The Elk County Commission meets weekly on Mondays at 1 p.m. The following report was generated from the approved minutes of the Nov. 10 meeting, which were approved at a recent meeting The Elk County Commission held their regular meeting on Nov. 10, beginning with a work session from 12:30 – 1 p.m. with the commissioners and the county library board.
The regular meeting began with the approval of the Oct. 27 meeting minutes as presented.
During the EMS report, EMS Director Gillian Beaumont stated that a part-time EMT was hired. Commissioners approved to hire Colby Austin as a part-time EMT at $16.97 per hour. Beaumont also presented the monthly report for October.
Sheriff John Walked updated commissioners on the fuel tank. It was noted that the fuel tank is a still a couple weeks out and it will be set by the generator on the west side of the Sheriff’s Office.
County Clerk Kerry Harrod stated that the general election had an 18% turnout. The canvass will be held on Nov. 13 at 10 a.m. in the commission room. Harrod also presented the Kansas Department of Revenue Schedule I, II and part 3 of the tax credit application to be signed by the chairman for the HVAC project.
Other reports were presented from: Appraiser, Emergency Management, Public Works, Register of Deeds, Community Development and PIO.
Commissioners held an Executive Session for 5 minutes for non-elected personnel to discuss employee review with Kandy Dowell with Health and County Counselor Paul Dean present. After returning to open meeting, no action was taken.
Commissioners noted the Osage Trail Bridge project should start in January 2026. Also discussed was work being done to Road 4.
Warrants in the amount of $69,004.22 were approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Election Canvass
The 2025 City/School General Election Canvass meeting was called to order on Nov. 13 at 10 a.m.
Commissioners checked each ballot for validity using Chapter 3 of the Kansas Election Standards. Out of eight ballots, five were accepted.
Five ballots were processed through the tabulator and totals were added to the Certificate of Votes Cast form as well as to the permanent abstract book. Qualifying write-in names were added to the Tally Sheet Book and there were no hand count ballots.
Commissioners signed the permanent abstract book making the results official.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:08 a.m. The next regular meeting of the Elk County Commission will be held on Dec. 8 at 1 p.m.
