Buhler council to discuss police department, de-annexation petition Tuesday night
The outgoing chief's predecessor was terminated in June, according to notices posted by the city.
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Sign up freeBuhler's City Council meets Tuesday, Sept. 29, to discuss its police department two days before the city's second chief in four months leaves, and to weigh a citizen's petition to de-annex property. The police item is listed under unfinished business, meaning it was carried over from an earlier meeting rather than raised for the first time Tuesday.
According to the news and notices section of the city's website, the most recent chief resigned abruptly, with the resignation effective Thursday, Oct. 1. The published agenda does not say who will run the department after that date: it names no interim appointment, no contract or mutual-aid arrangement with the Reno County Sheriff's Office and no hiring timeline.
Also on the agenda is a petition to de-annex property, listed third under new business — a request to remove a parcel from Buhler's corporate limits and from the city's property tax rolls.
It is the second property-boundary question in the county this fall, after Hutchinson planners were scheduled to take testimony Aug. 25 on vacating a South Main alley over Evergy's objection.
The Capital Improvement Plan returns as the second carried-over item, with no project list, dollar figure or funding source on the agenda.
The remaining new business items are a light pole and banner memorandum of understanding, for which the agenda lists no other party and no cost, and public works certifications, for which the agenda gives no description or price.
A pool report, an accounting of the municipal pool season, is the only planned presentation. The agenda includes no attendance or revenue figures.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the city office, 219 N. Main. A Citizen's Forum is scheduled near the top of the agenda, before the council reaches new business, so residents can address the de-annexation petition before it comes up.
The council will also take up a consent agenda covering minutes, the appropriations ordinance and the budget, income and water reports.
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