County board receives budget requests

The Cloud County board of commissioners received budget requests during its regular meeting on Monday.
Budget requests presented to the board include: Road & Bridge, $3,720,964; special machinery & equipment, $357,263; special bridge, $195,000; noxious weed, $247,712; and noxious weed capital outlay, $98,114.
Also during the meeting, County Attorney Robert Walsh and the board made a call to Wyatt Hoch, Foulston Siefken, LLP to discuss the Law Enforcement Center.
Hoch will prepare a plan of the next steps and report back on May 13.
Mike Hake, Solid Waste director, met with the board and presented the Solid Waste delinquent list, discussed light duty options for personnel and reported that the Transfer Station will be open this week and the road will be repaired later in the summer.
The board approved the publication for Solid Waste delinquent charges and fees totaling $21,778.
Health Department administrator presented a resignation, reported that additional patching was completed on the roof and that she was meeting with the Regional Planning Commission this week to begin the grant process.
The board acknowledged the resignation of Katie Brooks, Family Planning director/LPN, effective June 3.
Andy Asch presented a classification change to the board, and reported that he would be meeting with Coughlin Company to discuss the “Norway Road” at the County Wards on Tuesday, and invited the board to attend.
The board approved the wage change for Clarence Beaumont, equipment operator, from $14.44 to $15.02 an hour effective May 12 as his introductory period ended.
Charlene Trost & Myra Pfeifer, presented a proclamation for Mental Health Month.
The board approved proclaiming May as Mental Health Month in Cloud County.
Pfeifer, Hale's Refuse, inquired about the county using Durflinger's dumpster at the Courthouse. She asked the board to consider using a Cloud County tax payer for the service.
Commissioner Bill Czpanskiy reported that he had spoken to Earl Hale recently about using Hale's service. The county originally used Brown's Disposal, and was switched to Durflinger when they sold it.
The board approved proclaiming May as Motorcycle Awareness Month in Cloud County.
A request for capital outlay funds for the IT Department in the amount of $3,857.90 for the purchase of two dual monitor Lenovo M710Q computers systems and MS Office Pro 2019 was approved by the board.
Eric Voss, Emergency Preparedness director, presented an email from the Kansas Division of Emergency Management stating that there were not enough reported damages to pursue preliminary  damage assessments with FEMA or a presidential disaster declaration for storm damages in March.
The board reviewed the composition of Cash Balances and Investments report and Fund Status report as of April 30, totaling $12,163,269.10.
Payroll deductions and benefits totaling $64,342.88 were approved by the board.
The board approved the following payroll expenses totaling $154,631.90:
General Fund, $84,465.92; Appraisal, $4,972.82; Noxious Weed, $1,676.46; Solid Waste, $4,473.10; Road & Bridge, $42,696.71; County Health, $14,884.97; Election, $1,461.92.