More changes in the works for county generator
Staff reporter
Marion County and the City of Marion are discussing options regarding the relocation and changes of electrical service.
Michele Abbott-Becker, director of communications, emergency management and 911, reported Feb. 29 to Marion County Commission that options were being explored.
With the purchase and installation of a generator for the courthouse and jail to use in case of power outage, the city had suggested moving the current power line and transformer to a concrete pad on the courthouse property. The city also suggested one meter for both the jail and courthouse instead of two that currently are being used.
The commission was in favor of the proposal. A location for the pad will be determined.
In other business:
— Tim Oglesby of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, delivered good news of a premium reduction for county employees' health insurance.
Currently the county pays $334 per month for single health insurance and $741 for family. The new premium will be $307 for single and $684 for family coverage.
The new premium will be effective from May 1 through April 30, 2007.
— Chemical bids for the county's noxious weed department were approved. Markley Service of Marion was awarded the bid for 2, 4-D Amine at $9.55 per gallon; Ag Service of Hillsboro, Tordon at $79.25 per gallon and Banvel at $41 per gallon; and Cooperative Grain and Supply of Hillsboro for 2, 4-D Amine at $9.64 per gallon.
— Area fuel bids were approved. Cardie Oil Company of Tampa had the low bid of $12,340 for 6,550 gallons of diesel fuel at an average cost of $1.88 per gallon.
Cooperative Grain and Supply of Hillsboro also submitted a bid for the same amount of fuel at a cost of $12,804 or $1.96 per gallon.
— A.O. Steuber of Topeka had the winning bid for a bridge project near Lehigh. The bid was $255,330, which was $30,000 below the engineer's estimate.
— A policy was adopted by the commission regarding CPR class fees.
Fees will be collected as follows: For classes of less than five members, $20 for each participant; five to eight participants, $18 each; and more than eight participants, $12 each.
CPR manuals will cost $11 each and cards $2 each.
Instructors will be compensated $40 per class, except emergency medical services director.
Class assistants will be paid $10 per class. CPR and first-aid classes typically are 4.5 hours, health-saver CPR class is four hours, and health-care provider CPR class is six hours in length.
— Commission chairman Dan Holub signed an application for grant funds for signs to direct visitors to Marion County Park and Lake.
Helen Beckham processed the application that will be sent to Kansas Department of Commerce, Travel and Tourism Development Division.
— County retail sales tax collected in December was $49,527.
— Leroy Kraus was appointed to serve as Centre Township Treasurer for Raymond Kraus' term. Raymond Kraus moved from the township area and could no longer serve.
— Rollin Schmidt requested and received a 10-minute executive session with the commission to discuss personnel. The meeting reconvened with no decisions.
— Abbott-Becker requested and received a 15-minute executive session to discuss personnel. The meeting reconvened with no decisions.
