The Board of Marshall County Commissioners met in regular session with Keith Bramhall, Chairman, Fritz Blaske, member, Jon Ungerer, member and County Clerk Sandra K. Wilson present. Chris Pannbacker with the Marysville Advocate was also present for the meeting.
Commissioner Bramhall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. The meeting was opened with the flag salute.
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Fritz Blaske to approve the minutes of the 3/4/24 meeting as amended and the agenda for today’s meeting. Unanimous.
Commissioner Ungerer talked about adding Marshall County to the existing Sales Tax Legislation and discussed which commissioners should attend the committee meeting to introduce the bill to the House Tax Committee.
Public Works Administrator Mike Craig met with the Board.
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Jon Ungerer to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.
                            Truck Repair Plus, Inc., Marysville, KS
                            For repairs
                            $11,898.31-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #10541
                            Truck Repair Plus, Inc, Marysville, KS
                            For repairs #0613M
                            $2,514.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109542
                            Charlie’s Construction, Inc.
                            For machine hire
                            $2,100.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109544
                            Farm & Home Publishers, Clearlake, IA
                            For 90-2024 MsCo Platbooks
                            $2,340.00-County General Fund-P.O. #109543
Public Works Administrator Mike Craig will go out for bids to replace the 2013 Kenworth and out for bids to replace a grader. The backhoe has 75 hours left on the warranty – can extend the warranty to 5 years for $1,614.00.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Keith Bramhall to extend the warranty for 1 year for $1,614.00 on the backhoe. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Fritz Blaske to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.
Henry M Adkins & Sons, Inc.
                            Ballot printing, testing, coding
                            $7,302.19-Election Fund-P.O. #7137
                            Dell Technologies
                            For 1 power edge T440 server
                            $9,825.76-KDHE ELC Grant Fund-P.O. #7127
                            Voracek Law Firm, Seneca, KS 66538
                            For contract services
                            $3,000.00-District Court Fund-P.O. #7095
                            Elizabeth Olson, Hiawatha, KS
                            For contract services
                            $2,600.00-District Court Fund-P.O. #7096
                            Merck, Sharp & Dohme, LLC
                            For MMR, Varivax and Gardasil vaccines
                            $22,502.70-Health Fund-P.O. #7126
                            Waterville Ambulance
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $11,100.00-Ambulance Fund-P.O. #7155
                            Frankfort Ambulance
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $13,200.00-Ambulance Fund-P.O. #7154
                            Axtell Ambulance
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $9,600.00-Ambulance Fund-P.O. #7153
                            Ms Co Historial Society
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $3,750.00-General-appropriations-P.O. #7152
                            4-H Fair Bldg Fund
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $2,625.00-General-appropriations-P.O. #7151
                            Marshall County Partnership for Growth
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $13,750.00-General-appropriations-P.O. #7150
                            Marshall County Soil Conservation District
                            For 1st quarter distribution
                            $10,875.00-General-appropriations-P.O. #7149
                            Pawnee Mental Health
                            For 1st quarter appropriations
                            $31,257.50-General-appropriations-P.O. #7148
                            Twin Valley Developmental Services
                            For 1st quarter appropriations
                            $13,750.00-General appropriations-P.O. #7147
                            Marshall County Fair Assn
                            For 1st quarter appropriations
                            $7,500.00-General appropriations-P.O. #7146
                            Marshall County Developmental Corp
                            For 2024 appropriations
                            $4,200.00-General appropriations-P.O. #7140
                            Kansas National Guard
                            For 2024 appropriations
                            $1,934.00-General appropriations-P.O. #7139
                            Pony Express Partnership for Children
                            For 2024 appropriations
                            $10,000.00-General-appropriations-P.O. 37138
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Jon Ungerer to approve the Neighborhood Revitalization application for Loren Haug for the construction of a new home at 1423 31st Rd, Baileyville, KS. Unanimous.
County Counselor Jason Brinegar met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Fritz Blaske to approve the Memorandum of Understanding between Marshall County and the City of Marysville for the green space East of the new health department. Unanimous.
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Fritz Blaske to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(2) for attorney client privileged discussions regarding potential litigation with the Board and County Counselor Jason Brinegar present to return to the Board meeting room at 9:50 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.Â
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Fritz Blaske to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – payroll with the Board and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to the Board meeting room at 10:00 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.Â
Marshall County Partnership For Growth Director Jerry Zayas met with the Board for an update. The annual meeting will be held on March 21st at 6:00 p.m. at the Blue Rapids Community Center where they will be working on strategic planning.
Keith Bramhall moved, seconded by Jon Ungerer to approve payroll as presented. Unanimous.
Fritz Blaske moved, seconded by Jon Ungerer to approve vouchers as presented and issue manual warrants. Unanimous.
Fritz Blaske moved, seconded by Jon Ungerer to adjourn the meeting at 10:31 a.m. Unanimous. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Monday, March 18, 2024 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
