Commissioners extend recycling note for another year

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JULIE ANDERSON
Marion County Commissioners voted at their Monday meeting to extend the notification note for one year for the county recycling project.



“I think it would be in everyone’s best interest to extend the availability of the funds,” said Rex Savage, representing K.C. Development, which holds a solid waste contract with the county.



Commissioners agreed they did not want to lose the funds.



Representatives from county government will be talking with mayors and residents about what they would like to see done regarding recycling, according to Linda Peterson, commission chair.



Commissioners also received a visit from the North Central-Flint Hills Area on Aging.



Julie Govert Walter, director of the NCFHAA, told the commissioners about the services her organization provides and the benefits Marion County residents received.



In all, $620,468 in services were provided by partnerships with various organizations, Walter said.



The agency provides information and assistance, in-home services, nutrition services, legal services, an employment program, supportive services, Flint Hills housing and a bi-monthly newspaper called Keynotes.



“Our agency’s philosophy is how to guide more resources into our older Kansans’ programs,” Walter said.



She said in 30 years, the number of people 65 years old and over will double.



In 1999 in Marion County, 29.3 percent of the population was age 60 and over.



In other business:



— The commission approved an agreement with Bucher, Willis and Ralliff to do work on the county’s comprehensive-use plan.



— Commissioners approved agreements between the Marion County Health Department and the special education cooperative, OASIS, and Goessel and Centre school districts.



— Commissioners approved Resolution 2000-16 setting mileage at 32.5 cents per mile.



— Sheriff Lee Becker presented the commission with his department’s proposed budget. He had made a few changes because a grant was ending this year, an increase in inmates, and higher fuel prices. Overall, the proposed budget was lower than the previous year because the communications department was separated from the sheriff’s department.



— Michele Abbott-Becker, emergency preparedness director, presented the commission with proposed budgets for her department.



Her budget remained the same from the previous year. Three changes were made to the communications budget, including an increase for training.



— The commission was informed an advisory board would have to be formed to oversee the communications department. It has to be in effect by Jan. 1, 2001.

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