The Riley County Commission took the following formal actions during its Dec. 4 meeting:

- Approved Change Order No. 1 for the 2025 Peterson Ranch Road improvement, deducting $13,900 from the project total. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

- Approved proposed human-resources/personnel changes presented via the county employee action form. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

- Approved minutes of the Dec. 1 meeting. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

- Adopted a resolution authorizing issuance of general-obligation temporary notes with a principal amount of $935,000 to finance Peterson Ranch benefit-district road work and a solid-waste tipping-floor project; staff estimated a debt-service fiscal impact of about $963,530.49 and will finalize apportionments with bond counsel. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

- Approved a service agreement with Fiddler Technologies to offer a Notary Fraud Alert service to local notaries; the Register of Deeds said setup will be paid from registered-deeds technology funds. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

- Approved consolidation of the fire district, EMS and emergency management into a single Emergency Services department as presented. (Motion moved and seconded; voice vote.)

Where the transcript records voice votes without roll-call tallies, the board recorded approvals by consensus/voice; staff will prepare official resolutions and documentation for the record and work with consultants (bond counsel, HR, vendor) to finalize implementation details.