May 29, 2020

Courthouse District Courtroom

May 29, 2020

Bert Lowery, John Bertram, Ronald Freeman, Kristi Cooper, Chay Howard, Jeff Blackburn, Kerri Ulrich, Rosa Spainhour, Ric Dalke and Grant Neuhold attended the meeting.

Consent agenda included: Agenda, PR reports, AP reports and commissioner minutes of 05/18 & 5/18 Special Meeting.

After the prayer given by Jeff Blackburn, Ron opened the meeting at 9:00. Ron moved to approve the consent agenda and Bert seconded, motion carried 3-0.

Ric Dalke came to discuss Iroquois Center Human Development (ICHD) 2021 budget request in the amount of $25,000 and gave updates for their programs.

Rosa Spainhour came to request their permission to list their old EMS 2002 Chevy Blazer on purple wave. John moved to sell the blazer on Purple wave and Bert seconded, motion carried 3-0.

Ron adjourned the regular meeting and called the Board of Health (BOH) meeting to order. Kerri explained the new guidelines and her recommendations moving forward for Kiowa County as a whole. Leanne Holtz came to give her concerns and asks for clarification on the new plan that Kerri presented. Next, a payroll change was presented for P Fuller (merit) for approval. Lastly, they discussed when the courthouse and fairgrounds buildings would open up to the public. Jeff Blackburn informed them that they are looking to be out of the Community building by July 1st after they have their last distribution of food for the Kiowa County Food Bank. Ron adjourned the BOH and opened the regular meeting. Bert moved to approve the payroll change as presented and John seconded, motion carried 3-0.

Kristi Cooper presented tax corrections for approval. After review of the changes, Bert moved to approve them and John seconded, motion carried 3-0.

During Commissioner discussion John asked to discuss the hazard pay. After some discussion on the pay, John moved to end the hazard pay effective May 30, 2020 and Bert seconded, motion carried 3-0. Ron asked when they would move back down stairs and Kristi explained her concerns on the size of the room and that the 6-foot distancing would be hard to do since they needed to be able to have room for guests to attend the meeting. After some discussion, Ron moved to move back to the Commissioner room for Monday meeting and Bert seconded, motion carried 3-0. Ron asked about the bids on the doors and asked to have Matt come up to be part of the discussion.

Break called for 5 minutes. 10:48

Matt Christenson came to discuss to bids on the doors being installed. He came to inform them he did get 5 bids but only 2 presented them. He informed them he went ahead and accepted the bid from Goossen Woodwork in the amount of $3200.

Meeting adjourned at 10:55

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