GOODLAND CITY COMMISSION
Special Joint Commission Meeting
City Commission and Sherman County Commission
May 19, 2025 5:00 P.M.
Sherman County Chairman Kevin Zimmerman called the meeting to order with Sherman County Commissioner Harvey Swager responding to roll call. Sherman County Commissioner Steve Evert was reported absent.
Vice-Mayor J. J. Howard called the meeting to order with Commissioner Sarah Artzer, Commissioner Ann Myers and Commissioner Brook Redlin responding to roll call. Mayor Jason Showalter was reported absent.
Also present from the city were Joshua Jordan – IT Director, Kenton Keith – Director of Streets and Facilities, Danny Krayca – Director of Parks, Zach Hildebrand – Code Enforcement/Building Official, Jake Kling – City Attorney, Shauna Johnson – Deputy City Clerk, Mary Volk – City Clerk, Kent Brown – City Manager, Jason Erhart – Chief of Police and Neal Thornburg – Director of Water and Wastewater.
Also present from Sherman County are Ashley Mannis – County Clerk, Chad Mann – Sheriff and Crissy Ridnour – Communication Director.
DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS
- Fire Authority Budget Request – Commissioner Zimmerman stated, the Fire Board came to the Sherman County Commission and asked for a 3% raise in the budget due to increases in prices they have incurred. The original contract was made in 2020 and there has been no increase. Vice-Mayor stated, I do not think this is unreasonable, the City Commission would need to look at their budget.
Sherman County Commissioner Steve Evert reported to the meeting.
- Grant Application – Backup Power Generation for Backup 911 Site at Goodland PD Building on Armory Rd. – Kent stated, Crissy has been working on a grant to purchase a generator for the Armory building where a backup 911 dispatch site will be located. Chief Erhart applied for a grant in the past to cover 100% of the cost which was denied. The County Emergency Management Director has stated that there is a possible grant available for this type of purchase through the Division of Emergency Management with a 75/25 match. County Commissioner Evert asked, if there was any backup to the building currently? Kent stated there is not. Commissioner Evert also asked, has there been any study on the size of generator needed? Chief Erhart stated, they had price one out before and it was running $60.000 at the time. Vice-Mayor Howard stated, I believe the city would be able to handle some of the installation to take care of a portion of the price. The City Commission and Sherman County Commission agreed on a 50/50 split for expenses not covered by the grant.
- Sheriff Mann update – Sherman County Sheriff Mann stated there has been 100% cooperation between his department and the Police Department. He touched on how much the departments worked together on the I70 accident. Vice-Mayor Howard and Commissioner Redlin both stated how nice it was to have this cooperation between the two departments. Commissioner Redlin asked, is there was anything either commission could do different to help the departments with the event on I70?
ADJOURNMENT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY COMMISSION WAS HAD ON A MOTION County Commissioner Swager seconded by County Commissioner Evert. Motion carried by unanimous VOTE; meeting Adjourned at 5:22 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT WAS HAD ON A MOTION Commissioner Redlin for a five-minute break seconded by Commissioner Myers. Motion carried by unanimous VOTE; meeting Adjourned at 5:23 p.m.
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ATTEST: J J Howard, Vice-Mayor
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Shauna Johnson, Deputy City Clerk