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 Greg Meyer to approve the minutes of the 6/23/25 meeting and the agenda for today’s meeting. Unanimous.
Public Works Administrator Mike Craig met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.
Foley Industries, Manhattan, KS
For parts & labor loader repair
$6,056.21-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109694
Farm & Home Publishers, Clear Lake, IA
For 75 plat books
$2,025.00-County General Fund-P.O. #109691
KDOT – Bureau of Fiscal Services, Topeka, KS
For pin & hanger and fracture critical bridge inspections
$11,200.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109690
NCS – Network Computer Solutions
For 2 computers
$2,752.06-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109692Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.
Dusin Enterprises, Washington, KS
For Carpet for Emergency Management office
$2,238.80-County General Fund-P.O. #7583
Noble Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$4,574.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7574
Rock Township
For Marshall Wind 2025 payment
$5,000.00-County General Fund-P.O. #7581
Guittard Township
For Marshall Wind 2025 payment
$10,000.00-County General Fund-P.O. #7582
Clear Fork Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$19,058.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7580
Center Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$10,673.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7579
Blue Rapids City Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$2,287.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7578
Bigelow Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$3,430.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7577
Wells Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$28,969.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7576
Vermillion Township
For 2025 Irish Creek Windfarm annual payment
$15,247.00-Capital Improvement Fund-P.O. #7575
Washington County Clerk – NCK Environmental
For quarterly invoice
$4,161.29-County General (appropriations)-P.O. #7355Bruce Dierking with Marshall County Development Corp met with the Board to request the same amount of $4,200 for the 2026 budget.
Treasurer Angie Price met with the Board. Federal Land Management money was received in the amount of $20,910.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the County to share the Federal Land Management $$s with the same percentage as previous. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the following purchase order. Unanimous.
Community Memorial Healthcare, Inc., Marysville, KS
For June 2025 Sales tax
$93,376.69-Sales Tax Fund-P.O. #7584Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following Home Sewer bills to be paid out of the appropriate funds. Unanimous.
Heather Ruhkamp – contract services and stamps $272.00
Ks Rural Water Association – annual membership $104.00
Evergy – 2 lift stations $152.33Public Works Administrator Mike Craig met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve a step raise for Phil Hanson from probation laborer at $20.66/hr to laborer at $21.23/hr effective 7/1/25. Unanimous.
KONE and Tech Electronics were in the building last week to make the recommended elevator repairs. They were unable to do some of the repairs due to the age of the elevator. The proposed invoice will be adjusted accordingly.
The bridge North of Waterville was discussed. The Board gave consensus for Public Works Administrator Mike Craig to move forward with the engineering so that they will be prepared to apply for the cost-share grant in the upcoming years.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve payroll as presented. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve vouchers as presented and issue manual warrants. Unanimous.
The Board reviewed a couple of draft budgets presented by County Clerk Sandy Wilson. Marshall County had an increase in assessed value thus the recommended levy to collect the same amount of taxes as previous year is 44.368. The budget requests were entered into a draft budget without a Cost of Living Allowance and this resulted in a proposed levy of 50.100. The second budget draft included a 3% Cost of Living Allowance and the proposed budget came in at 50.898. The Board will be asking all department heads to review their budget requests and try to reduce the request by 3-5%. The Board will resume discussions regarding the cuts and proposed budget at their meeting on 7/14/25.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(2) to discuss matters of attorney-client privileged discussions – potential litigation with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:50 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.
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, Public Works Administrator Mike Craig and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 11:05 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, Public Works Administrator Mike Craig and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 11:15 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, Public Works Administrator Mike Craig and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 11:20 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of these executive sessions.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to adjourn the meeting at 11:23 a.m. Unanimous. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on July 14, 2025 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
