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Key actions taken

- Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) application: Commissioners voted to authorize signatures for the 2025 EMPG application for Riley County Emergency Management. The motion was moved and seconded and carried with an \"Aye\" vote.

- Transfer‑station bid award: Commissioners approved the low bid from NF Construction of Marion, Kansas, in the amount of $592,140 for transfer‑station work. The motion was moved, seconded and carried; commissioners noted questions about public access to minutes and project estimates during discussion but the award proceeded.

- Minutes: The commission moved and seconded approval of the Sept. 18 meeting minutes; the motion carried.

- Fill county position: Commissioners approved the Riley County Treasurer’s request to advertise and fill one customer‑service representative position following a resignation; staff said there is no negative budget impact because of existing vacancies.

Each motion was recorded in the meeting audio and carried; the meeting transcript did not include a full roll‑call tally for every item, but motions were announced as approved by the chair.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","9/22/2025 Riley County Commission Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its Sept. 22 meeting the Riley County Commission approved signing the 2025 EMPG application, awarded a $592,140 transfer‑station construction contract to NF Construction, approved minutes, and authorized filling one customer service representative vacancy.","taxTitle","Riley, Kansas","taxId",4218,"location","Kansas","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6494575,"Riley County approves $3.1 million remodel of former EMS station for Emergency Management",364,4776000,5140000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5808651-c2d06a363a7304e0714fe09decb4a8aa&start=4776&end=5140","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5808651-c2d06a363a7304e0714fe09decb4a8aa/thumbnail_4776000.jpg","/articles/6494575/Kansas/Riley-County-approves-31-million-remodel-of-former-EMS-station-for-Emergency-Management","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6494575-19f16dcf01910d91a2f7cc51d8c2b0d7/orig.mp4?Expires=1771147094&Signature=isgjKo7bqCPImD81-kXtWHG8L2Ld81iFCsSWvxrEMSZ7g1HDu-BA7i5p2N159ZZe~A1flM5BephbwqOY7vVtLkFjTT9VFl1vJiarq0TtAcf6y162AYdZY2y2hDUg-tA81dfDxMMknrPomKXXUtFYjtQRevGF71jV1fMh05ISnMCJrpLQgyI4AkWnWR4hb~us0SaX3ddMqcFVvn37XUEXGMlpUq5xNMUjtYm0~HH7BOryOtUhkwsMU8AWBRzN0gdY1b~weioH~mJ~UQk6hVeFwr3WlGzQa4w4Ci3CLpiv0FNo8DtcIZ9e2lWN5LQwqsv-x4V1aZemuK-VQ9MGYmCKSA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Riley County commissioners on Sept. 22 approved a $3.1 million budget and a contract amendment to remodel the former EMS station to house Emergency Management and related functions.

John Ellerman, Riley County public works director, told commissioners the total project budget is $3,102,008.52, which includes construction, furniture, equipment and technology. Ellerman said the construction contract with BHS for the remodel work is approximately $2.8 million and that the project includes a roughly 4% contingency for overruns and final accounting.

Ellerman said designs are finished and city reviews are underway; the project scope includes kitchenette/break room fixtures, furniture, permit coordination and technology outfitting. He said any remaining contractor submittals—signage and final materials—will be reviewed by the architect and county staff before installation. \"What we're asking for today is to approve the budget to continue on this, the remodel,\" he said.

A motion to approve the project budget and to sign the contract amendment with BHS carried unanimously.

County staff said the contract amendment covers the construction portion of the remodel and other project costs will be procured and managed by public works (furniture, fixtures, equipment, technology). Ellerman said the county expects to begin remodel work once the contract is finalized and permits are issued.

Commissioners did not specify an exact construction start date during the meeting; staff said submittals and permit processes would determine the launch timetable and that any remaining administrative steps would be brought to the commission as needed.","County commissioners approved a $3.1 million project budget to remodel the old EMS station for Emergency Management and authorized a contract amendment with contractor BHS for the remodel work.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6494578,"Riley County approves final plat for isolated homesite called Greater Dow Estates",542,1793000,2335000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5808651-c2d06a363a7304e0714fe09decb4a8aa&start=1793&end=2335","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5808651-c2d06a363a7304e0714fe09decb4a8aa/thumbnail_1793000.jpg","/articles/6494578/Kansas/Riley-County-approves-final-plat-for-isolated-homesite-called-Greater-Dow-Estates","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6494578-52f5f201858b3055737fccb28f4cf7c8/orig.mp4?Expires=1771147094&Signature=ZUeo0qPsBZwgZZFoTw5HyAn4fkAm330ntaGm-om-79hcxy7t2MnMbEBXWROlmTarzA29G7e4981MTm54jQEaSTLhLA6Df6czRpLPHuCV6PxikFpiuMxgmOcBWy~qNE-HFsBkY9OE-s2F~Q7Eml70hS2mNpbLeRTkRja8iGI-ItcxjW3p6Wuk6~roVQhb2sJG0g-HlaHIAjKf9pvzdRr8WnMketkRioSN5fHdLiEaiuWuAEokFKDI5GLMoj4Ic1zQUTDjwBtxUZFhT7tOtLo~BS2g9NVldNKuxvSLsk4GWWYuZBId0nNh2YBSolEtZdtNzpaHJJSv4a7HU2kMpnDibw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Riley County commissioners on Sept. 22 approved a final plat and a residential-use designation for an isolated homesite named Greater Dow Estates, allowing a non‑agricultural residence on a 9.3‑acre portion of a 79‑acre parent tract.

County planning staff said the tract is bisected from the parent parcel by a first‑order stream and associated riparian area, which qualifies it under the county’s isolated‑homesite rules. The applicant, Brady Dow, is proposing a new entrance off Fairview Church Road and would be required to obtain an entrance permit from the county and to record an agricultural protection easement with the final plat.

Planning staff told commissioners the planning board had no objections and approved two requested reductions in the required agricultural buffer: from 200 feet to 125 feet along the western and southern boundaries and from 200 feet to 100 feet along the eastern boundary, citing an existing tree line and a 50‑foot waterway that frames the adjacent field. Staff recommended the commission acknowledge the final plat and accept easements, rights‑of‑way and licenses shown on the plat.

The county planner noted the site is outside the 1% annual‑chance floodplain and sits on the outer edge of the Fort Riley land‑use planning zone; Fort Riley’s installation operational noise management plan was referenced in staff materials but representatives had not commented on this petition.

Commissioners moved, seconded and voted to adopt Resolution 092225 approving the final plat of Greater Dow Estates, accepting dedicated easements and finding the submission met the minimum requirements of the Riley County Land Development Regulations.

The approval leaves the parcel’s zoning as agricultural; the residential use designation allows a single non‑agricultural dwelling to be established on the isolated tract while the surrounding farmland remains in production. The county will enforce riparian‑buffer protections noted on the plat.

Questions raised during the staff presentation related to buffer delineation, public‑notice boundaries and required easements; planning staff said those items were reflected in the final plat notes and deed restrictions.","Riley County commissioners approved a final plat and residential-use designation for a 9.3-acre isolated homesite from a 79-acre parent tract, with riparian and reduced agricultural buffers and required agricultural protection easement.","actionData","errors"]

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