April 4, 2022

Kiowa County Commissioners Meeting
April 4, 2022

David White, Bert Lowery, John Bertram, Kristi Cooper, Chay Howard, Jay Schmidt, Kendal Lothman, Jackie Robertson, Theron McKinney and Stacy Weaver attended the meeting.
Consent agenda included: Agenda and Commissioner minutes of 3/31/2022.

Prior to the meeting, prayer was given by Stacy Weaver and the pledge of allegiance. David White opened the meeting at 9:00. Bert moved to approve the consent agenda as presented and John seconded, motion passed unanimously.

Jay Schmidt presented a department change payroll change for D Liggett. After review Bert moved to approve the change as presented and John seconded, motion passed unanimously. Next, he reported he is waiting on Nisly for a quote for a recycle container. He also informed them that he would like to sell the 2013 Cat tractor truck due to ongoing repairs. He would like to get a quote for a new or used truck to replace it and place the current truck on purple wave.

Jackie Robertson with Banco Insurance came to present a renewal quote for 2022-2023 from EMC. She gave a break down for the premiums and gave them options on deductibles.

Kendal Lothman came to present a merit payroll change for V Gwin. After review of the payroll change Bert moved to approve the change as presented and John seconded, motion passed unanimously. Next, he presented a quote from Decker Electric to move their current Polycom video system for court in the amount of $3500. He requested that it come out of the Sheriff’s Office special equipment fund. Bert moved to approve the purchase and John seconded, motion passed unanimously.

Break called for 5 minutes at 9:48.

Theron McKinney came to inform the Commissioners he received the resignation from the captain of the Haviland fire department and that they will hold a meeting tonight to appoint a new captain and they are adding 5 new volunteers to the Haviland/Belvidere fire department.

Kristi Cooper presented 2 quotes for mowing for this year from Dave Moyer and Nace Lawn Care. Their quotes came in at the same price as they had previously bid per location. After review of the bids Bert moved to accept the bid from Dave Moyer and John seconded, motion passed unanimously. Next, she presented the minutes of March 31st for signatures and informed them that the courthouse will be closed on April 15th for Good Friday and that their next meeting will be held on April 18th.

During Commissioner discussion they discussed shift differential pay for the Sheriff office per Berts conversation with Kendal they had and that they will continue the discussion once he comes to them about that and David adjourned the meeting at 10:09