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CITY OF FORT SCOTT

CITY COMMISSION MEETING (AMENDED)

Minutes of May 5, 2020 Regular Meeting #9

The regular meeting of the Fort Scott City Commission was held May 5^th, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Commission Room, 123 S. Main, Fort Scott, Kansas.

ROLL CALL:

Commissioners K. Allen, P. Allen, R. Nichols, and L. Watts were present with Mayor J. Mitchell presiding.

INVOCATION: There was no invocation given.

AUDIENCE IN ATTENDANCE: There was no audience in attendance other than a very few City staff.

PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS: None

APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND APPROPRIATIONS/CONSENT AGENDA:

Approval of minutes of the regular meeting of April 21^st, 2020.

Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1262-A totaling $615,308.86.

Request to Pay #4 – Schneider Electric – $216,807.84 – Energy Service Project

Approval to Pay #5 – Struckel Electric – Electric Vault Project – $5,130.00

Approval to Pay – Olsson – Electric Vault Project Engineering – $5,193.01

Pete Allen asked that Item C – Schneider Electric be removed from the Consent Agenda.

Lindsey Watts moved to approve the Consent Agenda with the removal of Item C. JoLynne Mitchell seconded. R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted aye. K. Allen and P. Allen voted no. Motion carried 3-2.

APPROVED CONSENT AGENDA.

Pete Allen said he could not see on the Schneider Electric invoice where it had been signed off by the engineer or inspections conducted on this project.

R. Nichols moved to table the Schneider Electric payment until the May 19^th, 2020 meeting. L. Watts seconded. All voted aye.

TABLED THE SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC PAYMENT.

APPEARANCE/COMMENTS/PUBLIC HEARING:

APPEARANCE: None

B. CITIZEN COMMENTS (Concerning Items Not on Agenda – 5 minute

limit per citizen) – Comments will not be taken during this meeting. If you have a topic to discuss not listed on the agenda, please contact a City Commissioner or send a written request to [email protected].

PUBLIC HEARINGS: None

CONSIDERATION:

(Kevin Allen was asked to leave the room while the first item was discussed).

Request to Pay – Skitch’s Hauling & Excavation, Inc. – February – $1,185.00 – Porta Pottie Services

L. Watts moved to approve the payment to Skitch’s Hauling & Excavation for porta-pottie services for February in the amount of $1,185.00. J. Mitchell seconded. P. Allen, R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted aye. Motion carried.

approved the payment to Skitch’s Hauling & Excavation for porta-pottie services for February in the amount of $1,185.00.

(Kevin Allen returned to the meeting).

Approval to publish 2020 Budget Amendment and to hold a public hearing on May 19^th, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. – Susan Bancroft, Director of Finance, informed the Commission that she is asking to hold a public hearing on May 19th, 2020 to amend the 2020 budget. There are four funds which need amended:

2020 Adopted 2020 Proposed

Special Alcohol & Drugs $12,850 $47,679

Special Parks & Recreation $12,580 $37,617

E911 $135,500 $140,333

Storm Water Utility $189,493 $979,375

K. Allen moved to hold a public hearing on May 19^th, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to amend the 2020 budget. L. Watts seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 19^TH, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M. TO AMEND THE 2020 BUDGET.

Consideration to repeal Ordinance No. 3556 and approve Ordinance No. 3562 establishing a Street Advisory Board – Jeff Deane, City Attorney, informed the Commission that this has been approved but he wanted to read the ordinance to the Commission as it was passed at the last meeting. No questions were brought up on this ordinance.

Consideration of appointments to Street Advisory Board (Six (6) City residents – One (1) County resident within 3-mile limit) – JoLynne Mitchell, Mayor, informed the Commission there are sheets in front of them in alphabetical order for them to review. She will call out the proposed names and each Commissioner will vote and the votes will be tallied and read aloud. They will each need to vote for six City residents and one County resident. The proposed names are as follows: Brian Allen, Nick Barrows, Randy Bohlken, Ralph Carlson, Denny Davis, Charles Gentry, Clete Hall, Diana Morriss, Greg Schick, Matthew Wells, and Gary Cullor, the County resident.

J. Mitchell moved to approve the highest vote getters of Brian Allen, Nick Barrows, Randy Bohlken, Ralph Carlson, Charles Gentry, and Clete Hall – the six City residents, and Gary Cullor the County resident. L. Watts seconded. All voted aye.

approved the highest vote getters of Brian Allen, Nick Barrows, Randy Bohlken, Ralph Carlson, Charles Gentry, and Clete Hall – the six City residents, and Gary Cullor the County resident to serve on the street advisory board.

Consideration of appointments to Design Review Board – JoLynne Mitchell, Mayor, informed the Commission there are sheets in front of them in alphabetical order for them to review. She will call out the proposed names and each Commissioner will vote and the votes will be tallied and read aloud. They will each need to vote for three City residents. The proposed names are as follows: Frank Adamson, Darren Crays, Debra McCoy, Arnold Schofield, Judy Warren, Matthew Wells, Stacy Wood, and Rick Zingre’.

J. Mitchell moved to approve the highest vote getters of Arnold Schofield, Stacy Wood, and Rick Zingre’. L. Watts seconded. K. Allen, R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted aye. P. Allen voted no. Motion carried 4-1.

approved the highest vote getters of Arnold Schofield, Stacy Wood, and Rick Zingre’ for the Design Review Board.

Consideration of appointments to Planning Commission – JoLynne Mitchell, Mayor, informed the Commission there are sheets in front of them in alphabetical order for them to review. She will call out the proposed names and each Commissioner will vote and the votes will be tallied and read aloud. They will each need to vote for four City residents and one County resident. The proposed names are as follows: Cheryl Adamson, Josh Jones, Carol MacArthur, Debra McCoy, Judy Warren, and the two County residents are Pam Hightower and Don Tucker.

There was a tie between Debra McCoy and Cheryl Adamson and another vote was taken for those two candidates.

J. Mitchell moved to approve the highest vote getters of Cheryl Adamson, Josh Jones, Carol MacArthur, and Judy Warren for the four City residents and Pam Hightower for the County resident. R. Nichols seconded. K. Allen, R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted aye. P. Allen voted no. Motion carried 4-1.

approved the highest vote getters of Cheryl Adamson, Josh Jones, Carol MacArthur, and Judy Warren for the four City residents and Pam Hightower for the County resident for the planning commission.

Approval of Hay Bid – Airport – Dave Martin, City Manager, informed the Commission that bids were taken for the 130 acres of hay ground to be hayed this summer at the Airport. There were three bids received: Triple M Farms – $6,580.00; Dale Bollinger – $5,388.00; and Dr. Ricky Kellenberger – $5,200.00. Approval for the high bid from Triple M Farms was recommended.

K. Allen moved to approve the high bid of Triple M Farms for the hay bid at the airport in the amount of $6,580.00. L. Watts seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED HIGH BID FROM TRIPLE M FARMS FOR THE 130 ACRES OF HAY GROUND AT THE AIRPORT IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,580.00.

Discussion of Pool Opening – Dave Martin, City Manager, informed the Commission that Chasity Ware, Aquatic Center Manager, sent an email asking that the City Commission postpone their decision on opening or closing the pool until June 1^st. According to the Governor’s latest Executive Order, the Phase 2 plan would allow 30 individuals in the pool at a time. After June 15^th, there are no limits on gatherings. He asked that this be tabled until we are closer to June 1^st.

R. Nichols moved to table the pool opening discussion until after June 1^st. J. Mitchell seconded. All voted aye.

TABLED THE POOL OPENING DISCUSSION UNTIL AFTER JUNE 1^ST, 2020.

Discussion of Fuel Bid – Susan Bancroft, Director of Finance, informed the Commission that she was approached this week about bidding out our fuel. We currently have a fuel holding tank at Public Works and we get our fuel from a County resident, and have for years, pay whatever the price of fuel is at the time with a 10% discount. This company has asked if they can give us a quote and lock in the rate for a year. She would like to give this option to our current vendor also.

Susan said that our Public Works, Public Safety, EMS, and our street sweeper are mainly the highest users. She said she has audited fuel sales for the last few months. She has looked at weekend purchases and odd hours to ensure that people using fuel at that time is actually being used correctly.

K. Allen said that he would like to bid this item out to all vendors in town.

K. Allen made a motion to put the fuel sales out for bids with all fuel vendors. R. Nichols seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED TO PUT THE FUEL SALES OUT FOR BID WITH ALL FUEL VENDORS.

