Barton County Departments are asked to submit a bi-weekly activity report of statistical information or a summary of services. County Administrator Richard Boeckman presented highlights from the most recent reports to the County Commission Monday morning.
Below is a recap of the activities.

Road and Bridge Director Dale Phillips
 • Crews performed asphalt work in northwest Barton County near the Galatia area.
• Installed eight culverts, repaired two bridges and cleaned ditches of silt in two areas.
• Repaired the County parking lot on Baker and Park in Great Bend.
• Eight signs repaired due to vandalism. Two of the eight signs were the new 911 locator signs just put up in the past two months.
• Sand pumping continued as did mechanical and service work.

Mark Witt, Barton County Landfill manager
• 887.00 tons of Municipal Solid Waste
• 238.30 tons of Construction/Demolition Waste
• 69.73 tons of Special Waste
• 496 loads of waste received for disposal
• 2.40 tons of Electronics Waste transported to Rice County E-waste Facility
• $39,548.30 in revenue generated from disposals
Witt reported the recent initiation of the Kansas Medication Disposal Program at the facility has generated much interest and participation. The facility has received an estimated 47 pounds of uncontrolled medications from the public and permitted health care facilities. The facility has received a special waste disposal authorization from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to dispose of these items in Barton County’s Subtitle D Landfill.
Witt also reminded the public the Barton County Household Hazardous Waste Facility also has reuse items available to the public free of charge. These items include household cleaners, automotive cleaners/fuel conditioners, etc. In addition to helping the environment through reuse, claiming the items reduces out-of-pocket expenses. Contact the Barton County Household Hazardous Waste Facility for more information on available reuse products at 620-793-1898.

Amy Miller, Emergency Management\Records
• Emergency Management – Barton County Emergency Management applied for the Fiscal Year 2012 Emergency Management Performance Grant in May. The EMPG funds are provided to the State of Kansas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In turn, the State of Kansas passes through some of that funding to local governments to enhance and sustain an all-hazard emergency management program.
The EMPG Program requires a cost share at 50 percent federal funds and 50 percent non-federal funds. County governments must meet eligibility requirements to apply for the funding, including employing an emergency management director or coordinator, must be in compliance with various federal laws and mandates and agree to submit to the Kansas Division of Emergency Management quarterly reports, After Action Reviews and other documentation as requested.
• Records Management – There were 331 requests for probates, birth records, criminal, civil, domestic, death and cemetery records, limited actions, marriage licenses, traffic, small claims and naturalization records.
A man from Lexington, Ky., e-mailed a request for a marriage license for his great grandfather and great grandmother. The family names were Woodrich and Huckabey. The Woodrich family resided in South Bend Township and also Comanche Township.
Records staff eventually found the marriage license but the spelling of the last name was Olrich instead of Woodrich. The requester confirmed it was his great grandfather and great grandmother and that sometimes the last name was translated and spelled in that manner. However, the license was not returned to the court.
About two weeks after this request, a woman from Ambridge, Penn., called to see if Barton County had a record of a marriage license for her great great grandfather, Ernest Woodrich. It turned out that this was the same Ernest Woodrich from the Kentucky records request. Ernest Woodrich first wife was Alda Huckabey. After she died, Ernest Woodrich moved out of Kansas and then remarried.
The man from Kentucky was doing research on the Huckabey family, the first wife of Ernest Woodrich. The woman from Pennsylvania was doing research on the family of the second wife of Woodrich.

Doug Hubbard, 911 director
• Reported there were a total of 7,066 calls to the 911 Center. Of those, 5,552 were came on the administrative lines and the rest to 911. Of the 911 calls, 1,169 came from cell phones and 345 from land lines.
• With the Mobile Command Vehicle, several dispatchers participated in the “Field Ops” training for all Emergency Services classes at Barton Community College. The training day was a culmination of police, fire and EMS classes and included a day-long operation with more than 30 scenarios. Barton County participated by dispatching calls to the group to help make the experience as realistic as possible. Communications assisted instructors with developing the scenarios during the planning phase of the operation.

John Debes, information technology director
• Continued monitoring the TTC, Exchange servers and sonic wall firewall. During the period, combined efforts stopped 9,015 spam messages, 137 viruses, 3 intrusions and 13 spyware attempts.
• Great strides have been made with the video conferencing in juvenile cases. A live feed is expected to be used in late June.
• Assisted the Health Department with options related to electronic medical reports.
• Installed a sound system in the exam rooms at the Health Department in compliance with HIPPA. The system is required as a means of masking voices in exam rooms.

Sheriff Greg Armstrong
• Barton County Detention Facility
There were 70 males booked and 60 released. Four were transported, totalling 471 miles and requiring 10.5 hours. As for females, there were 20 booked, 24 released, and 190 transported miles requiring 4.5 hours. There were no juveniles booked or released, but four were transported for 372 miles and 6.5 hours.
• Detention Work Detail – Trustees have worked a total of 548 hours for County, city and non-profit organizations.
• Road Patrol
Calls responded to, 207
Incident cases taken, 52
Accident cases taken, 16
• Civil process, 380 documents served to 274 individuals
 
Health Department Director Lily Akings
• Clinic contacts totalled 311. The break down is:
Family planning, 95
Immunizations, 106
Maternal and infant, 24
TB, 21
Sexually transmitted infections, 12
Child care licensing,15
Adult health, 21
In other news:
• Flu numbers continue to be low in Kansas.
• The Bike Rodeo is scheduled for June 29.
• Pertussis is spreading from Johnson County to surrounding counties.