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Consent agenda and minutes: The commission approved the consent agenda, which included consideration and approval of the annual budget hearing minutes for Sept. 10 and commission meeting minutes for Sept. 7. The motion carried with all commissioners voting yes.

2026 holiday schedule: County staff (Amy) presented a proposed 2026 holiday schedule that included 11 holidays and a floating holiday. Commissioners approved the schedule by unanimous vote.

Executive session: The commission voted to enter an executive session for discussion of an individual employee’s performance under the Kansas open‑meetings exception for personnel. The motion specified a 10‑minute session to allow discussion between commissioners and staff; the motion passed unanimously.

Adjournment: The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn, which carried.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting):
- Consent agenda (approve minutes from Sept. 10 and Sept. 7): outcome — approved; vote — unanimous (commissioners recorded as voting yes in the transcript).
- 2026 holiday schedule (11 holidays plus floating holiday): outcome — approved; vote — unanimous.
- Motion to enter executive session for individual employee performance (10 minutes): outcome — approved; vote — unanimous.
- Motion to adjourn: outcome — approved; vote — unanimous.

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Dustin, a county staff member overseeing the procurement, told commissioners the county has relied on a cooperative arrangement with the City of Ottawa since 2013. He said Ottawa notified the county that the shared service would end in December, prompting the county to seek replacement proposals. Dustin recommended AT&T as the lowest‑cost option among bids capable of delivering the county’s required speeds and reliability.

Dustin said reliability was the principal concern: “I do not feel like it is an — I don't feel I can recommend that in our environment whenever we are moving more services to cloud. All of our financial management is dependent on that internet service. Many things that we are doing now is dependent on that internet service. So having any outages for me isn't an acceptable solution.” He added the county retains primary responsibility for cybersecurity configurations for systems that sit on top of the internet connection.

Staff told commissioners the new contract is for three years. During the presentation, staff contrasted the county’s current cost for the Ottawa‑provided service ($550 per month, as stated by staff) with the proposed service; staff described the replacement as a “significant increase” in what the county pays today and said they had sought to time switch‑over close to December to limit the period of higher payments while construction and turn‑up occur.

Commissioners approved the three‑year AT&T contract by unanimous vote.

Dustin said the county also evaluated a Lawrence‑based consortium that primarily serves higher education and government nonprofits, but that proposal was more expensive than the AT&T option.

The county will schedule construction and service activation to minimize overlap and extra monthly costs, staff said.

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Commissioners said the adjustments aim to cover rising contractor costs and shorten long Saturday lines. The commission voted unanimously to approve the proposed rate and operating-schedule changes after staff described the recommended adjustments and answered commissioner questions.

Peg, a transfer‑station staff member, told commissioners the Freon charge is being raised because “there are some changes coming down the pike, and whoever does our recovery is going to have to add equipment to do those, that recovery. Their rates will go up, won't be extreme. The guy who's currently doing it, says probably around $5 which if we raise ours by 5, we still are making just a wee bit of income on that.” Peg also described recommended changes to gate cutoff times: shortening the weekday cutoff window and moving Saturday’s cutoff to noon while keeping the facility open until 1 p.m. to clear traffic and reduce overtime costs.

Commissioners discussed several operational details during the debate. Several members raised the problem of long Saturday lines and how out‑of‑county customers affect resident wait times; staff said enforcing an out‑of‑county surcharge would slow processing because employees would need to check vehicle registrations and IDs. After discussion, staff recommended leaving a single rate (no separate out‑of‑county charge) and instead adjusting hours to improve throughput.

The proposed changes also include a three‑ton minimum for some roll‑off loads and a minimum charge for construction and demolition (C&D) loads up to 500 pounds, with per‑ton charges applied after that. Staff explained the 500‑pound minimum and the $10 minimum fee for small C&D loads reflect constraints in the county’s scale software and policies; after 500 pounds, the rate would convert to the standard per‑ton charge (as stated by staff during the meeting). Commissioners asked staff to revisit small roll‑off and low‑yardage exceptions if operators can show legitimate reasons for smaller loads.

The motion to approve the proposed rate and operating-schedule changes carried unanimously.

The commission did not adopt an out‑of‑county pricing change at this meeting; staff said they may return with tweaks to the policy if implementation issues arise.

For reference, staff said the three‑ton minimum and other specific line‑item prices were presented in the materials accompanying the proposal; details not read into the record in full were left for county files and future staff reports.

The commission closed the item after voting and thanked staff for the work on the proposal.

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