COMMISSION/STAFF:

Director Updates:

Travis Shelton – Margrave Street School zone discussion – Chief Shelton informed the Commission that back in March the length of the school zone on Margrave Street was discussed regarding shortening the length. The current school zone is .4 of a mile in length. He said that he visited with Terry Chance, Principal, Fort Scott Christian Heights school and he does not have an issue with shortening it. He also contacted the administration of USD 234 to get feedback from them. He talked with Joe Allen, USD 234 Transportation Director who stated they would like to see that 10^th Street and 12^th Street are both included in the school zone as it is better for the school bus drivers to pull out on Margrave in a 20 mph zone than a 35 mph zone. If the school zone included one half block south of 12^th Street and one half block north of 10^th Street, the zone would be .2 of a mile. If only including 10^th Street, the school zone would be .1 of a mile. He talked to Chad Brown, and he estimated to move the flashing lights, the cost would be between $2,000 to $3,000.

K. Allen said that he would be in favor of shortening it to the .1 of a mile for the school zone. He thinks there are more children walking on Shepherd Street than on Margrave Street. He would not move the electric or the poles. He would like them taken down. He would like to see it shortened to .1 of a mile.

R. Nichols moved to change the school zone on Margrave Street to one half block south of 12^th Street and one half block north of 10^th Street, which would be .2 of a mile. L. Watts seconded. R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted aye. K. Allen and P. Allen voted no. Motion carried 3-2.

Kevin Allen asked if he could also make a motion.

K. Allen moved to change the school zone to just include 10^th Street and be .1 of a mile in length. P. Allen seconded. K. Allen and P. Allen voted aye. R. Nichols, L. Watts, and J. Mitchell voted no. Motion denied 3-2.

APPROVED TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL ZONE ON MARGRAVE STREET TO ONE HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF 12^TH STREET AND ONE HALF BLOCK NORTH OF 10^TH STREET WHICH WOULD BE .2 OF A MILE IN LENGTH.

Robert Uhler – Shiney Studio roof update – Certificate of Appropriateness – Robert informed the Commission that the State Historic Preservation Office has given the approval for the roof replacement at 123 S. National. The Design Review Board verbally approved this change in the roof contingent upon approval by SHPO. He asked approval for the Certificate of Appropriateness to replace the roof at 123 S. National.

J. Mitchell moved to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness for the roof replacement at 123 S. National. R. Nichols seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR THE ROOF REPLACEMENT AT 123 S. NATIONAL.

B. City Commission:

Kevin Allen – He had several items:

He stated that the City website address is difficult to find. Can we do anything about that? Change the name?

City Clerk told him that the Chamber has fortscott.com.

Susan said that all have links to each other pages.

Kevin would like to see this researched to see if we can share a web address with the Chamber.

He asked about the golf course.

City Manager said it was open.

Kevin questioned the free golf for several months and how we are collecting revenue. He thinks we should have had someone there collecting money to play. He said we have been publicly criticized for this and using our amenities for free.

City Manager said that it was a COVID-19 issue he believed.

He asked for a report on Andrick Street. He hasn’t seen any progress on that street. It has been going on for nine months now.

City Manager said that they are getting ready to replace the water lines now. They have been talking with Pete on this project also. They have discussed the issue on bidding this project out.

Pete said he has plans and specifications ready on this project. Our current situation is that we have five or six people on our Street Department. We don’t have enough people and expertise to get this project completed. We need to hire it out. We have many problems with potholes in this town. He said that Margrave Street is falling apart. We have streets that are deteriorating. We aren’t doing any maintenance on our streets. If we don’t start on a maintenance program, we will be in terrible trouble. 12^th Street is in bad condition with the joints that are 6” wide. His recommendation is to bid this job at Andrick Street out to pour the concrete and get the curbs done. The water line still has to be replaced and base rock needs to be brought in. He asked that a decision be made tonight on Andrick Street.

Kevin said that the plans Pete drew up were amazing. He said that the City crew is a good crew but they have too much to do. It is the Commission’s job to get them help. He asked Dave about when the prisoners can help assisting with the streets. He said that they can patch potholes.

City Manager said that the prisoners cannot work until the COVID-19 pandemic is lifted.

Kevin said that this can be free work provided to us. We can have an officer do security for them. He said that we need to use these prisoners after the COVID-19 is lifted. He said that citizens need to see progress if a sales tax is ever going to pass.

Chief Shelton said that there are differences between a police officer and a detention officer and he would need to look into that.

Susan discussed the two sales taxes. The one renewing this year is the County 1 cent sales tax. Those dollars go into our general fund and amount to about $700,000 a year. The City receives about ½ a percent. This helps fund the street program. In 2021, the ½ cent sales tax comes up for a vote again and she would like to see this dedicated to the streets. That brings in approximately $1,000,000. This is a true City tax which is why the amount the City receives is higher than that 1 cent sales tax. She is getting information together for Josh Jones and can bring it before the Commission if they wish.

City Manager said that the Commission will have to approve the question for the ballot.

His next item was when the next Lake meeting will be held. He would like to see a time determined. The last he knew is that Robert was taking a poll when people can meet. He thinks the sewer issue will come up at this meeting. He has talked with Michael Mix about this program. He said that each resident pays about $60.00 a month and a portion of that goes toward paying off the sewer. There was no bonus for paying off your sewer. There is a certain brand of pump and a certain company do the work. At the bottom of the lake, the pumps only last about three years and a person has to pay about $900. If you live at the top of the lake the pump will last about seven years. How long are we tied to this company and these rules? He said that Farlington Lake residents pay $7.00 a month and those funds go into an account that pays for all repairs.

City Manager said that he would meet with Justin Meeks of the County and discuss this and he will get a copy of Farlington Lake’s contract. Our contract says that the County is the sewer district and the County says that they are not. He will get back with them on this.

He also wanted to talk about Rural Water District. When a customer has a leak in the City of Fort Scott, they can call a plumber and get it repaired and provide proof to the City and get an adjustment on their bill. She called Rural Water and they don’t do that. He knows a lady that had a leak that was $2,300 and she had to pay it in a three month period. He was told by Rural Water that the City doesn’t give them a break. He thinks the City should find out how we can help County residents with leaks.

He asked if we could have a report every two weeks on Streets. Dave could have whoever he wanted to come and give them a report and it would keep them updated on their projects. This would also show transparency in government.

His last issue was when the Fire Marshal is going to come and talk to them about the code footprint.

Jeff Deane said that the Fire Marshal responded to them by email.

Kevin Allen said he would call the Fire Marshal tomorrow.

Dave asked him about Gunn Park.

Kevin said that by shelter house #3 there is a big dropoff with a 4” edge that a child could drop off of. Rock needs brought in there. This is from years of neglect.

City Manager will check this out.

Kevin asked where we are on the resolution that he brought up on filling the vacancy of a Commissioner.

City Attorney said that it was defeated at the last meeting.

City Clerk said that the Commission will take letters of interest.

Lindsey said that parts of his resolution were not constitutional.

Jeff will bring this back to the next meeting.

Kevin said that he will call the League and talk to their legal counsel.

Randy Nichols – He remarked that there is awareness of the passage of the 1 cent sales tax and Pete is working on that.

The Street Advisory Board will be a good committee to start the planning process with our infrastructure needs.

Pete Allen – He remarked that he would like to instruct our City staff to complete the work at Andrick, complete the water line, complete the demolition, and also get the base rock put in ready for a contractor to begin the concrete work. He would like this work completed by June 1^st. This could be easily completed in two weeks. He would like to see the entire project completed by July 1^st.

Kevin said that he believes that the curb can be salvaged and used as it is currently laid.

Kevin Allen made a motion to go out for bid on curb and gutter in the 500 block of Andrick, and that the City crew finish their work with a deadline of June 2^nd, 2020. Lindsey Watts seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED TO GO OUT FOR BID ON CURB AND GUTTER IN THE 500 BLOCK OF ANDRICK, AND THAT THE CITY CREWS FINISH THEIR WORK WITH A DEADLINE OF JUNE 2^ND, 2020.

Pete also asked if we can provide some relief to the residents on Andrick Street. He brought up at the last meeting possibly giving the residents in the 500 block of Andrick a year free of water and sewer. Pete said he talked to a resident that said he is moving to Colorado.

Susan said that this will amount to around $2,398.62. Susan said a credit could be given to the residents for a twelve month period. She would prefer to use the prior twelve month period and apply it to that account.

Jeff Deane said he will check and see if this is legal or not to do this.

Discussion was held regarding offering the residents a golf, pool, or fitness membership.

Pete made a motion as a form of relief to give the residents in the 500 block of Andrick free water and sewer for a year provided it is legal per the City Attorney. Kevin Allen seconded. All voted aye.

APPROVED TO GIVE RELIEF TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE 500 BLOCK OF ANDRICK FREE WATER AND SEWER FOR A YEAR PERIOD PROVIDED THIS IS LEGAL PER THE CITY ATTORNEY WHICH COULD AMOUNT TO $2,398.62.

Lindsey Watts – She said that she was the person who asked for more information from the Street Advisory board and she apologized that three people dropped their names from the list. She would like to see that included in our boards when filling positions, so we know more information about the individuals.

