Upcoming municipal meetings

MCPHERSON, Kan. — The McPherson Unified School District 418 Board of Education will hold a special meeting Monday evening to conduct a performance evaluation of Superintendent Shiloh Vincent. The session, scheduled for 6 p.m. at the district office at 514 N. Main St., will primarily take place behind closed doors, as the board is set to move immediately into an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel. The evaluation comes weeks after the board set a March 3 school bond election, voted to close Eisenhower Elementary, and ratified a one-year negotiated agreement that will lengthen the school day by 20 minutes while removing eight days from the calendar for the 2025-26 school year.

The McPherson County Board of Commissioners will convene for its first meeting of 2026 on Monday at the Public Works Department meeting room, located at 1115 W. Avenue A, as renovations continue at the primary county building. Agenda highlights include the annual reorganization of the board with the election of officers and the designation of the official county newspaper and fund depositories. Commissioners are also scheduled to review a cereal malt beverage license notice for Rolling Acres Golf Club and consider two planning and zoning items presented by Administrator Jon Kinsey: a final plat approval for the 8th Avenue Acres subdivision and a special use resolution for a proposed 350-foot telecommunications tower by Tillman Infrastructure located in the agricultural transition district near Marquette.

The McPherson City Commission will vote Tuesday to extend the current emergency medical services agreement through Jan. 13, marking the second short-term extension in two weeks as the city continues negotiations on the contract, while also considering approval of $75,000 for Turkey Creek Golf Course pro shop inventory and final closeout of a 2022 federal housing grant that provided $2,000 in reimbursements. The commission will also authorize payment of $7,436.13 to BowerComm Inc. for marketing the EMS sales tax question that appeared on the November 2025 ballot, with costs split evenly between the city and McPherson Hospital, and approve routine annual purchases including $60,000 for two Hustler mowers for park and cemetery operations, $9,000 for greenhouse supplies, and authorization to begin hiring seasonal staff for the water park, golf course, cemetery and parks. The meeting will include a public hearing on the Community Development Block Grant housing program, introduction of the fire department's new administrative assistant, and approval of a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office for fire inspections.

The McPherson City Commission will meet in study session to consider Tuesday whether to approve an additional $15,962.73 for splash pad improvements after McPherson Quality Air clarified that the commission's December approval of $23,224 for an automated water system covered only the automation portion and not the foundational work, bringing the total project cost to $39,186.73 — about $4,200 more than the original design fee quote with no construction costs included. The study session will also feature a request for commission support of a volunteer-driven partnership with Mac Grind Circuit to revitalize the city's existing skate park through community fundraising and volunteer labor, with the McPherson County Community Foundation establishing a dedicated capital outlay account for the project and local businesses including Dacus Auto Body and Flatland Diesel already contributing donations. Commissioners will also review proposed purchases including $48,800 for a Stuppy greenhouse addition that would connect to the existing park department structure to create one continuous growing environment, $53,618 for two Grasshopper mowers to replace aging equipment, and $14,260.16 for luxury vinyl tile flooring at Lakeside Cabin featuring an interlocking system that allows individual tile replacement without specialty tools.

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