HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Commission made quick work of their agenda Tuesday passing every item that was brought before them.
That included the approval of a contract with Dan Link and Landmark Architects to work on the jail annex project. The project is expected to cost $2,158,700. That includes redoing the roof on the structure, updating the exterior of the building, installing fire sprinklers in the county offices and in the part of community corrections building that will be used for office space. But, add the $171,700 cost of architectural and engineering fees, that brings the total cost to $2,330,400.
Four county departments including, the Register of Deeds, County Treasurer, County Clerk and County Appraiser will move into the new space once remodeled. That won’t begin until inmates housed in the annex building are moved to the new Reno County Correctional Facility currently under construction.
They also approved the purchase of a three thousand gallon poly tanker for Fire District 9 at a cost of $219,000. County Administrator Gary Meagher says the district has plenty in their equipment fund to cover the cost.
They also approved allowing the solid waste department to purchase a 2011 Cat Motor Grader from Foley Equipment of Wichita at a cost of $240,000.
They also approved allowing Reno County Drug Court to seek a three year federal grant in the amount of $659,334.
The commission also agreed to move their meeting next week to Wednesday because of it being election day.