March 5, 2025
The Jetmore City Council met in regular session on March 5th, 2025. Mayor Bill Goebel called the meeting to order and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll wall was answered by Councilmen Cole Buffo, Jeff Channell, Charles Leet, John Neeley & Mike Thornburg. Also attending were City Administrator Michael Ort, City Clerk Casey Dansel, HCED Sailor Seiler, City Attorney Clayton Kerbs, Sheryl MacNair, Mickey MacNair & Meagan Huish.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the consent agenda containing the February minutes & Appropriation Ordinance #2025-02. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
SHERIFF’S REPORT: Sheriff Walker submitted his monthly report for the council to review. Sheriff was unable to attend meeting due to the sheriff’s office staff attending Storm Spotter Training.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Sailor presented the following report for the month: MIH grant is looking at giving Jetmore and Hanston Lank banks each $10,000, 4 kids participated in YEC, several grants-Rural Champion, TOWNS, Golf Course grant on the watch list, CAPS program for the school, new business Rudy’s Auto will be opening in the future.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT: Clayton reported that due to the last winter storm, court was cancelled and postponed until next month.
BUSINESS ITEMS:
Mickey MacNair presented the council with a bid from Emergency Fire Equipment for the tornado sirens at the city lake. It will take a technician to reprogram the siren to get it operational for Ford County dispatch to be able to activate it when needed. Councilman Buffo made a motion to approve the bid for $562.50 from Emergency Fire Equipment to make the necessary repairs to the siren. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Sheryl MacNair addressed the council on behalf of the Jetmore Senior Center board. The senior center is having issues with needing building repairs and neighboring buildings. There are a lot of repairs that need to be made and with such a small budget. She presented a copy of the current budget and asked if there was anything the city could do to help them out. Councilman Thornburg made a motion to make a donation to the Jetmore Senior Center in the amount of $2500 annually. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Council discussed proposed Ordinance #689 to move council meetings to the first Thursday of the month. After discussion council agreed they would like to leave the meetings on the first Wednesday and begin the meetings at 8pm starting in April through the summer.
Councilman Channell made a motion to appoint City of Jetmore KMEA Board of Directors as follows
Director 1 Michael Ort
Director 2 Bill Goebel
Alternate Brian Beil
Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Councilman Channell made a motion to suspend city council meeting and open the meeting of the Land Bank Board of Trustees. Councilman Buffo seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
Land Bank board received a bid for $12,500 from Larry Morton for the demolition & disposal of the recent Gil Burns property purchase. Councilman Channell made a motion to accept the bid from Larry Morton with a stipulation that the work be completed within 90 days. Councilman Neeley seconded the motion. Vote was 4-1 with councilman Leet opposed.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to adjourn the meeting of the Land Bank Board of Trustees and resume the meeting of the Jetmore City Council. Councilman Thornburg seconded the motion; vote unanimous.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR REPORT:
*Administrator Ort presented his travel, training, and meeting schedule for the month.
*Mr. Ort shared with the council staff birthdays and anniversaries for the month.
*City Lake: The construction of a berm and beach cleanup were discussed with the city staff at the February staff meeting. We will continue to work to complete that work before it warms up.
*Code Violations Complaints: The complaints discussed at the last meeting were investigated by Connie and she did
send letters. No resolution yet, but she will continue to monitor and take enforcement to the next step(s) if necessary.
*Well 15 Project: The well 15 project is stalled presently as we are still waiting on sample results from two of the three test wells drilled last year. At this point there is no knowledge about when these results will be received, but we have reached out to one contact at KDHE to see if we can get any information.
*Main St. Project: Mr. Ort informed the mayor and council that an agreement and scope of work from Lochner are expected soon. When that comes in, it will be presented for signature by the mayor and clerk.
*Golf Course/Venmo: Mr. Ort told the mayor and council that Golf Course Superintendent Jared Borger approached him a couple of weeks ago and said that several people had asked him over time if the city would consider offering a Venmo option for paying greens fees as many don’t carry cash when they arrive at the golf course. Casey has set up a Venmo account for the city, so payments will go straight to our bank account.
GOVERNING BODY COMMENTS:
Council discussed snow removal. Councilman Leet would like to see the brick areas at intersections sanded since they get so slick.
Councilman Buffo made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Channell seconded the motion; vote unanimous. Meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m.