December 4, 2024
The Jetmore City Council met in regular session on December 4, 2024. Mayor Bill Goebel called the meeting to order and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was answered by Councilmen Cole Buffo, Charles Leet, & Mike Thornburg. Also attending was City Clerk Casey Dansel, City Attorney Clayton Kerbs, Sailor Seiler, Sheriff Jared Walker & high school students from the HCHS government class.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the consent agenda containing the November minutes & Appropriation Ordinance #2024-10. Councilman Leet seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Sailor Ann Seiler presented the following report; the window project at the American Legion building is almost complete, Pink Saturday was a success and several businesses participated, Christmas on Main is this Saturday and Sailor presented the council with schedule of events.
SHERIFF’S REPORT: Sheriff Walker gave a report on traffic citations everything they have handled the past month. He reported that new officer Brandon Bass has joined their staff. Also reported that he assisted Ness County with the recent car break ins that happened last week.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: Clayton Kerbs provided an update on the Gil Burns property purchase by the land bank. Everything is ready for us to send Ms. Millershaski the payment for the property. Court has been going well and there has been a lot more activity with traffic citations.
CITY CLERK REPORT: Casey presented the council with information regarding the savings account money we are moving to CD’s. Farmers State Bank will need a copy of the minutes to proceed. City Attorney would like to have Casey reach out to the auditors to make sure everything we want to do is permissible for a municipality.
BUSINESS ITEMS:
Councilman Leet made a motion for Mayor Goebel & Clerk Casey Dansel to work with Farmers State Bank on moving the money currently in savings to a CD and the current CD’s we have coming due as well. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Council discussed the Ninnescah Flats Solar Project proposal. Council has several questions and concerns about the project and would like to discuss more with Administrator Ort and when all council is present. Item tabled for the time being.
Council discussed the contract renewal with GWorks/Simple City. Council has concerns with price increase but there currently doesn’t seem to be a better option for the software we need. Councilman Buffo made a motion to renew the contract for 2025 with GWorks. Councilman Leet seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Clerk Dansel presented the council with the CMB licenses for 2025. There are 4 renewals and 2 new licenses.
Councilman Thornburg made a motion to renew the on premises CMB license for 2025 for Bootleggers Bar & Grill. Councilman Leet seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Leet made a motion to renew the off premises CMB license for 2025 for Quick Pick. Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to renew the off premises CMB license for 2025 for Jetmore Food Center. Councilman Leet seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to renew the off premises CMB license for 2025 for Dollar General. Councilman Leet seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the new on premises CMB license for 2025 for Firehouse 283 Tavern. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the new off premises CMB license for 2025 for Firehouse 283 Tavern. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Council discussed the Staff Christmas Bonus. Councilman Thornburg stated he had spoken with Councilman Channell and he was in favor of keeping the bonus the same as last year. Councilman Thornburg made a motion to give full time employees a Christmas bonus of $1000, and part time employees $400. Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT:
*Travel Schedule- Mr. Ort presented his travel, training, and meeting schedule for the upcoming month.
*January City Council Meeting-Mr. Ort notified the council that the first Wednesday of January 2025 would be January 1st. Per the city code, the regular meeting being the same as a paid holiday, the meeting would be moved to the following Monday, January 6th.
*Health Insurance- Staff filled out health surveys for the KMIT Association Health Plan. There are plans available that would save the city money in providing this benefit. All of the plans would cost our employees more as the high deductible plans included higher deductibles than the current ones. This may cause a conversation about increasing the amount the city puts into the HSA each month. Other options include traditional PPO plans that have co pays. KAHP doesn’t cover any dental which may be another negative for our employees.
*Airport project- On Dec. 5th I will attend a Zoom meeting with our engineers and Ray Seif from KDOT-Aviation to discuss our project application which is due by January 25th.
GOVERNING BODY COMMENTS:
Mayor Goebel asked Clerk Dansel to explain what the bill to Servicemaster was for. Casey explained that we had a property in town that had biohazard waste in the yard about which the city office had received several complaints. Code enforcement officer Connie Olson took pictures & sent a certified letter to the property owner letting them know the property needed cleaned up, per city code. The property owner called and asked for extra time and that was granted. However, after several weeks the property remained out of compliance. Due to the nature of the biohazard materials, it was decided it was best to have a professional company clean up the items as we didn’t want the city staff to clean up such items. The bill for the cleanup will be passed on to the property owner.
Councilman Thornburg made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 8:02p.m.
December 17, 2024
The Jetmore City Council met in special session on December 17, 2024. Mayor Bill Goebel called the meeting to order and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was answered by Mayor Bill Goebel and Councilmen Cole Buffo, Jeff Channell, Charles Leet, John Neeley, and Mike Thornburg. Also attending was City Administrator Michael Ort.
Business Items:
The Ninnescah Flats Solar Project was discussed, Various questions were asked by the council and answered by Administrator Ort. Afterward, a motion was made by Councilman Channell to adopt Resolution 2024-03 and to sign the agreement with KMEA for the purchase of .75 MW of energy from the Ninnescah Flats Solar Project. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 7:29p.m.