Kiowa County Commissioners Meeting

Courthouse Lower Level Conference Room

January 6, 2020

Bert Lowery, John Bertram, Ronald Freeman, Kristi Cooper, Chay Howard, Jay Schmidt and Jeff Blackburn attended the meeting.

Consent agenda included: Agenda and Commissioner minutes of 12/30/19.
After the prayer given by Jeff Blackburn, Bert opened the meeting. Ron moved to approve the consent agenda as presented and John seconded, motion carried 3-0.

Jay Schmidt came to give updates for the public works departments which included; road maintenance, tree trimming and bridge cleanout on 19th Ave.

Kristi Cooper presented a tax correction for approval. After review of the correction Bert moved to approve and John seconded, motion carried 3-0. Resolution 2020-1 for Chairman and Vice-chairman, official County depositories, official County newspaper and County holidays and 2020-2 GAAP requirement were presented. Bert moved to approve the resolutions as presented and John seconded, motion carried 3-0. Next, she presented payroll changes for S Beltz and J Scarbrough for merit increases. After payroll changes were reviewed, Bert moved to approve the payroll changes as presented and Ron seconded, motion carried 3-0.

During Commissioner Discussion they discussed proceeding on with the sale of the Belvidere school house. Chay will put the notice in the paper for 2 weeks and they will have a public hearing on January 31st from 9:00 am to 9:15 am.

Meeting adjourned at 10:20