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A date has been set for the mail ballot election in which Butler County residents will decide between a .25 cent increase in the sales tax or a mill levy increase to pay for federally mandated upgrades to the countywide emergency management communications system.
Butler County Commissioners announced at their Tuesday meeting the mail ballots will be sent to active registered voters on Nov. 10 and will be due Nov. 24.
An active registered voter is defined as someone who has voted sometime in the past four years. Registered voters who have not voted during the past four years can contact the county election office to request a ballot.
The upgrades will cost approximately $12.9 million, with the county making payments of $1.5 million annually for 10 years. The proposed sales tax increase would generate around $1.48 million each year.
In other business, the commission:
• approved the publication of the Volunteer Proclamation in the El Dorado Times and the Augusta Gazette as a means of thanking all county volunteers who participated in the summer initiative - United we Serve Campaign.
• approved the transfer of property agreement between Butler County and the South Central Regional Homeland Security Council. This agreement will provide the means of creating ID badges for emergency workers. The badges will be helpful in the event of a disaster, because emergency workers and volunteers will be easily identified, making it easier to keep track of those coming and going from a disaster area.
• approved moving forward with bridge design consulting services using the qualifications based selection process. The motion passed 4-1 with Commissioner Randy Waldorf opposed. The qualifications based process is different from the selection process the county generally uses in that a committee comprised of Public Works Director Darryl Lutz and several others will evaluate several contractors based on their qualifications instead of having the county solicit bids from contractors. The state and federal governments routinely use the qualifications based method of selecting a contractor.
• approved a proposal for materials testing services for the S.W. 210th Street project.
• appointed Marion Johnson as appraiser for Butler County.
• approved the purchase of a 1994 bus from Kansas Truck in the amount of $5,000. The bus will replace the existing bus at the jail and will be used for transportation of inmates from Wellington to work in Butler County.
• approved determining the advisability of financing the acquisition, construction and installation of an emergency radio communication system by execution of a lease purchase agreement.
A date has been set for the mail ballot election in which Butler County residents will decide between a .25 cent increase in the sales tax or a mill levy increase to pay for federally mandated upgrades to the countywide emergency management communications system.
Butler County Commissioners announced at their Tuesday meeting the mail ballots will be sent to active registered voters on Nov. 10 and will be due Nov. 24.
An active registered voter is defined as someone who has voted sometime in the past four years. Registered voters who have not voted during the past four years can contact the county election office to request a ballot.
The upgrades will cost approximately $12.9 million, with the county making payments of $1.5 million annually for 10 years. The proposed sales tax increase would generate around $1.48 million each year.
In other business, the commission:
• approved the publication of the Volunteer Proclamation in the El Dorado Times and the Augusta Gazette as a means of thanking all county volunteers who participated in the summer initiative - United we Serve Campaign.
• approved the transfer of property agreement between Butler County and the South Central Regional Homeland Security Council. This agreement will provide the means of creating ID badges for emergency workers. The badges will be helpful in the event of a disaster, because emergency workers and volunteers will be easily identified, making it easier to keep track of those coming and going from a disaster area.
• approved moving forward with bridge design consulting services using the qualifications based selection process. The motion passed 4-1 with Commissioner Randy Waldorf opposed. The qualifications based process is different from the selection process the county generally uses in that a committee comprised of Public Works Director Darryl Lutz and several others will evaluate several contractors based on their qualifications instead of having the county solicit bids from contractors. The state and federal governments routinely use the qualifications based method of selecting a contractor.
• approved a proposal for materials testing services for the S.W. 210th Street project.
• appointed Marion Johnson as appraiser for Butler County.
• approved the purchase of a 1994 bus from Kansas Truck in the amount of $5,000. The bus will replace the existing bus at the jail and will be used for transportation of inmates from Wellington to work in Butler County.
• approved determining the advisability of financing the acquisition, construction and installation of an emergency radio communication system by execution of a lease purchase agreement.
