
- Planning Commission Case No. 1052 – Conditional Use Permit – 2400 S. Main – Amazon Storage Unit – Recommended by Planning Commission on July 9, 2025 – Tabled from August 5, 2025
- Vacation of Alley – Lewis Nihiser – Revisit requested by City Commission
Action Items:
- A. Consideration of Appointment of (1) Member for FSHPRC – Tabled from August 5,
2025 – L. Dillon
- Consideration of Resolution No. 9-2025 RESOLUTION AND NOTICE OF HEARING WITH REFERENCE TO ALLEGED UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS STRUCTURE AT 121 S. MARGRAVE – Tabled from April 15, 2025
- New Business
- Consideration of Certificate of Appropriateness – Gordon Parks Mural at Main & Wall (Wilder House Building) – Approved by Design Review Board – L. Dillon
- Consideration of Fort Scott Developer Partnership Incentive Package 2026 – L. Dillon
- Consideration of Sales Tax Ballot Question – B. Matkin
- Discussion with Earles Engineering & Inspection, Inc. – Requested by M. Wells
- Reports and Comments
- Adjourn
I called to notify the city that I’m having ditch problems the water won’t go down the ditch I called I never heard anything they said that the city manager Brad would get a hold of me he never did not heard anything back from the city I have pictures to show how my whole yard was flooded I bet if this happened that his house he probably would do something about it but I haven’t heard anything back the water goes in one side but don’t come out the other the ditch is almost level on Jenkins Street I guess I’ll have a private contractor dig it out and send the bill to the city because I can’t have this flooding my property Jesse durbin820 Barbie
The vital point of the sales tax here is the street program can only proceed with a continuation of the one-half cent sales tax. I agree but let the other issues/commodities sell themselves and not ride the coat tail of the street program. This is being sold as an all or nothing proposition, holding the voters hostage. Let’s explore other funding options, like expanding the municipal court to fund fire and police. No doubt we need codes enforcement to get some enforcement abilities. This was estimated that nearly $400k could stay with the City and not sent to the State.