She also believes that every project we have should be bid out every year. Everyone should get the same treatment and it is transparent as possible.

JoLynne Mitchell – She remarked that it is important that the Lake Advisory Committee meet as they have concerns especially with their fireworks event coming up.

Dave said that he just checked with Robert and the meeting is set for May 16^th, 2020.

Kevin thought one of the problems was that the City Clerk was not available to take the minutes.

Diane told him that it was due to COVID-19 and keeping the count around ten people.

JoLynne said that they need to make a dedicated time to meet.

JoLynne said that she hopes that the pool will open and we are working hard for that to happen.

C. City Manager:

City Engineer – Dave said that we have only had one applicant for City engineer so far.

County meeting – Dave said that they had a good meeting with the County last Friday. They will hold off on a joint meeting now due to COVID-19 and schedule this later. They discussed interlocal agreements for gravel and asphalt but decided to wait until June 1^st, 2020. The County and the City both need to wait and see what the tax revenues look like for June. They will meet again on June 1^st.

Susan said that rock and asphalt still costs the City money.

Pete said that we will have need for 100,000 ton of rock if they are able to make it. We could save $4.00 a ton on rock.

ADJOURNMENT:

Nichols moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:18 p.m. Mitchell seconded. All voted aye.

ADJOURNED MEETING AT 8:18 P.M.

The next regularly scheduled meeting is to be held on May 19^th, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.

RECORDED BY:

DIANE K. CLAY

CITY CLERK

COVID-19, Fort Scott Community College, Government

FSCC Is Adapting Due to COVID 19 Pandemic

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Fort Scott Community College President Alysia Johnston.

Fort Scott Community College employees have been working on how to provide an education safely to all involved during the pandemic that has played havoc across the world.

“We have been working with local, regional, and state health officials to determine how best to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 for our students, employees, and community,” President Alysia Johnston said. “We want to meet the unique needs of our students while keeping everyone safe.”

Schedules have been changed.

“The June summer schedule has been changed to an all-online format with the exception of John Deere,” she said. “The classes will be split so there are not more than 10 students at one time.”

“Currently, John Deere has two classrooms and a total of 15 students will be on campus in June,” Adam Borth, vice president of academic affairs, said. ” This will allow us to utilize both classrooms and appropriate distancing requirements. We will also be cleaning and sanitizing surfaces to exceed recommendations. We are hoping and planning for all of our technical classes to begin in August 2020, just as they did in 2019. While we prepare for this, we also will likely need to be prepared to have quite a bit of hands-on training in the first portion of the classes, should we need to go back online again. Our plan, at this time, is face to face courses for fall.”

“We are looking at a possible change to our fall calendar schedule that would have students finish the fall semester before Thanksgiving,” Johnston said. “We believe this would help mitigate the spread of the pandemic as we would not be bringing students back once again from a wide geographical area.”

“We are discussing the idea of moving our start date up for fall classes, to begin on August 10,” Borth, said.

“We have tentatively set the commencement ceremony for Saturday, November 21, 2020 for graduates from spring 2020, summer 2020, and fall 2020,” he said.

“This would allow us to end the week of Thanksgiving, and hopefully minimize exposure during the fall semester. Our spring 2021 semester has not changed at this point, although this could change, given the fluidity of this situation,” Borth said.

“We are still evaluating courses which begin in July, and will continue to do so while the situation evolves,” he said. “The primary changes will be the amount of students in a classroom at any given time. We will ensure 15 occupants are in a classroom during this phase of reopening, and also ensure social distancing is occurring. This may mean significant changes to how our courses are scheduled by the time August rolls around.”

Some students will be tested for COVID 19.

“We plan on bringing back some student-athletes in July and have been working with Community Health Center of SEK to perform COVID-19 testing for the students,” Johnston said. ” We have procedures and protocols in place if someone tests positive for COVID-19. We are extremely grateful to CHC of SEK for working with us to establish best practices and administering the tests at no cost to the college or students.”

Budgets are revisited.

“We are currently developing the 2021 fiscal budget and analyzing available data and information to determine the best budgeting solutions,” she said. ” We know our state funding will be lower and we are making adjustments – keeping in mind the critical needs of students and all stakeholders must be met.”

Safety is a priority.

“Making sure students, employees and the community are safe is our greatest concern and we are working every day on best practices to make sure we meet all our stakeholder’s needs,” Johnston said.

On-campus classes for the fall semester are planned for students.

“The students, faculty, and the staff have done an amazing job adapting to online classes and working remotely,” she said. “However, we are all looking forward to having students on campus for the fall semester.”

Government, Kansas

Resident Death at El Dorado Correctional Facility

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TOPEKA, Kansas. – El Dorado Correctional Facility resident Bobby Edwards died on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at the correctional facility.

Edwards, 44, was pronounced dead by facility staff at approximately 2:15 a.m. The cause of death is pending an autopsy but is not believed to be COVID-19 related.

Per protocol when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Edwards was serving a 247-month sentence for a 2011 Sedgwick County conviction for Aggravated Robbery.

Bobby Edwards’ KDOC identification number is # 63488

The 1,955 bed El Dorado Correctional Facility opened in 1991 and was expanded in 1995 and 2001. The facility is designed for maximum- and medium-custody inmates and to serve as the Reception and Diagnostic Unit (RDU) for all adult males sentenced to KDOC. In RDU, residents receive orientation and are assigned to a custody classification, appropriate programs and a permanent housing assignment.

Bourbon County, COVID-19, Government

Reopen Kansas Framework Changes to Recommendations Tomorrow

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As Governor Kelly’s Ad Astra: A Plan to Reopen Kansas framework changes to a recommended guidance document tomorrow, the Local Health Officer of Allen, Anderson, Bourbon and Woodson Counties continues to recommend residents and businesses of these counties follow this guidance document through its entirety. The guidelines that were issued by SEK Multi-County Health Departments will be taken down tomorrow, as it took us through the first phase and now there are less restrictive guidelines in place, as well as other guidance now issued by multiple state boards, KDHE, CDC, etc.

The Local Health Officer urges the public to continue to take appropriate actions, by taking responsibility for themselves and their loved ones. Individuals should continue to practice social distancing, clean/disinfect any high touched surfaces, wash their hands with soap and water routinely, use hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available and avoid touching your face (especially eyes, nose & mouth).

Please remember if you have the symptoms to:

Call before going to a Clinic, Hospital, ER, or Health Department

Close contact means: 6 foot or less for 10 minutes or more, with a positive case.

If you are experiencing life threatening symptoms, PLEASE CALL 911.

For more information you may call the SEK Multi-County Health Department: Allen: (620)365-2191 Monday-Thursday 7:00am-5:30pm; Anderson: (785)448-6559 Monday-Thursday 7:00am-5:30pm ; Bourbon: (620)223-4464 Monday-Thursday 7:00am-5:30pm; Woodson (620)625-2484 Monday-Thursday 8:00am-5:00pm OR the COVID-19 Hotline: (866)534-3463.You may also visit the

COVID-19 Resource Center at: https://www.coronavirus.kdheks.gov/OR Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Departments on Facebook for local updates.

COVID-19, Government, Kansas

Governor signs disaster declaration, calls for special session, warns of grave consequences to state without legislative action

May 26, 2020 Submitted Story Leave a comment

Encourages Legislature to do what’s right to protect Kansans

TOPEKA – Today Governor Laura Kelly announced a series of actions her administration is taking to respond to the emergency situation COVID-19 currently presents to the economy and to public safety.

After careful review, Kelly has vetoed House Bill 2054. This sweeping, hastily crafted legislation pushed through the Kansas Legislature last week includes provisions that will damage Kansas’ ability to respond to COVID-19 and all future disasters. The bill also weakens local county health officer authorities and adds unnecessary layers of bureaucracy to their emergency response efforts.
Kelly has signed a new state disaster declaration to ensure that Kansas can effectively respond to the current emergency situation, which includes an unprecedented economic emergency and the imminent threat of new outbreaks of COVID-19, specifically regarding food supply. This will also ensure the state can continue its coordinated response with federal and state partners.
Kelly has called a special session starting June 3. She has asked the Legislature to put politics aside, work with her, and deliver an emergency management bill that has been vetted, debated, is transparent and addresses the need to keep Kansans safe and healthy.

“As I’ve said from day one, the safety and well-being of Kansans is my number one priority. What the Legislature sent to my desk does not protect Kansans. It does not help Kansans. It puts their lives at risk,” Kelly said. “I’m calling on the Legislature to come back and put a carefully crafted, bipartisan bill on my desk that will provide the resources Kansans need, in a timely manner. We must stop putting Kansans at risk.”

The new state disaster declaration addressing the current emergency enables Kansas to provide the following services through the Kansas Division of Emergency Management, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas National Guard and the federal government:

Allows National Guard members supporting numerous field missions throughout the state to serve communities in response to the disaster and threat. To date, a total of 678 National Guard personnel are supporting these missions.

