It’s officialMarion Co. owns a transfer station

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN JERRY ENGLER
The Marion County Commission signed a contract Nov. 12 to purchase the solid waste transfer station in Marion from KC Development for $825,000.

The commissioners also authorized a public sale of up to $850,000 in general obligation bonds that will close with funds available for the transfer station purchase Dec. 23.

Motions to approve the purchase contract and authorize the bond sale were made by Commissioner Howard Collett with Commissioner Leroy Wetta seconding, and Commission Chairman Bob Hein joining in after a teleconference executive session with Jim Kaup, a Topeka attorney who is acting for the county in solid waste matters.

Kaup, still speaking by telephone when the public meeting resumed, said the county had received good cooperation from KC Development in completing the details of the contract. He said the opening bond sale date should be Dec. 9.

At Kaup’s, and the commissioners set a work session relating to operation of the transfer station from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Nov. 25, in the commission meeting room in the courthouse.

Norman Roelfs, engineer with NLR&gb Engineering Technology of Wichita, told commissioners the flood routing breech analysis of Marion County Lake could be downgraded from high hazard to a more moderate level with the state by raising window wells on the basement of the Quinn Trapp home from 7 to 8 inches downstream.

This would require an easement from Trapp that Roelfs and Dale Snelling, park superintendent, said Trapp is willing to do. But Roelfs recommended seeking state approval first. The Trapp home is one of two that would be affected by a breech of the dam.

Roelfs also recommended that ramps on the road on both ends of the spillway be removed and the surface repaved to help correct the curvature caused by years of road grading.

Roelfs said the spillway should be maintained at present elevation or lower, and the dam raised on both ends to give 3 feet of freeboard, as required by Kansas Division of Water Resources regulation.

Water from any dam breech would dissipate downstream as it widened, Roelfs said.

The commissioners signed a $55,000 agreement with Prairie View Inc. for the provision of mental health services in Marion County in 2003.

David Brazil, zoning director and sanitarian, was assured by commissioners that they will work jointly with the Marion County Planning Commission to develop a comprehensive plan. Commissioners urged that language to cover any future locating of electrical wind generating farms in the county be included.

Brazil is overseeing the county’s coming operation of the transfer station.

Gerald Kelsey, road and bridge director, said drier weather has been welcome in helping the county catch up with road graveling.

The commissioners approved an area fuel bid for $8,024.35 from Cardie Oil Co. that included 4,000 gallons of diesel at $1.0109 in tank No. 3, 1,500 gallons of diesel at 84.15 cents in tank No. 1, and 2,500 gallons of unleaded gasoline at $1.0874.

Sheriff Lee Becker said he is continuing to work on resolving situations where cattle are continuously getting out because of alleged owner negligence.

JoAnn Knak, EMS director, reported 53 ambulance calls in October, including 10 from Hillsboro, 20 from Marion, 18 from Peabody and five from Tampa.

First responder calls included three from Goessel, three from Lincolnville and two from Burns.

She said County Clerk Carol Maggard has visited a meeting of the 10 EMT students to administer the oath of fealty.

Knak and Maggard will work out a request from Knak that if EMT’s checks are sent from the Clerk’s Office, that EMS be allowed to bring over a newsletter that has been mailed with them. Both items already are budgeted.

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