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Marshall County Minutes
June 25, 2012
The Board of Marshall
County Commissioners met in
regular adjourned session with
Thomas K. Holle Chairman;
Charles R. Loiseau and Robert
S. Connell members and Sonya
L. Stohs, County Clerk present.
The meeting was called to
order at 9:00 a.m.
The Board opened the meeting
with the flag salute.
The minutes and agenda
were approved as presented
upon a motion by Charles R.
Loiseau seconded by Robert S.
Connell. Unanimous.
Custodian Lou Wassenberg
met with the Board to present
the 2013 Custodian budget in
the amount of $ 39,770.00
which is the same as the 2012
budget.
Register of Deeds Martha
Roesch met with the Board to
present the 2013 Register of
Deeds budget in the amount of
$89,608.00 which is a $950.00
increase from the 2012 budget.
Blue Rapids City Township
Officers Harry Steinfort and
Gus Sandmann met with the
Board about the township roads
being used for the K-9
Highway closing. The Board
directed them to the Kansas
Department of Transportation
because it is there road project.
Clerk of the District Clerk
Nancy Koch met with the
Board to present the 2013
District Court budget in the
amount of $120,427.40 which
is an increase of $6,354.40
from the 2012 budget.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the following purchase
order. Unanimous.
Brown County Treasurer,
Hiawatha, KS for share of 4-
County budget $709.05-
General (District Court) fund-
P.O. # 4200
Public Works Administrator
Mike Craig and Public Works
Coordinating Supervisor Larry
Polson met with the Board.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Charles R.
Loiseau to approve the following
purchase order.
Unanimous.
Koch Excavating, Axtell, KS
for machine hire $1,562.50-
Road & Bridge fund-P.O. #
106965
Public Works Administrator
Mike Craig presented the following
budgets:
2013 Road & Bridge budget
in the amount of $2,712,250.00
which is an increase of
$30,400.00 from the 2012
budget.
2013 Household Hazardous
Waste/Recycling budget in the
amount of $64,600.00 which is
the same as the 2012 budget.
2013 Noxious Weed budget
in the amount of $90,050.00
which is the same as the 2012
budget.
2013 Solid Waste Landfill
budget in the amount of
$375,950.00 which is a
$98,500.00 decrease from the
2012 budget.
The Board of Commissioners
held a 10:30 Public Hearing
to here input on the County
applying for a $250,000
HOME grant to rehabilitate 10-
15 homes in Marshall County.
Economic Development
Director George McCune,
Community Development
Coordinator Juanita McCune,
North Central Regional
Planning Commission Director
Doug McKinney, and Charles
Friedrichs, Bremen presented
at the hearing. Norma
Robinson, Marysville, Robert
Dallas, Frankfort, Carla Grund,
Marysville, Terry Hughes,
Marysville and Mr. and Mrs.
Toburen were present to give
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Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to approve Resolution # 12-06-
25-1 to certifying legal authority
to apply for 2012 HOME
Investment Partnership
Program from the Kansas
Housing Resource Corporation
and authorizing the Chairman
of the Board of County
Commissioners to sign and
submit such application.
Motion carried. Commissioner
Connell voted no.
RSVP Director Joni
Spellmeier met with the Board
to present the 2013 RSVP
budget appropriation in the
amount of $15,000.00 which is
the same as the 2012 budget
appropriation.
Emergency Management
Director William Schwindamann
Jr. met with the Board to
present the 2013 Emergency
Management budget in the
amount of $83,890.00 which is
the same as the 2012 budget.
Sheriff Daniel A. Hargrave
met with the Board to present
the 2013 Sheriff budget in the
amount of $999,971.00 which
is the same as the 2012 budget.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Charles R.
Loiseau to go into executive
session at the request of
Commissioner Connell for five
minutes at 11:45 a.m. to discuss
matters of non-elected personnel
with Sheriff Daniel A.
Hargrave present. Unanimous.
The Board received the 2013
Fair Board appropriation budget
in the amount of $29,600.00
which is the same as the 2012
budget.
Economic Development
Director George McCune,
Community Development
Coordinator Juanita McCune
met with the Board to present
the 2013 Economic
Development appropriation
budget in the amount of
$57,050.00 which is an
increase of $250.00 from the
2012 budget.
Extension Agent Mike Vogt
met with the Board at their
request to answer some questions
that were brought up last
week in the meeting.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the County’s share
of payrolls and related vouchers,
as presented, processed the
motor vehicle payroll and
issued manual warrants from
the respective funds.
Unanimous.
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp met with the
Board to ask for the following
step increases Eldon
Zimmerman, Marysville from
Clerk II, Step I at $12.87 an
hour to Clerk II, Step II at
$13.07 an hour; Roberta
Temeyer, Marysville from
Clerk I, Step II at $12.59 an
hour to Clerk II, Step I at
$12.87 an hour; and Ruth
Kracht, Marysville from $11.95
an hour to Clerk I, Step I at
12.25 an hour effective July 1,
2012.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
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seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to approve the following step
increases Eldon Zimmerman,
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at $12.87 an hour to Clerk II,
Step II at $13.07 an hour;
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County Appraiser Janet
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Mandy Cook, Marysville from
Clerk I, Step I at $12.55 an
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$12.89 an hour effective July 1,
2012. Unanimous.
County Appraiser Janet
Duever presented the 2013
Appraiser budget in the amount
of $168,160.00 which is a
$120.00 decrease from the
2012 budget.
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp met with the
Board. Thomas K. Holle
moved, seconded by Robert S.
Connell to go into executive
session for ten minutes at 1:30
p.m. to discuss matters of nonelected
personnel with Agency
on Aging Director Heather
Ruhkamp present. Unanimous.
The Board gave Agency on
Aging Director Heather
Ruhkamp permission to go out
for bids on a vehicle and tradein
the 2006 Dodge Magnum.
Commissioner Connell left
the meeting at 1:45 p.m.
County Clerk Sonya L. Stohs
presented the following budgets:
2013 County Clerk budget in
the amount of $125,550.00
which is the same as the 2012
budget.
2013 Election budget in the
amount of $88,800.00 which is
the same as the 2012 budget.
2013 Commissioners budget
in the amount of $106,800.00
which is the same as the 2012
budget.
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Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to adjourn at 2:10 p.m. Motion
carried. The next scheduled
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