Monday, July 6, 2009

Riley County Commission mtg July6, 2009

All Commissioners present.
Doug Messer, Assistant Fire Chief, reported that there was only one reported incident over the July 4 weekend, a small grass fire near Ogden on July 1.
Commissioner McCulloh announced that the Hazardous Waste trailer would be at Howie's on Saturday, July 13. Large items should be taken to the site on North Tuttle Creek Blvd. She said the quarterly pickup of hazardous waste for the 10-county area amounted to 23,000 pounds, including 8,175 pounds from Riley County.
Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works, updated the Commission on current projects.
Monty Wedel, Director of Planning and Development, led a work session on the Wildcat Creek bank stabilization project. FEMA is conducting a 2-year study using LIDAR sensing data, to revise the flood plain map of the area.
Commissioners approved (3-0) a change order request for the LEC expansion project, an additional cost which was not the fault of the present contractor.
Leon Hobson led a public hearing on the KDOT five-year plan. Commissioners approved the addition of one more project to the "waiting list" in case additional moneys become available from either the State or the Federal sources. (3-0)
Commissioners agreed (3-0) to allow an entity to issue bonds in the amount of $90,000 and sell them to a Wichita bank. The rate of 5.865% was considered suitable for such a small amount.
Other items handled at this meeting were not directly related to League positions.
Adjourned. Submitted by Lyndal Nyberg, Observer.

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