January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Bourbon County Commission Meeting
Three commissioners attended the meeting: David Beerbower, Mika Milburn, and Greg Motley.
During the opening of the meeting, Commissioner Mika Milburn made several modifications to the agenda, including removing the discussion of courthouse space.
After the public hearing for the vacation of a road, in which the owner of the property on the road asked that it be vacated as the county had done nothing with it in the 15 years she had lived there, Resolution 08-26 was approved.
After approval of the minutes from the Jan. 12 meeting and the consent agenda and tax corrections, the citizen comments portion of the meeting began.
Citizen Comments
Lora Holdridge, Register of Deeds, addressed the commission. Before she began her comments, vice-chairman Beerbower reminded her that her comments had to be to the commission as a whole and not to a specific commissioner.
Holdridge asked what statute that was under and Beerbower said it was part of what he learned in commissioner training.
Holdridge said that without a statute she would challenge it. Beerbower gave her three minutes.
Milburn interupted Holdridge and asked for a break.
Beerbower announced a three minute recess.
After three minutes, Milburn returned and then left again on a phone call.
Beerbower then told Holdridge that they had had this discussion several times, and in the last meeting, the board announced the plan to look into what spaces are available in the courthouse and take input from each department to divide it up appropriately.
He said he has heard several different claims for dispatch’s old space, but the commission has not made any decisions yet.
Beerbower said they were not going to discuss it tonight.
Milburn returned and said that the county’s counselor, Bob Johnson, advised to remove the public comment.
Holdridge said she would not leave and would stay and talk.
Beerbower asked her to leave and she again refused. He said they were having a county commissioner meeting, not a register of deeds meeting.
Milburn then moved to adjourn the meeting , Beerbower seconded, and it was ended. Motley did not vote.
The commission did not complete the remainder of their agenda including:
1. Executive Session K.S.A. 75-4319 (b)(1) – Motley
2. Department Updates
a. Payroll update – Milburn-Kee
b. Inventory – County Clerk
c. Commission Minutes – County Clerk
d. County Clerk Procedures
e. 2025 End of Year Financials – County Clerk
3. New Business
a. Strategic Planning – Motley
b. Commission Calendar – Motley
c. EOC Access
4. Create Agenda for Next Meeting
5. Commission Comments