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John “Jack” Helin
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Council member Rodger Shannon remarked that it shouldn’t be such an ordeal for motorcyclists
to walk a few blocks to get to Kobi’s, adding that it was wrong of Cooper to insinuate that the
closing of Cedar would be a sign to motorcyclists that they weren’t welcome in Bonner
Springs.“I think you’re out of line,” Shannon said. In the end, the council passed the motion to
close Cedar/K-32 between Front and Second streets 5-2, with Cooper and council member Jerry
Jarrett opposed.
In other action, the council:
• Approved a letter of support for the Kansas Highway 7/Interstate 70 interchange design during
the work session prior to the council meeting. The letter acknowledges the council’s approval of
the current design for the project — a long sought-after approval stemming from the fact that the
council now feels KDOT has adequately addressed all of its concerns regarding the design.
Such concerns included whether KDOT had ever looked at any other designs prior to the current
one. With the help of a power point presentation, Helin showed that several designs had been
looked at, including an inadequate split diamond design created in 2005 that wouldn’t have
rectified the left-turn congestion occurring now. Helin said the current design, which has already
been slightly modified by KDOT to satisfy some of the council’s concerns, should be approved
at this point as a necessary step to get the ball rolling. “If we all can agree that’s what we want,
let’s move forward with the process,” Helin said.
• Unanimously approved the minutes of the July 13 meeting with the following correction:
“The City Council approved a not to exceed amount of $21,000 for Wilson and Company design
services at the June 22, 2009 meeting…” The agenda incorrectly stated that the approval had
been given at the July 22 meeting.
• Unanimously approved supplement claims for city operations in the amount of $24,959.68 and
regular claims in the amount of $98,804.27.
• Unanimously approved Public Housing Authority claims in the amount of $11,623.74.
• Unanimously approved a lease purchase agreement for a Ricoh MPC6000 copier with a 60-
month term at 0 percent interest and a monthly lease amount of $963 to replace the current Ricoh
MP6500 copier.
• Unanimously approved a resolution to adopt the Midwest Public Risk Bylaws and authorized
city manager John “Jack” Helin to sign the agreement.
• Unanimously approved the scheduling of a public hearing regarding the 2010 budget for Aug.
10. • Unanimously approved the awarding
of a bid to McAnany Construction in the amount of $75,456.03 for the Metropolitan recycle-inplace
project.
• Unanimously approved the awarding of a bid to Harbour Construction Company in the amount
of $38,619.27 for the expansion of the parking lot at North Park.
• Unanimously approved the motions to approve an ordinance to establish the salary of city
manager John “Jack” Helin and to approve a seventh amendment to his employment contract,
as this will be the seventh year his contract with Bonner Springs has been amended and renewed.
• Heard the city manager’s report. John “Jack” Helin asked the council to agree on a special
meeting regarding the review of bids for the Front Street improvement project. An agreement
was made to have the meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4.
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