The Re-organizational meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on January 14, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Richard Scott. Robertson opened the meeting with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. Those in attendance:

• Richard Scott, Chairman 
• Howard "Butch Robertson," Commissioner Donald Oswald, Commissioner 
• Delisa Weeks, County Clerk 
• Tina Adamson, County Administrator

The appointed Chairperson for each Board can be reviewed in the Kiowa County Commissioner's Office. These boards will not be published in the paper. 

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

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

Scott moved and Robertson seconded the motion to approve the agenda as amended. Motion carried. Added to the Agenda were the following items: Gravel Lease, CRP Waiver, and Fair board. 

OLD BUSINESS: 

Grant Updates: Adamson presented the lease agreement with the National Park Service which will be good for 20 years. Discussion and review of the agreement took place. The lease agreement fee per year will be $64,678.73, which included utilities. Oswald moved and Scott seconded the motion to sign the US Government Lease For Real Property also known as the Murdock Building. The Lease number is NPS-20-SAND-01. Motion carried. 

Oswald moved and Robertson seconded the motion to recess the meeting at 12:03 p.m. for lunch. Motion carried. The meeting reconvened at 01:05 p.m. 

Road foremen Rick Spady, Allen Watts and Jack Howard entered the meeting at 1 :05 p.m. to discuss mowers. The new mower will go to District 3.

Matt Prince with CWC Rail, Inc. entered the meeting at 2: 15 p.m. to provide an update on the status of the railroad. 

Oswald moved and Robertson seconded the motion to hire DeWitt Excavating for the plumbing in the new Senior Citizen's Center. Motion carried. 

Oswald moved to use the current years NPS rental funds plus $65,000.00 to complete this phase of the Senior Citizen's portion of the project. Scott seconded the motion. Motion carried. 

Oswald moved and Robertson seconded the motion to sign the IMEG increase payment for the engineer design on the Murdock Senior Center. Motion carried. The amount to be paid is $5,500.00. 

The SECOG Grant has been completed and mailed. 

The mini grants were discussed with no decisions being made. 

Landfill/Recycling Update: Free Dump Day will be January 25, 2020. 

Upcoming Meetings: Meetings and Reports were reviewed and signed. 

New Business: 

Mutual Aid Termination Agreement: Otero County will be terminating their Mutual Aid with the surrounding counties as each entity will now make their own mutual aid agreements. 

Employee Goodwill/ Vending Machines: Oswald moved and Robertson seconded the motion to purchase a vending machine from Sam's Club. Motion carried. 

CRP Waiver: Scott moved to sign the agreement with the County FSA Office which will allow 30% of the croplands to be put into the CRP Program. Oswald seconded the motion. Motion carried. 

The Fair board was discussed. The BOCC accepted the resignation letter from Mike Johnson. They would like to thank Mr. Johnson for the time he has served on the fair board. Administrator Adamson will be meeting with David Walker and Dawn Back in regards to the accounting process for the fair board. 

The next regular meeting will be January 30, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. 

With no further business to be conducted, Oswald moved and Robertson seconded to adjourn the meeting at 5:31 p.m. Motion carried.

Richard Scott, Chairman

Delisa L. Weeks, County Clerk