Allows KDEM and National Guard to provide vital food support to communities and protect against threat of food supply shortages. Guard members have packed more than two million meals which are being distributed to food banks across Kansas.

Allows KDEM and National Guard to swiftly provide medical and non-medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to hospitals, first responders and many more to combat the imminent threat of COVID-19 surges. To date, over 7,000 cases of PPE have been delivered across the state, which includes 3.2 million individual pieces of PPE. More will be needed to address the imminent threat of new outbreaks.

Allows KDEM to assist the Kansas Department of Corrections to provide support personnel – including medical and food preparation personnel.

Allows KDEM to make deliveries of Remdesivir to counties across Kansas. So far, KDEM, along with their state agency partners which include the Kansas National Guard, Kansas Highway Patrol and Civil Air Patrol, have made 26 deliveries of Remdesivir to 10 counties. Remdesivir is delivered to hospitals to treat critical patients, and this service is potentially life-saving for those patients. KDEM makes these deliveries immediately when needed for patients throughout the state.

Allows KDEM to continue providing non-congregate shelter for positive and exposed persons who are essential workers. There are currently 50 contracts related to non-congregate sheltering needed for the present disaster. Continuing to provide this support will mitigate the threat to the food supply and the threat of surges in COVID-19 infections.

Allows medical workers and first responders to rely on the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System to decontaminate their PPE. This system is provided by FEMA and continuing to provide this service will mitigate the threat of surges in COVID-19 infections.

Allows KDEM to manage donations and warehouse space necessary to store PPE. This storage is necessary due to the threat of new COVID-19 outbreaks as statewide restrictions are lifted and the economy reopens.

Allows KDHE to provide community-based testing under the State Emergency Response Plan. Increased testing will help the state mitigate the threat of, or respond to, future outbreaks and allows businesses, employees, and customers to resume economic activity with increased confident that outbreaks will be prevented or mitigated.

Allows KDEM to continue transporting testing samples. KDEM has transported over 1,000 samples to state labs since April 29, 2020. By transporting the tests via KDEM couriers, the tests arrive at the lab the same date they are collected, and results are provided the following day. Without this same-day service, the results of the tests will be delayed and the ability to contact-trace will be severely limited, risking additional illness and death as well as economic insecurity.

Allows KDEM to provide translation support. Currently, KDEM is providing 16 translators to support contact-tracing operations to mitigate the current and imminent threat of a new COVID-19 outbreak.

Allows the Civil Air Patrol to continue to provide needed emergency transportation.

If the state disaster declaration is not extended by the Legislature within 15 days, the following significant problems will likely occur:

Possible closure of meat processing plants;
Inability to assist hog farmers with the euthanasia and disposal of excess hogs;
The loss of unemployment benefits;
Significant delay and possible frustration entirely of the economic recovery of the State;
Reduced PPE inventory for healthcare workers and first responders;
KDEM would be unable to receive, sort, package, and transport PPE and other commodities to health care workers and first responders;
Food shortage and an inability of state agencies to provide the various food programs needed to assist Kansans;
Reduced testing and a lack of timely test results;
Inability to conduct contact-tracing missions;
Increased outbreaks of COVID-19 in the prison population;
Increased outbreaks of COVID-19 in nursing homes;
Inability to service or transport ventilators or anesthesia machines;
Inability to coordinate mission assignments or take emergency actions necessary to deal with issues related to the current disaster;
No immunity for state employees or volunteers providing vital services;
Inability to initiate and maintain the Kansas Response Plan; and
Increased costs to the State of Kansas as a result of losing federal funding.

Under the new disaster declaration, the operative provisions of the following Executive Orders will be reissued:

20-08: Temporarily expanding telemedicine and addressing certain licensing requirements to combat the effects of COVID-19
20-12: Driver’s license and vehicle registration and regulation during public health emergency
20-13: Allowing certain deferred tax deadlines and payments during the COVID-19 pandemic
20-17: Temporary relief from certain unemployment insurance requirements in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
20-19: Extending professional and occupational licenses during the COVID-19 pandemic
20-20: Temporarily allowing notaries and witnesses to act via audio-video communication technology
20-23: Licensure, Certification, and Registration for persons and Licensure of “Adult Care Homes” during public health emergency
20-27: Temporarily suspending certain rules relating to sale of alcoholic beverages
20-32: Temporary relief from certain restrictions concerning shared work programs
20-33: Extending conditional and temporary relief from certain motor carrier rules and regulations in response to COVID-19

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Candidate filing deadline for local offices is noon, Monday, June 1

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From the BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS website is the following information about the 2020 election.

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

A Primary Election will be held August 4, 2020. Candidates for the following offices will be nominated by each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election:

One candidate for United States Senate
One candidate for United States House of Representatives, 2^nd District
One candidate for State Senate, 12^th & 13^th Districts
One candidate for State Representative, 2^nd & 4^th Districts
One candidate for County Commissioner 2^nd District
One candidate for County Commissioner 3^rd District
One candidate for County Clerk
One candidate for County Treasurer
One candidate for County Register of Deeds
One candidate for County Attorney
One candidate for County Sheriff
One candidate for Township Trustee, Drywood Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Franklin Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Freedom Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Marion Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Marmaton Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Millcreek Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Osage Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Pawnee Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Scott Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Timberhill Township
One candidate for Township Trustee, Walnut Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Drywood Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Franklin Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Freedom Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Marion Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Marmaton Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Millcreek Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Osage Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Pawnee Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Scott Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Timberhill Township
One candidate for Township Treasurer, Walnut Township

The following officers will be elected in each political party which has qualified to participate in the Primary Election:

One Precinct Committeeman in each Precinct
One Precinct Committeewoman in each Precinct

Candidate filing deadline for local offices is noon, Monday, June 1^st, 2020.

If you would like to request a packet to file for a local office, please call (620)223-3800 ext. 100.

Residents living in the City of Fort Scott vote at the following locations:

1st Ward               Community Christian Church          DRYWOOD                     Grace Baptist Church
2nd Ward             Grace Baptist Church                        FRANKLIN                      Mapleton Community Building
3rd Ward              Grace Baptist Church                        FREEDOM                     Fulton Community Building
4th Ward              Community Christian Church         EAST MARION                Uniontown City Hall
5th Ward              Community Christian Church        WEST MARION                Bronson Community Building
6th Ward              Community Christian Church        MARMATON                      Redfield City Hall
7th Ward              Grace Baptist Church                      MILLCREEK                     Redfield City Hall

Residents living out in the County vote at the following locations:

OSAGE                              Fulton Community Building
PAWNEE                            Redfield City Hall
NORTH SCOTT                Community Christian Church
SOUTH SCOTT                 Grace Baptist Church
TIMBERHILL                       Mapleton Community Building
WALNUT                              Uniontown City Hall

Not sure if you’re registered to vote or where to vote?

You may register to vote online, through the Kansas Secretary of State’s website.

Check your voter registration status, the location of your polling place and view a sample ballot at VoterView by the Secretary of State.

The County Clerk is elected in November of Presidential Election years to a term of four years. There are no term limits to this elected office.

The Bourbon County Clerk/Election Officer is responsible for a wide range of things under Kansas Law. Some of those are listed here.

Advance Voting is available prior to each election. You may advance vote in one of two ways: By mail, by filing an application for a ballot to be mailed to you OR in-person, beginning at least one week prior to any election.

Bourbon County Clerk Duties:

Serves as Secretary to the Board of County Commissioners; attends Commission meetings; prepares and posts agendas and keeps meeting minutes; maintains proceedings of Commission meetings, including all contracts and agreements entered into by the County.
Prepares annual budgets for most townships and fire districts and all cemeteries, watersheds and light districts in the County.
Receives and compiles all budgets submitted by County entities, cities, townships, the community college, school districts, and all special districts.
Compiles, calculates, and prepares tax levies.2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Prepares real estate, personal property, and state assessed tax roll, including special assessments, and certifies to County Treasurer.
Accumulates and files a bonded indebtedness report for all taxing entities in the County.
Carries out all elections and certifies to the Secretary of State; maintains voter database; accepts filings for public office; keeps financial statements of expenses from county, city, school district candidates.
Provides Accounts Payable and Payroll functions for all County departments; receives all claims filed against the County.
Provides checks and balance to property transfers, motor vehicle collections and Treasurer’s daily ledger activities.
Serves as the County Freedom of Information Officer.
Maintains fixed asset inventory for the County.
Provides assistance to County residents in preparing Homestead Property Tax Refund and Food Sales Tax Applications for the Kansas Department of Revenue.
Issues Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses to establishments outside the city limits and issues Firework Permits to stands throughout the County for 4th of July week.
Issues Kansas Wildlife and Park permits.

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Bourbon County Commission Minutes of May 19, 2020

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May 19, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 am

The Bourbon County Commission met in open session on the front East steps of the Courthouse, the Commissioners, Kendell Mason and Justin Meeks were all present.

