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GIRARD —
While many people were attending New Year’s Eve festivities, Girard City Council members chose to have a regular meeting.
“I don’t think we’ve ever had a New Year’s Eve meeting before,” said council member Sharon Matson.
A non-elected personnel issue took up three executive sessions totaling an hour and 15 minutes. At the end, council members voted to suspend Kurt Ziegler, city electric and water superintendent, without pay until further notice. There was no public comment on the reasons for the action.
In a related motion, the council voted to appoint Ken Bradshaw, manager of Girard City Energy Production, as superintendent of electric and water production and distribution.
The council also accepted the low bid by Community National Bank for lease/purchase of the project at the city power plant to lower carbon emissions and bring the city into compliance with Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
Total amount is $383,695, with the bank’s interest rate at 2.25 percent. Two payments of $40,782.53 will be made twice a year over the next 60 months.
The council also approved a contract with Professional Engineering Consultants, Pittsburg, for the KLINK project. KLINK is the state abbreviation for City Connecting Links, a program through the Kansas Department of Transportation to help resurface state roads. PEC previously submitted the low bid of $37,100, which covers preliminary engineering services and construction engineering for the project, which involves the milling and overlay of the sections of 7 Highway from Buffalo Street south to the city limit boundary and from Buffalo Street north to the city limits.
Council members also approved a request by Fire Chief Chase Waggoner to make Kyle McGeorge, Girard High School senior, a probationary volunteer firefighter.
“Is he too young?” Matson asked.
The chief replied that McGeorge, at 18, meets the minimum age requirement.
“The officer corps has made the stipulation that he keep his grades up,” Waggoner added.
While many people were attending New Year’s Eve festivities, Girard City Council members chose to have a regular meeting.
“I don’t think we’ve ever had a New Year’s Eve meeting before,” said council member Sharon Matson.
A non-elected personnel issue took up three executive sessions totaling an hour and 15 minutes. At the end, council members voted to suspend Kurt Ziegler, city electric and water superintendent, without pay until further notice. There was no public comment on the reasons for the action.
In a related motion, the council voted to appoint Ken Bradshaw, manager of Girard City Energy Production, as superintendent of electric and water production and distribution.
The council also accepted the low bid by Community National Bank for lease/purchase of the project at the city power plant to lower carbon emissions and bring the city into compliance with Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
Total amount is $383,695, with the bank’s interest rate at 2.25 percent. Two payments of $40,782.53 will be made twice a year over the next 60 months.
The council also approved a contract with Professional Engineering Consultants, Pittsburg, for the KLINK project. KLINK is the state abbreviation for City Connecting Links, a program through the Kansas Department of Transportation to help resurface state roads. PEC previously submitted the low bid of $37,100, which covers preliminary engineering services and construction engineering for the project, which involves the milling and overlay of the sections of 7 Highway from Buffalo Street south to the city limit boundary and from Buffalo Street north to the city limits.
Council members also approved a request by Fire Chief Chase Waggoner to make Kyle McGeorge, Girard High School senior, a probationary volunteer firefighter.
“Is he too young?” Matson asked.
The chief replied that McGeorge, at 18, meets the minimum age requirement.
“The officer corps has made the stipulation that he keep his grades up,” Waggoner added.
