BOCC 6/19/14

County Commission 6/19/14

All commissioners present

During commissioners comments, Commissioner Wells mentioned that he happened to run into Gov. Brownback at lunch.  In the course of their conversation Commissioner Wells brought up the elimination of the mortgage registration fee and the financial burden that this legislation has on counties.  Brownback said he thought that the legislature had made adjustments so that it wouldn't be a financial problem.  The Gov. seemed unaware of the details of the legislation.

Deb Regester,  Register of Deeds, reported that income was less than last year at this time but said that last year there were two unusually large mortgages and subtracting these, the numbers were about the same.
     Regester said that the "fix" for the elimination of the mortgage registration fee, to have a per-page copy fee,  was going to result in the mortgage lenders submitting very brief official documents with their fees and lengthy "additional materials" not subject to the per page fee.

Jennifer Wilson, County  Extension  Director, talked about the benefits of 4-H camp, both for the campers and the counselors.  Important life skills developed at camp are self confidence, living with others, and making group decisions.
   
Brad Schoen RCPD Director, reported that crime decreased again.  There will be a Citizens forum in early July.

Monty Wedel presented the final draft of the Property Maintenance Code.  He emphasized that this is maintenance, not a building code.


Julie Merklin, observer