Courthouse Maintenance Supervisor Greg Rawlings reported to Greenwood County Commissioners an issue pertaining to the temperature of the server room, during their weekly meeting on Monday, Nov. 25.
Rawlings explained that during the transition from cooling to heating the building, the server room had been at approximately 80 degrees and he noted this needs to be cool. Rawlings told commissioners that the upper limit for temperature in the room housing the server is 80 degrees. He noted if the server were to go down due to the high temperature, this would impact computers courthouse-wide. Rawlings reported that if the server were fried, it would take weeks to receive a new one. He then suggested a mini split or a window unit be put into the room. Commissioners approved spending up to $4,000 for this.
Greenwood County Fire Chief Glen Collinge was present to discuss mechanical issues with the 91 AMC General truck 76 for Central Division Fire. He noted the truck was in the shop being worked on as it is experiencing knocking issues in the engine. When Collinge noted it was believed to be in need of a turbo, Commissioner Roy Ballard expressed interest in assessing the truck. Commissioners approved spending up to $5,000 to fix truck 76.
Road and Bridge Supervisor Allen Greenwood discussed ongoing projects. Greenwood shared he had heard from the Corps of Engineers and it looks like they may be gaining momentum on awaited items. Greenwood will be meeting with contracted engineer Michael Maris on Tuesday of this week. Conversation is to include the bridge at 100th Street and U Road. Greenwood offered a reminder that the decision was made by the county to move forward, if they receive grant funding or not. State Street Bridge was another location requested for discussion with Maris. A site at K Road where a tree has been laying across the road since April was brought to the floor for discussion. It was noted at this time that a minimum maintenance sign has been requested for this at K Road and Highway 54. Greenwood shared that Road and Bridge received a call last week and the chip distributor was fixed and ready to pick up. It was again reminded that townships wanting items completed in conjunction with the county should have them submitted for completions prior to the end of the year.
Rural property owner Frank McCollum was on Monday’s agenda in regards to 40th Street and questioned if a survey was being planned in regards to road width. McCollum commented that as this would be transitioning from a township road to a county road, he was inquiring if road width would be impacted. It was noted that 24 foot is the width for a county road. Greenwood noted it was close to 24 feet, but would be looked at once they take over. McCollum expressed concerns in regards to the right-of-way. Emergency Management Director Levi Vinson commented that right-of-way depends on the era a given site was made a road and noted the road in question is a 60foot right-of-way. Vinson explained that if a survey were completed, it would show that fences along the stretch are in the right-ofway. Commissioners told McCollum they were not expanding the right-of-way.
Kansas State Extension agent, Ben Sims extended an invitation to commissioners to their annual meeting Thursday, Dec. 5. While present, Sims shared that a deer processing workshop was being held Dec. 6.
A second canvass for the recent election was held for tie breakers and followed the regular commission meeting. Ties were broken by drawing names from a hat/container. For Eureka Township Treasurer, Kevin Hough was drawn. For Lane Township Trustee, Johnny Schoenhals was drawn. Individuals will be contacted by the Clerk’s Office. If disinterest is expressed, another candidate will be considered.
Special payables for the amount of $615.90 were approved.
Payables in the amount of $199,256.13 were approved.
Payroll in the amount of $153,827.42 was approved.
For the Twin Grove Township, Diane Taliaferro was approved for appointment as Clerk.
Minutes of the Nov. 18 meeting were approved as written.
A five-minute executive session was requested by County Clerk Deann McCaffree for legal discussion. Following the session, no decisions were made.
Conditional use permit requests were received with no issues reported by the Zoning Board. The following two businesses were approved by commissioners: Whitehead Service and Repair, east of the Highway 54 and Highway 99 north intersection, mainly agricultural repair and Terram 15 Firearms and Gunsmithing, referenced as not being a shooting range, located north of Fall River Lake.
Rawlings requested an executive session for personnel evaluation for five-minutes. No action followed.
The next meeting of the Greenwood County Commissioners will be held on Monday, Dec. 2 at 9 a.m.
