Klose to be sheriff's jailer/deputy
Sheriff Lee Becker told Marion County commissioners at their Monday meeting that Garry Klose, who retired last month after 24 years with the Marion Police Department, will begin working as a jailer/deputy for the sheriff's department on Oct. 1.
David Brazil, director of planning and zoning, said the county's newly approved comprehensive plan would soon be placed on a CD and would then be placed on Marion County's Web site.
Commissioners discussed with Brazil, who also serves as county sanitarian and transfer station director, some structural improvements and restrooms at the transfer station.
Holes in the parking lot east of the courthouse will be fixed yet this year, but other work on the lot will probably have to wait until next year, commissioners learned Monday.
Tom Bennett, with BG Consultants, said just "stacking asphalt" in the depressions or holes would be a problem when the material thins out. It probably would not stay where it was placed, he said.
Some milling of the surface, where the holes are, by about 1 1/2 inches, would help, Bennett said. The asphalt patches would then be more stable.
Some standing water and ruts not caused by the crane leased by Mid-Continental Restoration Co., Inc., of Fort Scott, should be fixed, too, Bennett said.
"If you just fill in the holes, it won't stay," he said. "It will deteriorate on the outsides of the patches."
Commission Chairman Howard Collett said the ruts in the lot were caused by the weight of the crane.
Bennett said the patches will "stick out like sore thumbs" at first. Later, after five or six months, they will have blended in and not be so noticeable, he said.
It's an oxidation process, weathering, he said. BM1 would be the preferred material to use, he said.
He estimated the cost of milling and overlay at $8,000 to $12,000. Patching of the holes can be done in one day, Bennett said. It will amount to about $2,000 out of the contractor's (Mid-Continental's) pocket.
A representative of APAC, Wichita, attended the meeting, as did Matt Deloney of Fort Scott, vice president of Mid-Continental. Deloney said he hoped for the most reasonable solution possible "that satisfies both of us. We want to take care of what damage we caused."
Collett said the parking lot surface is seven years old. The APAC representative said a "one-time deal (with the crane) would have cracked the asphalt," not made a rut.
He said he believed the ruts built up (down) over time, during the seven years, in small increments. He said the county currently would have "tripping liabilities, with water coming in on the sub-grade."
Patching the holes can be done with hot-mix asphalt, he said. A cold-tar mix can be used for what paving needs to be done, he added.
It's probably too late to do the cold-tar work this year, he said. Commissioners asked him to bring them numbers, an estimate on the cost of the work, as soon as he can.
"We can't do it if it'll freeze or if the humidity is too high," he said of the cold-tar work.
But the holes, or indentations, can yet be fixed this fall, he said.
Deloney spoke of milling and patching the damaged areas. He said aesthetics was not his company's responsibility.
Collett said, "the courthouse is an icon, for the whole county. We want it to look good."
JoAnn Knak, director of the county's Emergency Medical Service, said Goessel gave up its ambulance license 10 years ago, but could get it reinstated by meeting requirements.
Knak said that after her retirement, set for Dec. 20, she will be a contracted trainer for EMS classes in Butler, Marion, and other counties.
The next county commission meeting will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the courthouse, the end-of-month payday/payroll meeting required by state law.
