Marshall County Commission Meeting Minutes – 6/2/2025

The Board of Marshall County Commissioners met in regular session with Jon Ungerer, chairman, Greg Meyer, Member, Austin Cline, member and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present. Chris Pannbacker from the Marysville Advocate was present for the meeting.

Commissioner Ungerer called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. The meeting was opened with the flag salute.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the minutes of the 05/27/25 meeting and the amended agenda for today’s meeting. Unanimous.

Mike Miller the new Director for Marshall County Partnership 4 Growth met with the Board to introduce himself.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following Home Sewer bills to be paid out of the appropriate funds. Unanimous.

    Pace Analytical Services – sewer supplies       $526.60
    Heather Ruhkamp – contract services     $160.00
    Evergy – 2 lift stations                $120.25

Public Works Administrator Mike Craig met with the Board.

Bids for corrugated metal pipe and bands were received as follows:

Welborn Sales - $76,565.05
Contech Solutions - $79,990.38

Greg Meyer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the low bid of $76,565.05 from Welborn Sales for the corrugated pipe and bands. Unanimous.

Bids for a new copier for the Public Works Department are as follows:

ProCopy – Xerox EC8056 - $6,473.71
ProCopy – Xerox C8230 - $7,799.00
Eakes – Sharp BP70C31 - $5,200.00

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the bid from Eakes for a new Sharp copier in the amount of $5,200.00 with a quarterly maintenance agreement. Unanimous.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.

    Welborn Sales, Inc., Salina, KS
    For 127 pc corrugated metal pipe & 22 bands
    $76,565.05- Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109686

    Eakes, Grand Island, NE
    For New Sharp BP70C31 Copier
    $5,200.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109685

    Dane’s Automotive, Waterville, KS
    For Labor & Parts
    $1,022.89-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109683

    Norfolk Contracting, Norfolk, NE
    For Construction of 80’ x 20’h” steel beam bridge
    $24,980.00-Special Road & Bridge-P.O. #109684

    Truck Repair Plus, Marysville, KS
    For A/C Work – ABS brakework
    $1,798.09-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109687

Public Works Administrator Mike Craig reported that they held their annual Solid Waste Management meeting – no changes will be made to the current plan.

Austin Cline moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve Resolution 20-25-06-02-2 to approve the 2025 Solid Waste Plan with no changes. Unanimous.

Austin Cline moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.

    Steven Kraushaar, Marysville, KS
    For contract services
    $3,500.00-District Court Fund-P.O. #7521

    Hartner Construction, Marysville, KS
    For Appraiser office New Construction
    $13,760.00-Capital Improvement-P.O. #7560

    Hanover Electric, Hanover, KS
    For Final generator installation-ARPA
    $9,458.17-Capital Improvement-P.O. #7559

    Community Memorial Healthcare, Marysville, KS
    For May 2025 Sales Tax
    $97,829.27-Hospital Sales Tax-P.O. #7499

Undersheriff Chris Flood introduced the new sheriff’s deputy Colton Barton to the Board and also introduced the intern, Cole McClain to the Board. Cole will be spending 80 hours working with the Sheriff’s office 36 hours in crisis, 8 hours in dispatch and 36 hours ride along. Cole is from New York and is majoring in criminology.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve Resolution 20-25-06-02-1 to allow Marshall County to participate in the Rural Opportunities Zone. Unanimous.

Liberty Price-Obley Clerk of the District presented her 2026 budget request is the same as 2025 in the amount of $198,375.00.

County Counselor Anthony Bruna met with the Board.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to discuss matters of attorney client privileged discussions – contract negotiations with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:00 a.m. Unanimous.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to extend executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to discuss matters of attorney client privileged discussions – contract negotiations with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:05 a.m. Unanimous.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to extend executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to discuss matters of attorney client privileged discussions – contract negotiations with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:10 a.m. Unanimous.

No action taken as a result of these executive sessions.

Register of Deeds Ruth Martin met with the Board.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the license and contract with Fidlar for the new Register of Deeds software. Unanimous.

Greg Meyer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve vouchers as presented and issue manual warrants. Unanimous.

Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to adjourn the meeting at 10:22 a.m. Unanimous. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025 beginning at 8:30 a.m.

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