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. Sarah Kessinger 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 9/15/25 meeting and the agenda for today’s meeting. Unanimous.
Emergency Manager Bill Schwindamann, Jr. met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the application for the Emergency Management grant. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve Sara Naaf as the Assistant Emergency Manager for documents to be sent to the State. Unanimous.
The Sheriff’s office declared 2 Dodge Ram 1500 trucks as surplus and put out for sealed bids. The bids are as follows:
Ringwood Motors, Ringwood, IL
2020 Dodge Ram 1500 - $2,680
2016 Dodge Ram 1500 - $1,280Logan Woodyard, Waterville, KS
2020 Dodge Ram 1500 - $10,000Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to accept the high bid of $10,000 from Logan Woodyard for the 2020 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the bid of $1,280 from Ringwood Motors, Ringwood, IL for the 2016 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup. Unanimous.
Sheriff Tim Ackerman reported that the jail had low water pressure over the weekend, thus requiring the transport of inmates to neighboring counties. He is hoping that the problem is fixed and can move inmates back in this afternoon.
Austin Cline moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following purchase orders. Unanimous.
Marysville Ready Mix, Marysville, KS
For concrete
$2,079.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109715
Hotsy Equip Co
For service call/mileage, labor
$1,172.19-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109713
Don Bruna Construction Inc, Marysville, KS
For machine hire
$2,800.00-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109714
Underground Vaults & Storage Inc.
For Salt Mine Storage
$3,326.70-District Court Fund-P.O. #7653
Sunset
For ammo
$2,402.00-County General (Sheriff) Fund-P.O. #7393
Argo Construction & Remodeling, Marysville, Ks
For new cabinets
$14,213.32-Agency on Aging Fund-P.O. #7325
Sanofi Pasteur Inc
For TB Tests
$672.99-Heath Fund-P.O. #7602
Sanofi Pasteur Inc
For private vaccines
$11,758.24-Health Fund-P.O. #7601
FFF Enterprises, Inc.
For private vaccines
$18,441.56-Health Fund-P.O. #7600Greg Meyer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the one tax abatement in the amount of $239.68. Unanimous.
Greg Meyer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve Resolution 20-25-09-22-1 establishing September 30 of each year as the cut off date of the property sales to be certified by the County Clerk to the County Treasurer. Unanimous.
County Appraiser Tami Antoine met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board, Appraiser Tami Antoine and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 9:20 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve a step raise for Madison Heuer from Clk I St II at 21.18/hr to Clk II St I at $21.50/hr effective 10/1/25. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 9:30 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.
Register of Deeds Ruth Martin met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board and Register of Deeds Ruth Martin present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 9:40 a.m. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to extend executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board and Register of Deeds Ruth Martin present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 9:45 a.m. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to extend executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board and Register of Deeds Ruth Martin present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 9:50 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of these executive sessions.
County Treasurer Angie Price met with the Board. The tax sale was discussed and the Board will talk with County Counselor Anthony Bruna when he meets later this morning. There is a service that many counties use for tax sales. Bruna and County Treasurer will check into this to see if is a more feasible option. Treasurer Price said currently there are 117 parcels that would qualify for the tax sale. The last tax sale being in 2020.
County Treasurer Angie Price also discussed with the Board the continued rising cost to publish the delinquent tax list in both newspapers in the County. Last years cost was approximately $10,000. This year the publication costs exceeded $13,000. Statute only requires the publication in one newspaper in the County. Since the Board has asked to watch spending, County Treasurer asked if they could reconsider the publication in both counties for future years and may alternate this large publication.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:20 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.
Emergency Management Director Bill Schwindamann, Jr. met with the Board.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to go into executive session per KSA 75-4319(b)(1) to discuss matters of non-elected personnel – employee evaluations with the Board and Emergency Management Director Bill Schwindamann, Jr. present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:30 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of this executive session.
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 – potential liability with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:45 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 – potential liability with the Board, County Counselor Anthony Bruna and County Clerk Sandy Wilson present to return to open session in the Board meeting room at 10:55 a.m. Unanimous.
No action taken as a result of these executive sessions.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve Interlocal Agreement providing for participation in the North Central Regional Juvenile Detention Facility with Geary County and 14 other counties. Unanimous.
The Board discussed the 2026 budget options.
Greg Meyer moved, seconded by Austin Cline to approve the 2026 Marshall County Budget with a mill levy of 45.368. Unanimous.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to adjourn the meeting at 11:11 a.m. Unanimous. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Monday, September 29, 2025 beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Commissioner Ungerer called the meeting back to order at 11:14 a.m.
Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to approve the following purchase order. Unanimous.
Schwab-Eaton, Manhattan, KS
For Bridge inspection services – 85% complete
$16,958.75-Road & Bridge Fund-P.O. #109716Jon Ungerer moved, seconded by Greg Meyer to adjourn the meeting at 11:15 a.m. Unanimous.