Tammy Helm with the Fort Scott Tribune, Nancy Van Etten, Jeremiah Hill, Mary Pemberton and Mark McCoy were all present for a portion of the meeting.

Jerad Heckman with Road & Bridge met with the Commissioners; he said they are ditching at 215th & Hackberry, crushing rock, pouring concrete at the Landfill at the crossing area, he said they have been mowing the grass near the blacktop areas and are almost done, they are fixing an entrance at a cemetery located at 65th & Yale, patching at 250th & Eagle (going South), side trimming and dragging roads around the County, patching on Yale and in Marco Estates. He said they had run out of rock, but now has a stockpile built up and are making more. They have chips produced and are ready to make asphalt.

Lynne reported a culvert plugged at 1651 165th and reported that an area near the top of a hill at 115th & Range needed gravel.

Jeff asked Jerad if they were working additional hours at the rock quarry to crush rock when the weather cooperated; Jerad said they were told not to have any overtime, so they hadn’t, but would if the Commissioners wanted them to; Lynne suggested waiting to decide this until we received the 2019 audit.

Jeff Fischer discussed a Fort Scott Lake advisory board meeting he had attended; a relief road was discussed (should the airport expand), a sewer board, a drainage issue near Hackberry on the East side of the Lake (Jerad Heckman said they would review this), at the meeting they also discussed reduced homeowners insurance rates for residents near the Lake if an additional fire station was built in the area (Lynne said fire district boundaries might have to be considered if a fire station was built there), they also discussed issues with the road near the park area. The board wants more transparency and wants a sewer district board re-established.

Justin Meeks asked the Commissioners for permission to allow him to write a draft document to allow a vacant lot at the Fort Scott Lake to be connected to the sewer district there; Justin said there is a $4,000 fee to connect. Jeff made a motion to allow Justin to write the memo of understanding and that Lynne be allowed to sign the memo of understanding allowing any connection of only lake property (that do not have a grinder pump) to the sewer district, Nick seconded and all approved.

Jim Harris requested that Justin write a waiver of liability to allow for the County to go on someone’s property on Range Road with a beaver issue; Nick made a motion that Justin write this and that Lynne has permission to sign the document, Jeff seconded and all approved.

Justin said he had met with Susan at the City of Fort Scott to discuss an interlocal agreement between the City and the County for paving, rock and the EMS services. He said they should have an Interlocal agreement soon.

Kendell Mason previously requested that Justin Meeks review a HAVA COVID-19 grant document; the grant could reimburse the County up to $13,746.36 for election related expenses due to COVID-19. Justin said he reviewed the document.

Justin briefly discussed the Mercy Hospital building; he said he had a meeting with Mercy about them turning the building over to the County, he said he thought CHC had gotten the initial approval to do the needed upgrades to the building. Justin said the hospital mall budget looked good, but said there is a subsidy there for financial help. He said the 2020 EMS revenues were down from what was budgeted.

Jess with KWORCC briefly met with the Commissioners, due to the COVID-19 situation, he brought hand sanitizer and masks. He said he would be offering a defensive driving class as well as fork lift training.

The Courthouse is currently closed due to COVID-19, the Commissioners briefly discussed the plans for when to possibly reopen; Lynne said they will follow the Governors guidelines for reopening, it is difficult to follow the social distancing guidelines for some of the offices, especially District Court.

The Commissioners agreed that if an employee was showing symptoms of COVID-19 they should contact the Public Health Department and follow their recommended guidelines regarding self quarantining or returning to work.

Bourbon County Appraiser Clint Anderson met with the Commissioners; he said Value Merchandiser had appealed their valuation and it had passed the first level of the appeal process, he asked permission to seek a reappraisal of their property (to have as a basis for the next level), all of the Commissioners recommending pursuing a reappraisal, (Clint estimated the reappraisal to cost $5,000).

Clint said he was working on the certification process to certify values to the County Clerk; once he certifies the values, the Clerk will complete an abstract to provide estimated valuations to the taxing entities.

Jeff questioned Clint if he did surveys on rent and expenses; Clint said he would be starting to do the surveys.

Emergency Manager William Wallis met with the Commissioners; Lynne made a motion to adopt Resolution 18-20, a COVID 19 public health emergency resolution, (declaring a local public health emergency in Bourbon County resulting in potential or occurring pandemic known as Covid 19) this declaration will last 60 days unless terminated earlier, Jeff seconded and all approved and signed the resolution.

Jeff made a motion to go into a 7 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Nick seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners, Justin Meeks and Treasurer Patty Love). After the session, the Commissioners said they gave Patty permission to rehire for a vacancy in her office with the understanding that there could be an across the board budget cut of 15%.

Nick made a motion to go into a 5 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Lynne seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners, Justin Meeks and Kendell Mason). No action was taken.

Nick made a motion to go into a 5 minute executive session for matters relating to the security of a public body or agency, public building or facility or the information system of a public body or agency, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize the security of such public body, agency, building, facility or information system, Jeff seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners and Justin Meeks). No action was taken.

Lynne made a motion that he be able to work with William Wallis regarding a COVID-19 grant, Nick seconded and all approved.

The May 26, 2020 Commission meeting will be held on the East porch from 9-12.

At 10:51, Nick made a motion to adjourn, Jeff seconded and all approved.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
(ss) Lynne Oharah, Chairman
(ss) Jeff Fischer, Commissioner
(ss) Nick Ruhl, Commissioner
ATTEST:
Kendell Mason, Bourbon County Clerk
May 26, 2020, Approved Date

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Bourbon County Commission Minutes of May 14, 2020

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May 14, 2020 Thursday 3:00 pm (Special Meeting)

The Bourbon County Commission met in open session on the front east steps of the Courthouse. Present for the meeting were all three Commissioners, the County Clerk, Justin Meeks and Jody Hoener.

Tammy Helm with the Fort Scott Tribune was also present.

The Commissioners met to approve the CDBG grant documents and to discuss the KAC COVID-19 funding for possible reimbursement of expenses.

Lynne made a motion to approve Resolution 17-20; A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING LEGAL AUTHORITY AND AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR THE CDBG-CV
FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Nick seconded and all approved and Lynne signed the resolution.

Lynne made a motion to approve and sign the Residential anti-displacement and relocation assistance plan under section 104(D) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Jeff seconded and all approved and Lynne signed the document.

Lynne made a motion to sign the Statement of Assurances and Certifications, Nick seconded and all approved and Lynne signed the document.

Lynne made a motion to sign the Agreement for Administrative Consulting Services, Jeff seconded and all approved and Lynne signed the following document.

Lynne made a motion to sign the disclosure/update report, Nick seconded and all approved, and Lynne signed the document.

Jeff made a motion to approve submitting to KAC a report showing COVID-19 expenses for possible reimbursement, Nick seconded and all approved and Kendell submitted the report to KAC.

At 3:25, Lynne made a motion to adjourn, Jeff seconded and all approved.

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Bourbon County Commission Minutes of May 12, 2020

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May 12, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 am

The Bourbon County Commissioners met in open session in the EOC room in the basement (the meeting was posted on Facebook), present for the meeting were all three Commissioners, Justin Meeks and Kendell Mason (via telephone).

Lynne made a motion to go into a 15 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Jeff seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners and Justin Meeks). No action was taken.

Jeff made a motion to go into a 10 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Nick seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners, Jim Harris, Jerad Heckman, Kendell Mason and Justin Meeks). No action was taken.

Jim Harris met with the Commissioners; the City of Fort Scott wants the County to help lay one block of asphalt (approximately 400’) on Andrick Street between 5th & 6th. Lynne said they are putting the cost to do this together for the Interlocal agreement. Jim said if the County does this, he would want Ag Engineering or another company to do the compaction tests there.

When the asphalt season ended in 2019, the Landfill Road and Indian Road were on that list to be completed, but they weren’t done. They want to do those roads first this year. Work still needs to be done with the drainage on Indian Road before asphalting there. The Commissioners asked that they do the Landfill Road first and said to use the right mix of asphalt to accommodate the heavy traffic. Jim said while overlaying they will not be doing other jobs.

Lynne reported that 125th is falling apart and needs work done to it. Nick said they need to patch on 215th where the French drains were put in. Lynne said due to the sales tax revenue being down; they will have to be considerate of the projects they do.

Jim said they plan to blast at the Blake Quarry and then at the Thomas Quarry. He said the asphalt plant is ready for the asphalt season.

Lynne made a motion to approve Resolution 16-20, a resolution increasing the Assistant County Attorney wages to $65,000 annually, Jeff seconded and all approved, the Commissioners said they weren’t adding additional money to the Attorney’s budget to cover this raise.

Lynne said that Justin Meeks was working with the City of Fort Scott Finance Director regarding the feasibility of having an Interlocal agreement with shared services, products (chips, salt).

