Joan Strickler, observer
Commissioners
Ron Wells, Robert Boyd and Dave Lewis present.
Lewis presiding.
Commissioner
Boyd told of a meeting of the Riley County Health Advisory Committee where the
subject of primary health care was discussed.
While primary medical care is currently offered at the Riley County
Health Department, it is not typical for county health departments to provide
that type of service. There was some
discussion of the advisability of encouraging a primary care practice currently
operating out of Junction City to open an office in Manhattan to take over that
care currently provided at the Health Department.
County
Attorney Barry Wilkerson said his office and the courts are still trying to
figure out the issues to be dealt with under provisions of the concealed carry
legislation passed during the current legislative session. The serious issues involve trying to set up
adequate security measures in court houses and other facilities not originally
built with tight security in mind.
Questions
were raised about the County’s role in paying Worker’s Compensation premiums
for Riley County offices receiving funds from outside sources. These would include Corrections, Solid Waste,
Rural Fire and other entities operating with revenue sources outside of the
general fund, State, federal mil levy and/or fees. The current practice is to have such costs
remain with those departments involved rather than make them the responsibility
of the County general fund. Commissioners agreed to maintain the system as it
is through 2013 and 2014 but to study the matter involved more thoroughly in
the near future.
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