HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Several legal contracts will come before the Hutchinson City Council at their meeting on Tuesday.
The first of these is involving the lot for the new spec building from Salt City Investments LLC. The intent is to bring a new tenant or buyer to the Salt City Business Park to encourage development.
Lot 5, the lot on which the spec building is to be built, is subject to a lien in favor of Siemens Wind Power, Inc. The City of Hutchinson is obligated by a prior contract with Siemens to pay $200,000 and the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce is obligated to pay $100,000 to Siemens for the removal of that lien. The lien will be resolved prior to the closing of the transaction for the spec building.
The City will retain easements in favor of the City for the City’s rail line, deep disposal wells and any other municipal facilities or equipment located on the Lot 5 tract. In the event the buyer or a subsequent tenant or transferee desires to use the City’s rail line, the terms of use for said rail line shall be established by a separate track usage agreement.
The buyer is allowed to assume possession upon approval of the contract by both parties in order to facilitate construction.
The second is an update on the City County Agreement Regarding Law Enforcement Matters.
The prior agreement between the City and the County had been modified by the removal of the Law Enforcement Center provisions. Those are now covered by a separate Lease Agreement between the City of Hutchinson and Reno County.
The proposed agreement incorporates the following changes:
The City of Hutchinson will be responsible for transporting all prisoners to and from the Reno County Correctional Facility to the Hutchinson Municipal Court.
The City of Hutchinson is responsible for transportation of individuals placed in protective custody by a Hutchinson Police Officer to a State mental health facility.
The City of Hutchinson will pay Reno County twelve percent (12%) of the total costs of the jail facility as opposed to the prior rate of fourteen percent (14%).
There is no longer a Joint Drug Enforcement Unit. Those provisions have been removed from the contract. The provisions for the use of the structure on East Avenue G for law enforcement purposes have been updated.
This agreement has already been approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
The third is the City-County Emergency Communications and Radio Maintenance Contract.
The contract was updated to reflect the Director of the Communications Division is a City employee. The contract has been further modified to clarify the budgeting process for the Communications Division.
In the event the City of Hutchinson approves a Communications Division budget in excess of the amount approved by the County Commission at their formal budget hearing, Reno County shall not be liable for any portion of the increased amount. The contract was also modified to reflect radio maintenance services are on a contracted basis rather than by a City employee.
Budget discussions will also continue as their own separate agenda item on Tuesday.
The Hutchinson City Council meets Tuesday at 9 a.m. at City Hall.