Lora Holdridge said she had abstractors, surveyors as well as KDOT (KDOT is planning to do work on 69 Highway (at 3rd, 6th, 12th and 25th Street in Fort Scott) and APEX needing to come to her office to review records. Due to COVID-19, she felt she could safely schedule appointments for them to come to her office to do the work they need to do. The Commissioners were all ok with allowing them in by appointment. Jeff discussed Allen County E-filing surveys; Lora said her office can distribute surveys electronically, but they don’t accept them that way. She said the software Allen County uses is Fiddler and it isn’t feasible for Bourbon County to have since we already have CIC software.

Economic Development Director Jody Hoener met with the Commissioners to discuss the CDBG CV grant; a brief description of the grant is as follows from SEKRPC… “ALL REGULAR CDBG PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS APPLY UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED IN THESE GUIDELINES.
The State of Kansas, Community Development Block Grant – CV (CDBG-CV) program has been awarded $9,029,815 from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Awards will be made for issues triggered by the COVID-19 virus and when no other funds are available.
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
The CARES Act funds will be available for a City or County in the State of Kansas, which are defined as “general purpose units of government.” The entitlement Cities and Counties ineligible include Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Overland Park and all of Johnson County.
APPLICATION SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Applications will be submitted online on a first come, first served basis until money is exhausted.
FUNDING AMOUNT
Maximum funding per county or city is $300,000 for Economic Development grants and $100,000 for meal programs.
REIMBURSABLES
Cost can be reimbursed from March 1, 2020 or used for future expenses.
PROCEDURAL CHANGES
Procedural changes with CARES Act funds include, the processing of the grantee’s Grant Agreements, Request for Release of Funds and Certification (HUD-7015.15), and Grant Close-out agreements. Based on HUD guidance from April 13, 2020, the grantee can use electronic signatures, scans or fax. These amendments would only be applied to awarded CARES Act funds. All other CDBG requirements apply.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
The other requirements of the CDBG-CV are not fully described in this application. However, they still apply and include: National Objective Requirements, Pre-selection of Professional Services, Administrative Requirements for the Program, Citizen Participation Requirements (Public Hearings), Applicable Laws and Regulations – Federal Laws and Regulations, State Law Requirements, State Laws which may be available or applicable, Grant Definition, and Environmental Review Process. Details of these requirements can be found in the 2019 CDBG General Application Guidelines.
APPLICATION RATING CRITERIA
Applications will be awarded on a first come-first serve basis until funds are all distributed. Should any document be missing, incorrect or otherwise have deficiencies we will contact the applicant for corrections.
Due to the first come-first serve nature of these grants the date received will start once all items are submitted correct-y.
THRESHOLD REQUIREMENTS
There are no threshold requirements.
ACTIVITIES FOR CDBG-CV ELIGIBLE
1. Micro-Grant funds to Cities or Counties
a. The use of funds is for businesses to purchase needed inventory to reopen. This is considered working capital making the environmental level of review as Categorically Excluded not Subject to (CENST).
b. All awards are distributed as grants
c. The National Objective is Job Retention and over 51 percent of employees must meet LMI
d. Inventory purchases for 60 days after allowed to reopen to regular services
e. $25,000 maximum per job retained for businesses under 5 FTE employees, including owner, for a maximum grant of $30,000 per company
f. For profit businesses only
2. Economic Development
a. For businesses to purchase needed inventory to reopen. This is considered working capital making the environmental level of review as CENST.
b. All awards are distributed as grants
c. The National Objective is Job Retention and over 51 percent of employees must meet LMI
d. Inventory purchases for 60 days after allowed to reopen to regular services
e. $35,000 maximum per job retained for businesses with 6-50 FTE employees for a maximum grant of $50,000 per company
f. For profit businesses only
NOTE: Larger companies should look at CDBG Economic Development funds
3. Support for Meals on Wheels, replenishment of Food Banks and Food Pantries, or aid to lunch programs for kids to provide extra support through this stay home order. This is a Public Service activity and the City must meet LMI.” Jody said that the County could help businesses located outside of Fort Scott apply for the grant, she said the businesses in the City could also apply and said there is potential that the City of Fort Scott and Bourbon County businesses could each get a combined total of $600,000. She said right now she has 26 businesses for the application of the $300,000 County portion. She said the County will eventually have to pass a resolution for the CDBG grant and will have to hold a public hearing (Lynne said the Commissioners could call a special meeting if needed for the public hearing). She said she wants the grant process to be as transparent as possible.

Due to COVID-19, the revenue for the County is down and the County could see results from this for some time; Justin said due to the dramatic changes in revenue the County may have to help cover the gaps in revenue for the EMS (he said they had a good budget for the EMS, but revenue as well as calls for service are down) as well as public health. He said the Commissioners may have to use the Wind Farm money to help cover the gaps. Lynne said they are looking at downsizing some operations; he said they are working towards making things easier for the public, more viable for the County and costing the taxpayers less. Justin said the Commissioners may have to initially help subsidize the healthcare mall. He said that elected officials and department heads would have to prepare for changes. An electronic KIOSK was briefly discussed; due to COVID-19 some business operations have changed at the Courthouse.

Randy Cason with Ascension Via Christi met with the Commissioners to discuss their lease agreement for the hospital building. When they moved into the old Mercy Hospital building, they planned to be there two years, he said that time will be up in 10-11 months, he said they were looking to acquire land to build when they were approached by the County (to save the current building) about being an anchor tenant and leasing space from the County at the former Mercy Hospital building. He said that was a quicker and easier option and said they were on board with the idea; they plan to move forward with the long term lease to be a tenant. He said they need to move forward with operations and improvements and replace the existing radiology equipment (which is older equipment). He said they will be asking for approval from the landlord (Mercy is the current landlord) to change out the equipment and do renovations; they plan to purchase and install a new CT Scanner, a new digital X-ray room, as well as a portable X-ray machine. He said it will be an approximate equipment upgrade of $700,000 and approximately $300,000 worth of renovations to accommodate the changes. He said long term they would like to have Dr. Katrina Burke on campus. Justin said the Commissioners planned to move forward with the leases for the space at the hospital. Justin said he planned to have draft leases ready in the next few weeks and said the finalized leases in 30-45 days. Jeff Fischer questioned Randy Cason what impact COVID-19 had on the hospital; he said they were tremendously impacted by the pandemic, they haven’t had a lot of cases and currently have zero cases, but elective procedures had been shut down as well as standard healthcare had been cut down.

The Commissioners plan to meet on May 19th on the front steps (weather permitting) from 9:00 am – noon. They plan to allow public comment from 11:30-12:00 pm.

Lynne said they are looking at help for Shane Walker (IT department); he said Shane has taken on a lot of work over the last few years.

At 11:55, Nick made a motion to adjourn, Lynne seconded and all approved.

THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONER
OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS
(ss) Lynne Oharah, Chairman
(ss) Jeff Fischer, Commissioner
(ss) Nick Ruhl, Commissioner
ATTEST:
Kendell Mason, Bourbon County Clerk
May 19, 2020, Approved Date

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Bourbon County Commission Minutes of May 5, 2020

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May 5, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 am

The Bourbon County Commission met in open session on the front East steps of the Courthouse (due to COVID-19), present for the meeting were the Commissioners, Justin Meeks and Kendell Mason.

Tammy Helm with the Fort Scott Tribune and Anne Dare were present for the morning meeting.

Jim Harris reported that Road & Bridge is hauling gravel and installing culverts around the County and is patching (near 232nd & Jewell and then south of Garland). Jim estimated that they had approximately 75% of the patching done on the asphalt roads. Jim said they need to do ditching on Hackberry and on Indian Road. He said they are crushing at the Thomas Quarry and will be doing a blast at the Blake Quarry within 30 days. Jim said they are still watching the funds before deciding on the chip/seal and asphalt plan for 2020.

Jeff discussed the FEMA grant money that Bourbon County has been working to receive regarding flood damage that occurred in 2019. The County could be eligible for funding for the reimbursement of repair cost and labor from flooding repairs. He said that KDEM needs equipment information and supporting documentation from Road & Bridge for the grant application process. Jeff said he reviewed data for materials used from May – June, but said there wasn’t a lot of data from July – September, (which could be due to the crew doing paving work during this time and not doing flood repairs). Jeff said he didn’t think all of the flood blocked structures had been cleaned out or that all of the repair work had been done. Jeff said he had sent Jim a list of grant items needed. Jeff said the grant had been stalled since we hadn’t provided the documentation requested. Jeff said they also needed information on the equipment used to produce gravel. Jim said his department is willing to provide the needed information for the grant.

There is brush that needs cut at on Xavier; Jim said if it isn’t already done, they will get it done.

