Posted November 06, 2025 01:33pm
by
John Nixon
(KLZA)--Richardson County Commissioners met with Emergency Management Agency Director Brian Kirkendall Wednesday to review information regarding insurance coverage on outdoor warning sirens located within the Villages and the City of Humboldt.
The villages and the City of Humboldt responded that insurance coverage has been and is being maintained by them.
Commissioners approved a motion to have the County Attorney's Office develop an interlocal agreement to be presented to all the villages and cities within Richardson County and the Boy Scout Camp south of Humboldt detailing that insurance coverage will be maintained by them and that the County will provide the maintenance of the outdoor warning sirens.
The Board also approved writing a letter of support for grant funding for the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri for renovation of the community building to a daycare facility and for the constructionof a new community building in Reserve, Kansas.
Kay Wissman, Community Services Director for Southeast Community Action Partnership, Inc. met with the Board to discuss a reduction in hours that Richardson County Transit will be operating due to reductions in federal and state government funding being reduced by approximately 30 percent.
Hours of operation will be cut from Monday thru Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. meaning no transportation service on Wednesday's.