The Kiowa County Commissioner's Regular meeting was called to order on August 30, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Richard Scott. Scott opened the meeting with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance were:

Richard Scott, Chairman; Cindy McLoud,Commissioner; Donald Oswald,Commissioner; Delisa Weeks, County Clerk; Tina Adamson, County Administrator

Oswald moved and Scott seconded the motion to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried.

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to approve the vouchers as presented. Motion carried.

Scott moved and McLoud seconded the motion to approve the agenda as amended with one following addition. New Business: EMT Public Health. Motion carried.

At 9:30 a.m. Debi Derby, Office Deputy for the Sheriff’s Office entered the meeting to discuss a third party fingerprinting business. The Sheriff’s Office will no longer be ableto fingerprint citizens that require employees such as school teachers, nurses, foster parents and or daycare providers to be fingerprinted. Those that are fingerprint required willhavetotraveltoLamar,COtobefingerprintedandwillhavetopay$62.50justtobe fingerprinted. After discussion made Derby thanked the BOCC and exited themeeting.

Bruce Fickenscher, Area Regional Extension Agent entered the meeting at 10:00 a.m. to discuss the position of area agent for Kiowa County. Fickenscher discussed the possibility of a traveling agent from another county to serve as our County Agent. Fickenscher would like to place a 4-H/Consumer Agent rather than an Agricultural Agent in Kiowa County. His thoughts behind this would be to strategically place the different types of agents in his region around to hopefully minimize traveling and yet be able to cover his entire region by each type of agent. The Commissioners will discuss further amongst themselves and will contact Fickenscher at a later date. Fickenscher exited the meeting. After further discussion took place, Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to recommend an area agricultural extension agent for Kiowa County. Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

Grant Update/NPS Task Agreement: McLoud is working on a draft for the State Historical Fund. McLoud will be working on the GOCO Grant for the Fairgrounds this fall.

Landfill Update/Training: Training will take place on Friday, August 31, 2018. Upcoming Meetings: Meetings and reports were reviewed and signed.

OLD BUSINESS:

Task Agreement: McLoud moved and Oswald seconded the motion to the sign the task agreement with the National Park Service. Motion carried.

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to approve the time off request. Motion carried.

Chip Sealing Review: Road Foreman Spady had prepared a cost estimate on chip sealing one city block. It would cost approximately $6,400.00 to chip seal one city block. A citizen was questioning the cost of chip sealing a street.

Koehler Request: Bill Koehler is requesting 4 to 5 more loads of top soil be added to the property that he had purchased from the County on Maine Street. The Commissioners agreed to this.

R & B Radio Equipment Repairs: DigitCom was able to complete the repairs on the Galatea Tower and seems to be working effectively.

Teresa Witte, Emergency Management entered the meeting to discuss and request approval of the EMPG Grant for the 2018 year. McLoud moved and Oswald seconded to sign the 2018 EMPG Grant in the amount of $26,000.00. Motion carried. Witte explained the different grants she has been working on and meetings she is attending. Witte thanked the BOCC and exited the meeting.

Transit Bus: Adamson reported different concerns that the transit vehicles are having at this time. She suggested applying for a grant to assist in the purchase of a new bus to replace the 15 passenger handicap unit.

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to recess for lunch. Motion carried. The regular meeting reconvened at 1:00 p.m.

Personnel Policy Revisions: Discussion followed over personnel policies with no decisions being made.

Department of Social Services, Dennis Pearson entered the meeting 1:10 p.m. to provide information on the Cost Allocation Program. Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to sign the Cost Allocation Program. Motion carried. The Cost Allocation Program is money the county receives that assist in department expenses and providing services to families in the community. Lisa Thomas, CMP Coordinator also joined the meeting to provide information on the Collaborative Management Program. This program works with multiple community partners to ensure families in the county has accesstoresourcestoassistinattainingmentalhealthservices, behavioral issues,medical needs, addressing challenges in school and various other needs. The commissioners thanked Thomas for the information she provided and the services she provides to the four counties. Pearson and Thomas exited the meeting at 1:55p.m.

Rachel Patrick with Small Business Development Center provided updated information on the Grant/Loan Process. Discussion followed. She exited the meeting at 2:30 p.m.

Fair board members Mike Johnson, Barbara Scranton, and Bart Michael entered the meeting at 2:30 p.m. with Road Foremen Rick Spady and Allen Watts and Maintenance Foreman Mike Crain to discuss the events for fair that needed to be addressed. Billy Koehler has been updating the barbeque grill. Mr. Koehlerwill be watching the barbeque grill all night before the beef barbeque on Friday of the fair to make sure the new system works sufficiently.

Bart Michael reported there has been railing added to the track and new saddle stalls built in between the paddock and the barns. The horse race scheduling was discussed partially due to a shortage of manpower the road and bridge department has at this time. Johnson, Scranton, Michael, Road Foremen Spady and Watts and Maintenance Forman Crain exited the meeting at 2:50 p.m.

EMT Suspension: Scott moved and Oswald seconded to allow Andrea Morgan, County Health Service Assistant to respond as an EMT until further notice. Motion carried.

The next Regular Commissioner's meeting will be September 11, 2018.

Oswald moved and McLoud seconded the motion to adjourn the meeting at 3:38 p.m. Motion carried.

Richard Scott,Chairman

Delisa L. Weeks,County Clerk