Lynne briefly discussed the 2020 budgets; he said 15-20% would need to be cut from budgets due to a revenue shortfall. Jim said they have already purchased the salt for the upcoming winter

Lynne asked Jim Harris where the chips for the rock are tested; Jim said Allied in Wichita does this. Lynne asked if Ag Engineering could do this; Jim said they didn’t have the lab to do this.

Jeff said he had heard that a portion of Indian Road was closed; Jim said the County hadn’t closed it. Jim said they notify the radio and dispatch when they close a road.

Ed Murrow reported to the Commissioners a culvert plugged at the Stevenson Cemetery at 65th & Yale at the side entrance. He said he had reported this twice to Jim Harris, but it still wasn’t fixed. Lynne said he would report this to Jim Harris.

Lynne made a motion to adopt Resolution 15-20; a resolution for the financing of the two 2021 Mack dump trucks through City State Bank, for a lease amount of $223,538.00, interest rate of 2.28% and semi-annual payments of $23,567.63 for five years, Nick seconded and all approved. Lynne and Kendell signed the financing documents and the Commissioners signed the resolution.

Bourbon County Attorney Jacqie Spradling met with the Commissioners; Lynne said they previously discussed a wage increase for the Assistant County Attorney, but didn’t finalize this raise. Jeff made a motion to approve a wage increase from $55,000 – $65,000 for the Assistant County Attorney, Lynne seconded and all approved. On 5/12/2020, the Commissioners will be presented with a salary resolution with this increase on it. Lynne said they will be asking department heads to closely monitor their budgets and said they were looking at a 15-20% across the board budget cut.

Lynne said the County has purchased a disinfecting spray system that kills surface germs that is being used in the County buildings.

Bourbon County Appraiser met with the Commissioners regarding his employees and COVID-19. He said they need to get back to field work to do measurements and to do day to day operations; all of the Commissioners were ok with this. He said they need to do residential and commercial work he said his employees will be using masks, gloves and keeping a distance. His employees will be driving marked vehicles. Clint said they have been having property hearings over the phone.

Due to COVID-19 the Courthouse has been closed to the public since March 17, 2020. Lynne said he talked with Judge Harth who said the court had two options regarding re-opening; option one open the court system when the Courthouse opens and option two with only the courts open. Justin said there are access issues regarding space for the court to comply with the COVID-19 safety guidelines. They are working with the courts to address the court’s needs. Justin said they are looking into using the Annex building for court use. The Deeds office is doing business by appointment only, some offices now have drop boxes for business use and some offices are meeting outside the Courthouse doors for business. The Commissioners said the Courthouse will be closed at least through May 17th and will consider reopening of the Courthouse based on the Governors decision then.

COVID-19 has caused a decrease in revenue; Justin said there is a high possibility that we will need additional subsidies for funding the EMS, Kendell questioned if there were grants available to help fund EMS. The Commissioners said an alternative option is to use an ambulance service company such as AMS or EMR.

Justin said there was a jail issue that would be taken care of by the end of the day.

Justin and Lynne had meet with the City of Fort Scott regarding combining services between the City and County; they are waiting on May month end budget reports before discussing again.

The Commission meeting on May 12th will be held outside on the front East steps of the Courthouse. If it’s raining it will be held in the first floor lobby.

At 11:00 Lynne made a motion to break for lunch and reconvene at 1:30, Nick seconded and the motion passed.

After lunch the following were at the meeting; Jason Silvers with the Fort Scott Tribune, Mary Pemberton, Anne Dare, Kim Simons and Nancy Van Etten.

Mary Pemberton met with the Commissioners to discuss the PILOT agreement from Jayhawk Wind Farm; she said in October the Commissioners had set the goal to reduce the property tax mill levy rate by 13% by 2030. She said it had been mentioned that the PILOT money could be a contributor to reach this goal. She asked that the Commissioners adopt the following resolution… “A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE USE OF PILOT PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE JAYHAWK WIND ENERGY PROJECT WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Bourbon County, Kansas has entered into a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement with Jayhawk Wind, LLC dated March 13, 2020 and anticipated receiving $365,625 per year beginning on or about December 1, 2021 and continuing for 9 years followed by $182,813.00 for 1 year until the wind energy project becomes taxable under Kansas Law; and WHEREAS, the members of the Board of County Commissioners have set a goal of reducing the property tax mill levy rate by 13% by 2030 and have indicated this project will assist in achieving this goal; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BOURBON COUNTY, KANSAS that proceeds from the PILOT agreement referred to above be and hereby shall be allocated by the Board of County Commissioners, from year to year for each year in which PILOT proceeds are received, in the same manner and proportion as all other ad valorem tax revenue, to help achieve this goal of lowering the property tax mill levy. ADOPTED AND APPROVED at their regular meeting on the 5th day of May, 2020.” The Commissioners did not adopt the resolution; Lynne said they would take it under advisement when discussing the 2021 budget in June of 2020. She asked where the initial upfront payment of $407,812.50 had been allocated; Lynne said this will be discussed when doing the 2021 budget. Mrs. Pemberton asked the Commissioners if Bourbon County deserved a lower than average financial compensation from Jayhawk Wind Farm because of the limited roads they said they would be using, then why did the County sign an agreement giving them access to all of the County roads without restrictions; neither the Commissioners or Justin wanted to comment on this.

Nancy Johnson met with the Commissioners regarding an article in the Fort Scott Tribune about MRI Global COVID-19 testing; MRI Global was scheduled to be discussed during the April 28th Commission meeting, but after an executive session, Lynne made a motion to remove the presentation regarding MRI Global from the agenda, Nick seconded and the motion passed and Nick made a motion to stop everything with the MRI Global and not to support it moving forward, Lynne seconded and the motion passed. Mrs. Johnson questioned if they voted to not move forward with MRI Global why the lengthy article in the May 2nd, 2020 Fort Scott Tribune. She discussed the article in the Tribune which covered many items including “testing with same day results”, “the training and verification for a particular lab testing platform”, “the testing offers the ability to trace contacts and support communications between clinicians and patients, providing an indicator of the spread and control of COVID-19”. Jeff Fischer told the Tribune that “this is tracking the disease, not the people. The surveillance would be reporting of numbers and disease progression. The tracking, or contact tracing, would be people exposed to a positive case.” The article also discussed the pricing for testing. Mrs. Johnson questioned the HIPPA laws with regards to testing, the return to work orders and suggested they re-think forcing people into testing for COVID-19. Lynne said they took MRI Global off of the table; they had brought this up to look at the feasibility, but they are not supporting the idea. Lynne said they are following the orders of the Governor and the Public Health regarding re-opening.

At 1:49, Jeff made a motion to adjourn, Nick seconded and all approved.

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Bourbon County Commission Minutes of April 28, 2020

May 26, 2020 Loretta George Leave a comment

April 28, 2020 Tuesday 9:00 am

The Bourbon County Commission met in open session in the EOC room, the Commissioners and Justin Meeks were all present, and Kendell was present via telephone. The meeting was posted on Facebook.

Lynne made a motion to go into a 5 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Nick seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners and Justin Meeks). Lynne made a motion to remove the 11:00 presentation regarding MRI Global from the agenda for today, Nick seconded and the motion passed. Nick made a motion to stop everything with the MRI Global and not to support it moving forward, Lynne seconded and the motion passed.

Jim Harris reported they have been mowing, hauling gravel and installing culverts. They have done patching on Yale, near Hubert Thomas’s residence as well as Soldier Road. He said they will be pulling shoulders on 215th and will be pulling shoulders at Fort Scott Lake, they will wedge at the Lake when done, Jim said even if they don’t overlay there they could still ditch. Jim said they are waiting on the Sales Tax Revenue report before deciding the asphalt plan for the year. Lynne said he and Terry Sercer discussed the Sales Tax fund; he said they weren’t able to transfer as much as needed due to the amount collected being down and they did more overlay work in 2019 than anticipated. At the last Commission meeting the Commissioners nominated Josh Jones to chair the renewal process of the Sales Tax fund; the program is very important since the County uses the money for the hard surface road program. In the past 2 years, the County did 31 miles of asphalt. Jim said that asphalt is currently approximately $50/ton cheaper.

Jim said it was likely that a piece of equipment had hit a deck on a bridge on Unity just west of 95th.

Jim said they are waiting on a report from Ag Engineering to see what to do with a crossing at 60th & Grand Road.

Jim said they are short one person for mowing and one person for asphalt work. He said his staff is staying safe regarding COVID-19; his employees are keeping their distance, using sanitizers, masks and gloves. Lynne said the County has a sanitizer spray that can be made at a cost of .25 cents a gallon.

Jim said the City of Fort Scott wanted to meet with him; Jeff and Nick thought it was a good idea to meet.

Nick said Road & Bridge could use the pickup truck that the Appraiser wants to trade in; Jim said they don’t have the funds to buy the truck but suggested trading bulk fuel for the truck. No decision was made on the truck.

