Commissioners spent a substantial portion of the Dec. 9 meeting addressing repeated payroll problems that have affected employees and former employees. The board directed the county counselor to draft a job description under Kansas statute (referred to in the meeting as "Kansas statute 19‑6a") for a county controller to centralize payroll, accounts payable and benefits administration.

County counselor Josh Nye described ongoing work with consultants (BT and Co.) to resolve errors in the ADP to Paycor transition and said moving to biweekly pay will allow smaller, more frequent payroll runs that can expose and correct mistakes faster. The board authorized staff to pursue an in‑house controller position and asked for a draft job description for review next week.

To mitigate immediate employee hardship from the transition, commissioners approved a one‑time award of four additional PTO days to be paid in December and included in the January biweekly checks. The chair summarized the plan as paying the equivalent of four days (the meeting referenced dates around Dec. 28–31) and processing them early if needed so employee paychecks remain whole across the fiscal year transition.

The board also approved Resolution 2025‑30 to set authorized administrators for the county's CIC financial management system, naming Heather Kuder (acting chair), Lehi Holman, Brandon Smith and Carl Miller (county appraiser) as co‑administrators; other existing administrators will be removed. Separately, the board reached consensus to authorize Miranda (BT and Co.), if she accepts, to act as the commission's delegate with administrative privileges in ADP and Paycor while staff implements fixes.

What happens next: County counselor will prepare the controller job description for vote next week; staff will work with BT and Co. and Paycor/ADP contacts to grant temporary admin access as authorized and to implement the paid PTO adjustment and payroll reconciliations.