Great Bend Post
May 05, 2025

Barton County Commission meeting agenda (5/6)

Posted May 05, 2025 7:30 PM
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BOARD OF BARTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
May 6  -  9 a.m. until close
Barton County Courthouse – 1400 Main, Suite 106, Great Bend  

The Commission meeting will be live-streamed through Microsoft Teams. Citizens may view the meeting through their own sign in or by signing in “anonymously”. Please follow this link: https://bit.ly/3ZLdMvB. If you wish to participate in the discussion of any item, please call (620) 793-1800 for instructions.

Agenda

I. OPENING BUSINESS:
   A. Call Meeting to Order.
   B. Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
   C. Consider Approval of the Agenda
   D. Minutes of the April 29, 2025, Regular Meeting are not available
   E. Any citizen wishing to make statements during the discussion of any item must first be recognized by the Commission Chair. After being recognized, that person should state their name and the name of any organization represented. Statements should be limited to five minutes.
   F. Please silence all phones and electronic devices. Recording the meeting is allowed and the Commission requests that anyone using special recording equipment be seated in the back row to avoid creating a distraction during the meeting.

II. OLD BUSINESS - Items tabled, or scheduled, from previous Commission Meetings, will be heard at this time.
   -There is no Old Business at this time.

III. APPROVAL OF APPROPRIATIONS:
   -Bev Schmeidler, County Clerk, will present details. An Accounts Payable Register will be submitted to the Commission for the period of April 22, 2025, and ending May 6, 2025.

IV. NEW BUSINESS - All new business to be considered by the Commission will be heard at this time.

   A. RESOLUTION 2025-09: A Resolution Adopting the Kansas Region E Hazard Mitigation Plan and Rescinding Resolution 2020-01, A Resolution Adopting the Kansas Homeland Security Region E Hazard Mitigation Plan, adopted January 6, 2020:
      -Sean Kelly, Emergency Management Director, will provide details. Hazard mitigation is the act of reducing risk to people and property from natural hazards. Barton County Emergency Management and other Barton County entities have participated in the development of a regional hazard mitigation plan. The plan identifies hazards associated within the region and qualifies participating entities for additional pre- and post-disaster grant funding. The Commission will now to be asked to adopt the plan.

   B. OUT OF STATE TRAVEL: Sean Kelly, Emergency Management Director:
      -Mr. Kelly will provide details. Mr. Kelly is a Planning Section Chief and Situation Unit Leader on the Kansas Incident Support Team. Additional training opportunities are made available to this team with Regional Homeland Security funding available for cost reimbursement. The Incident Management Team Association has opened a summer academy June 23 – 27, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina. Mr. Kelly requests approval for out of state travel for training that will include Area Command and Effective Team Command and Coordination for IMT Leaders.

   C. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
      -Chairman Tricia Schlessiger will present. Any Commissioner may make a motion for the board to recess to executive session at this time as allowed by K.S.A. 75-4319. Any motion must contain the justification for the executive session, the subject matter to be discussed, any individuals in addition to the board who will attend the executive session and the time at which the regular session shall resume.

V. ENDING BUSINESS – After new items are heard by the Commission, the following items, including announcements, will be heard.

   A. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
      -Following the close of the Agenda Meeting, the Commission will consider the authorization of personnel changes for classified positions, sign any documentation approved during the agenda meeting or sign any other documentation required for regular County business. Similar action may take place throughout the day.

   B. APPOINTMENTS:
      -Although subject to change, the following appointments have been scheduled:

         9:45 a.m. or following the close of the Agenda Meeting – Computer Replacement Project RFP – Derick Hollingshead, Information Technology Director, with Karen Winkelman, Health Director, and Misty Trudeau, Financial Officer.

         10:00 a.m. – Health Department Program Purchasing – Ms. Winkelman and Ms. Trudeau.

         10:30 a.m. – Program Update – Brooke Haulmark, CKCC Director.

         11:00 a.m. – Regular Business Discussion – Matt Patzner, County Administrator.

THE COUNTY EDITION, KVGB-AM – Thursdays at 11:05 a.m. Chris Schartz, County Works Director, is scheduled for May 8, 2025.

VI. OTHER BUSINESS:
   A. Discussion Items.
   B. Citizens or organizations may present requests or proposals for initial consideration.
   C. The Commissioners are available to the Public on Tuesdays during regular business hours.
   D. One or more Commissioners may be present in the Commission Chambers conducting county business throughout the day on Tuesdays.
   E. The Commissioners may, individually, schedule personal appointments related to County business at their discretion.
   F. The next Regular Meeting will be at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

VII. ADJOURN.