Jeff questioned the Road & Bridge department pushing a windrow of dirt against a fence; Jim said they will do this if it’s too wet and then will come back and move the dirt once it’s dry enough.

The Commissioners received bids to finance two 2021 Mack Dump trucks; City State Bank quoted a lease amount of $223,538 with 2.28% financing and no fees with semi annual payments of $23,567.63 with the first payment due 6/5/2020. U.S. Bank quoted financing $223,538 with 1.98% interest and a factor of 0.10466 for 5 years with two payments a year of $23,396.25. Jim Harris recommended financing through City State since they are a local bank. Nick made a motion to finance the trucks through City State Bank, Jeff seconded and all approved.

The Commissioners received one bid for fish food for Elm Creek Lake; Big Sugar bid $19.35 for a 50lb bag or $774/ton for Purina Catfish food. Nick made a motion to accept the bid, Jeff seconded and all approved. The County receives some funding from KDWP for the fish food.

The Commissioners briefly discussed the City asking for a portion of Indian Road being closed for the airport runway expansion; Jeff said there is a 12 month window for grievance claims if the road were closed. There are 3 possible detour routes; Jim Harris said he preferred the route that goes south to Hackberry and then west to the blacktop curve. Lynne said the closure could be considered once the new road is asphalted and open.

The Commissioners requested bids for tax sale work; Security 1st was the only bidder, but the Commissioners did not reveal their bid. Justin Meeks and the Commissioners discussed having a tax sale; Justin said he believed with people’s budget a tax sale could be more difficult due to the current economic times. He said in the past they tried to help people save their homes, Justin said there is a lot of cost with a tax sale especially since Hidden Valley properties are now included in the tax sales. Justin said he had met with Hidden Valley representatives, he said there is a high turnover of those properties on the tax sales. Justin said he is an advocate of the Land Bank. He said he hopes some landowners would sign over their properties to the Land Bank. He said if a tax sale was held it could cost $48-$50,000 for the tax sale and said the sale probably wouldn’t collect ½ of that back. He said it is difficult to get a clear title on tax sale properties. The Commissioners discussed delaying a tax sale; Jeff made a motion to postpone the title work required for a tax sale, Nick seconded and all approved.

The Commissioners discussed the current location of the Commission meetings; Justin said he had calls from a concerned citizen regarding KOMA. Justin said the current meetings meet the required standards. Currently the Courthouse building is closed to the public due to COVID-19; the Commissioners discussed how operations would work once the building opens up to the public. Currently the Commission meetings are streamed on Facebook, Jeff suggested having citizen’s schedule a time on the agenda with their subject and questions submitted prior to the meeting and the Commissioners could call them during a scheduled time. Justin said some Counties are doing Zoom meetings and some are doing their meetings the same as Bourbon County. Currently it is safer and easier to do a virtual meeting. Once the courts open up, there will be a large amount of people entering the building; visitors will be using the elevators, stairs and the entryway by the Commission room. The County will be spraying disinfectant to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Justin said the current building could be updated or we have a facility that could meet our needs. Jeff questioned if there was any potential of adapting the hospital space as the court space; Lynne said there are no easy answers.

Rachel Pruitt the Economic Development Director from the City of Fort Scott met with the Commissioners over the phone regarding the airport runway expansion. She said in June 2018 she met with the Commissioners regarding the partial closure of Indian Road should the airport runway be extended. She said she needed our current Commissioners to agree to a partial closing should the runway be extended, she said she needed Commission minutes stating if the runway was extended the Commissioners would go through the procedure to close the road. Lynne said the road closure procedure would have to be followed. Before the traffic would be impacted on Indian Road a road would be built. Nick made a motion if the runway expansion goes in they would close Indian Road after another road is built and they have gone through the road closure process, Jeff seconded and all approved. Rachel said their next step is to hold a public hearing after a 30 day notice.

Lynne made a motion to go into a 30 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Nick seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners and Justin Meeks). No action was taken.

Lynne made a motion to go into a 10 minute executive session for personnel matters of individual non-elected personnel, Nick seconded and all approved, (the session included the Commissioners and Justin Meeks). No action was taken.

At 11:41, the Commissioners went to lunch and reconvened at 1:30.

Emergency Manager William Wallis met with the Commissioners; Jeff made a motion to allow Lynne to sign an application for the Emergency Management Performance Grant Funds, Nick seconded and all approved and Lynne signed the document.

Will discussed the disaster declaration; he said they filed for 16 different mitigation projects. He submitted areas that Road & Bridge identified as areas that are always a problem. He filed for reimbursement of additional loads of gravel. Areas that were damaged during the flooding and the estimated cost to bring the area back to pre-flood damage state was submitted; if approved this cost could be reimbursed. Will estimated that more than $130,000 could be reimbursed to the County from KDEM for the flooding that occurred in the summer of 2019.

Lynne discussed the Bourbon County budgeted revenue; he said he felt that the shortfall in the budgeted revenue (both from sales tax revenue and property tax revenue) would be a problem. He felt they would have a better idea of the shortfall amount after April 2020. He felt the Commission should address this sooner rather than later. He said he was looking at an initial 15% across the board budget cut, but said it could be 20% by the end of the year. Lynne said it would be up to each department to see where to make that cut. Bourbon County needs to have sufficient funds to finish the year. Lynne will write a draft letter to the department heads to notify them of the initial 15% cut to their budget.

Lynne asked Terry Sercer to present the 2019 audit on May 5th, 2020.

Since COVID-19 and the closing of the Courthouse to the public, there have been drop boxes installed on the outside of the building. People are using the drop boxes, mail and the internet to conduct business which would have previously been done in person.

The Commissioners discussed how to hold future commission meetings once the Courthouse opens up to the public (due to COVID-19). They discussed using other larger facilities to hold the meetings in. The May 5th commission meeting will be held outside (weather permitting) on the front east steps, or if the weather doesn’t permit this, the meeting will be held in the lobby of the 1st floor. Public comment/questions will be allowed to be scheduled from 1:30-2:30, people wishing to comment or question the Commissioners will have 5 minutes each, the time needs to be scheduled and the subject/question needs to be submitted prior to the meeting. If the meeting is held outside, it will not be posted on Facebook live.

At 2:50, Nick made a motion to adjourn, Jeff seconded and all approved.

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Legislative Update by State Senator Caryn Tyson

May 26, 2020 Submitted Story Leave a comment

May 22, 2020

Session 2020 Ends May 21. A majority of the legislation remaining during the long layoff was stuffed into this last day of session. The session gaveled in at 8AM and ended 23 hours later. It seemed like there were 165 legislators with differing views as leadership was determining how to proceed.

As Senate tax chair I worked hard for over a year putting together a property tax bill that would stop the ever-increasing property appraisal values from automatically increasing your property taxes. It’s called property tax transparency, but it is more than that. Your property taxes can still be raised, but Conference Committee Report (CCR 2702) requires a vote by the governing body to do so. No more automatic property tax increases. I carried this important bill on the floor. It not only contained the property tax transparency, but the bill also removed penalties and interest on property and income taxes during the pandemic, and allows county treasurers the option to setup property tax payment plans.

While I was carrying the first bill of the day on the floor, the ranking from the minority party on the Senate Tax Committee introduced an amendment to freeze property taxes for low income seniors and disabled veterans, sometimes referred to as the Golden Years. This is good legislation as I amended the Golden Years into a bill that passed the Senate in 2019, but it was dead in the House. No matter how good the amendment, to add it would kill this important bill. We had just this one day to thread the needle of what would pass the Senate, the House, and the Governor. The ranking democrat just wanted what he called a postcard vote; a vote to send out postcards against legislators who voted no. He denied it on the floor but he is recorded before the debate saying he had amendments for ‘postcards’. The final bill passed the Senate 35 Yes to 2 No votes; the House 89 Yes and 28 No. It passed by super majority in both chambers. Now we wait to see what the Governor does; sign it to become law, allow it to become law without her signature, or veto?

Liability and Government Control CCR 2054 was a measured response to your concerns on government overreach, especially during the pandemic. The Governor ordered a second emergency declaration. The Attorney General’s position is that the Governor does not have legal authority for the second emergency declaration.

CCR 2054 would clarify the Governor’s authority, establishing that the Governor can issue another state-of-emergency with the support of six of eight legislative leaders on the State Finance Council (the Governor is a member with legislative leadership). CCR 2054 also gives county commissioners the authority to set their own parameters. They may decide if more or less stringent orders need to be issued and provide oversight to local county health officers. CCR 2054 establishes a process to get the $1.2 billion federal money where it is needed. It establishes liability protection from frivolous COVID-19 lawsuits, codifies the Governor’s orders on tele-health, licensing, and other helpful provisions during the shutdown. There will be an interim committee to study the need for all of these items long term, since the legislation expires in 2021. It passed with 27 Yes votes and 11 No in the Senate. I voted Yes.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your 12^th District State Senator.

Caryn

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