The Crawford County Board of Commissioners approved a consent agenda and recorded several routine administrative actions at its Jan. 3 meeting.

Key outcomes

- Consent agenda (omnibus): The board presented an omnibus motion that listed multiple agenda items by ID numbers (24-538 through 24-548), including approval of CMB licenses, payment of 2025 dues to the Kansas Association of Counties (KAC), approval of MOUs (Family Resource Center; Sugar Creek; New Foundations in Crawford County), executive sessions for personnel and emergency management applicants, an invoice payment to Mid Central Contract Services and other routine items. The omnibus consent motion was presented and accepted during the meeting and is recorded as approved on Jan. 3. Specific supporting documents for each listed item were not read into the record in detail during the public portion of the meeting.

- County clerk’s report: The county clerk presented the December report; the board approved the clerk’s report by roll call. Commissioners recorded as voting "Aye" in the roll call were Commissioner Blair, Commissioner Moody and Commissioner Wood; the transcript indicates the motion carried.

- Notice of intent / hearing to vacate platted streets: The board received a staff report and set a public hearing for Jan. 31, 2025, on a landowner request to vacate portions of Charles Street and a portion of Mary Street in Gross First Addition to Gross subdivision. Staff noted a portion of Mary Street is in use for a couple of properties and that the southern portion is overgrown; the hearing was scheduled to consider the request.

Other recorded procedural items

- The agenda included several requested executive sessions (two noted by a commission speaker for attorney-client matters and candidate interviews) to occur after public business; the commission moved into executive session later in the meeting as recorded on the agenda.

What the record shows and what is not specified

- The consent agenda was approved as an omnibus motion; individual roll-call tallies for each item in the omnibus were not read into the public transcript.
- Several agenda items were listed by identifier (24-538 through 24-548); where the meeting transcript did not provide a fuller description of a listed item, the article marks those details as not specified below.

Votes and motions (extracted)

- Motion: "Approve consent agenda" (omnibus: items 24-538 through 24-548, including MOUs, licenses, executive-session requests)
Outcome: approved (omnibus motion presented and accepted during meeting)
Identifiers: 24-538, 24-539, 24-540, 24-541, 24-542, 24-543 (Resolution 2024-045), 24-544 (MOU Family Resource Center), 24-545 (MOU Sugar Creek), 24-546 (MOU New Foundations in Crawford County), 24-547 (invoice Mid Central Contract Services), 24-548 (executive session emergency management applicants)
Details: individual vote tallies for each listed item were not separately read into the record; the omnibus motion was accepted.

- Motion: "Approve county clerk's report (December)"
Outcome: approved by roll call
Vote recorded in transcript: Commissioner Blair — Aye; Commissioner Moody — Aye; Commissioner Wood — Aye; (chair recorded motion carried)

- Motion: "Set hearing on notice to vacate (Gross First Addition to Gross subdivision)"
Outcome: hearing set for Jan. 31, 2025
Details: request to vacate portion of Charles Street and a portion of Mary Street; staff noted portion of Mary Street remains in use, southern segment overgrown.

Recorded executive-session motions (procedural)

- Several motions were made and seconded to go into executive session for specified personnel, attorney-client and bidding/insurance matters; those sessions were recorded on the agenda and executed during the meeting. Outcomes of closed sessions were not read into open minutes during the public portion of the transcript.

Notes on incomplete information

- Many consent-agenda items were identified by agenda ID only; where the transcript did not provide item text, the article marks that information as "not specified." If fuller minutes or agenda packets are available, they should be consulted to match each agenda ID to its full description.

Ending

The board moved on to other agenda items after the votes; the meeting included follow-up scheduling and additional executive sessions later the same day.